Wellington, October 21 (IANS) New Zealand and the UK have agreed in principle the details of a historic Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which will see a boost of almost NZ$1 billion ($720 million) to Wellington'
Seoul, October 21 (IANS) South Korea on Thursday failed to put a dummy satellite into orbit with its first homegrown rocket, dealing a setback to the country's decade-long project to join the elite global s
New Delhi, October 20 (IANS) Virus that has triggered new outbreaks of Covid-19 linked to a tour group of seniors from Shanghai, that has affected several regions of China, likely stemmed from overseas, Chinese
Moscow, October 20 (IANS): Russian fighter jets on Wednesday escorted two US strategic bombers over the neutral waters of the Black Sea, said the Russian Defence Ministry.
Russian radars detected aerial targ
Moscow, October 20 (IANS): Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the COP26 climate summit at Glasgow in Scotland, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
No reason was given for the decision not to attend,
Tokyo, October 20 (IANS): An eruption was observed on Wednesday at Mt Aso in Kyushu area, southwestern Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporte
Kathmandu, October 20 (IANS): At least 48 people have died and 31 others went missing in Nepal's flood and landslides triggered by incessant rains from Sunday, Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs said.
SEOUL, South Korea, October 20 (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday that it had test-fired a newly developed ballistic missile from a submarine, in its first such underwater test-launch in two years and one
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS): US politicians warned they are on course to lose a 'new Cold War' following reports China secretly flew a nuclear-capable missile around the world, Daily Mail reported.
The
Washington, October 19 (IANS): Former US President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the National Archives and a House special committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot in a bid to block Congres
Seoul, October 19 (IANS): North Korea fired what appears to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) toward the East Sea on Tuesday, the South Korean military said, in yet another setback to Seoul's
Islamabad, October 19 (IANS): Pakistani Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai has called on the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan to re-open secondary schools for girls with immediate affect. She put forward this dem
SEOUL, South Korea, October 19 (AP) — North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile into the sea on Tuesday in a continuation of its recent weapons tests hours after the U.S. reaffirmed its offer to re
New York, October 18 (IANS): Colin Powell, who blasted through racial barriers to become the US' first African American Secretary of State, National Security Adviser, and the top military officer and was a
London, October 18 (PTI): People who received a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine followed by an mRNA vaccine shot had a lower risk of infection compared to those immunised with both doses o
Kabul, October 18 (IANS): A country-wide polio vaccination drive will begin in Afghanistan on November 8 for the first time since the Taliban took over the country in August, the Unicef announced on Monday
Washington, October 18 (IANS): One person was killed and seven others were injured in a shooting at the Grambling State University in the US state of Louisiana, local authorities said.
Among the injured, one
Beijing, October 18 (IANS): A cold wave drove temperatures in Beijing below zero degrees Celsius, setting a record low for the mid-October period since 1969, the municipal meteorological authority said.
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Seoul, October 18 (IANS): South Korea has expressed concern over the new Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's plan to release radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, S
Wellington, October 18 (IANS): The New Zealand government is making a four-fold increase in the support it provides to countries most vulnerable to the climate emergency, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on M