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SL sets record with highest-ever January tourist arrivals in 2025

05 Feb 2025 | 7:26 PM

Colombo, Feb. 5 (UNI) The highest number of tourists arrivals for the month of January in history was reported in 2025, the latest data by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) shows.

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Nepal bars solo expeditions to peaks above 8,000 meters

05 Feb 2025 | 6:09 PM

Kathmandu, Feb. 5 (UNI) Nepal has banned solo expeditions to all the mountains above 8,000 meters inside the country, including the world's tallest Mount Qomolangma, an official said on Wednesday.

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Trump considers jailing U.S. criminals in El Salvador

05 Feb 2025 | 5:26 PM

Washington, Feb. 5 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was mulling over Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's offer to accept and jail violent American criminals in the "most severe cases."
"I'm just saying if we had a legal right to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "I don't know if we do or not, we're looking at that right now."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio reached an unusual agreement with Bukele a day earlier that the Central American country would accept U.S. deportees of any nationality, including American citizens and legal residents who are imprisoned for violent crimes.

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Türkiye detains 164 IS suspects across 21 provinces

05 Feb 2025 | 5:25 PM

Ankara, Feb. 5 (UNI) Turkish authorities have detained 164 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group in the past week, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Wednesday.

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Google revises AI use for weapons

Google revises AI use for weapons

05 Feb 2025 | 4:06 PM

Chicago, Feb 5 (UNI) Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has amended its AI principles, veering course from its previous commitment to abstain from developing artificial intelligence for military and surveillance purposes, media reports said.

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U.S. Senate confirms Pam Bondi as Attorney General

U.S. Senate confirms Pam Bondi as Attorney General

05 Feb 2025 | 3:36 PM

Washington, Feb 5 (UNI) The U.S. Senate on Tuesday evening voted mostly along party lines to confirm Pam Bondi as the new attorney general, head of the Department of Justice (DOJ).

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China issues blue alert for cold wave

05 Feb 2025 | 2:58 PM

Beijing, Feb 5 (UNI) China's meteorological authority issued a blue alert for a cold wave on Wednesday. Temperatures will plunge in most parts of the country over the next few days.

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Mexican president confirms troops deployment along U.S. border after talks with Trump

Mexican president confirms troops deployment along U.S. border after talks with Trump

05 Feb 2025 | 2:38 PM

Mexico City, Feb 5 (UNI) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed on Tuesday that 10,000 National Guard troops have begun deployment along the 3,200-km border with the United States.

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Israeli army displaces 5,000 Palestinian families in West Bank in 2 weeks

05 Feb 2025 | 1:42 PM

Ramallah, Feb 5 (UNI) At least 5,000 Palestinian families have been forcibly displaced from Jenin and Tulkarm refugee camps in northern West Bank over the past two weeks, the Palestinian Authority said in a statement on Tuesday after a meeting.

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Xi holds talks with Kyrgyz president

Xi holds talks with Kyrgyz president

05 Feb 2025 | 1:30 PM

Beijing, Feb 5 (UNI) Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov held talks in Beijing on Wednesday, pledging high-quality Belt and Road cooperation for more win-win outcomes.

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Ecuadorian president pledges assistance to nationals returning from US

Ecuadorian president pledges assistance to nationals returning from US

05 Feb 2025 | 12:35 PM

Buenos Aires, Feb 5 (UNI) Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa has said that the country's government will provide financial and other kinds of assistance to all Ecuadorians returning from the US.

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Russia launches Soyuz Rocket carrying military satellites: Defence Ministry

Russia launches Soyuz Rocket carrying military satellites: Defence Ministry

05 Feb 2025 | 12:15 PM

Moscow, Feb 5 (UNI) A Russian Soyuz-2.1v rocket carrying military satellites has been launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia's Arkhangelsk, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.

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SpaceX launches 21 Starlink internet satellites into space

SpaceX launches 21 Starlink internet satellites into space

05 Feb 2025 | 11:32 AM

Los Angeles, Feb 5 (UNI) U.S. private space company SpaceX launched 21 Starlink satellites into orbit on Tuesday.

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Australian PM commits funding boost for public hospitals

Australian PM commits funding boost for public hospitals

05 Feb 2025 | 11:32 AM

Canberra, Feb 5 (UNI) Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a billion-dollar funding deal to cut waiting times at the country's public hospitals.

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Quake measuring 6.1 hits Halmahera, Indonesia: GFZ

Quake measuring 6.1 hits Halmahera, Indonesia: GFZ

05 Feb 2025 | 11:11 AM

Jakarta, Feb 5 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted Halmahera, Indonesia at 03:12:30 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said.

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