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Pakistan confirms 1st polio case of 2025

Pakistan confirms 1st polio case of 2025

23 Jan 2025 | 4:17 PM

Islamabad, Jan 23 (UNI) The National Institute of Health (NIH) of Pakistan has confirmed the 1st wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of 2025.

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Japan warns aftershocks following 5.2-magnitude quake in Fukushima

23 Jan 2025 | 3:25 PM

Tokyo, Jan 23 (UNI) A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Fukushima Prefecture's Aizu region early Thursday and the Japan Meteorological Agency has warned of potential aftershocks of similar magnitude over the coming week, urging residents to stay vigilant against landslides, avalanches, and falling snow.

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Singapore enforces law to tackle fake online election ads

Singapore enforces law to tackle fake online election ads

23 Jan 2025 | 3:19 PM

Singapore, Jan 23 (UNI) The Singapore Elections (Integrity of Online Advertising) (Amendment) Act, enacted in October 2024, officially came into operation on Wednesday, as the nation prepares for its next general election, which must be held by November 2025.

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Death toll rises to 4 in Cambodian capital large gathering

Death toll rises to 4 in Cambodian capital large gathering

23 Jan 2025 | 3:14 PM

Phnom Penh, Jan 23 (UNI) Four people lost their lives and five others were injured on Thursday during a large gathering in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, for red packets given by a local tycoon, officials said.

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LinkedIn accused of using private messages to train AI

23 Jan 2025 | 2:52 PM

Washington, Jan 23 (UNI) A US lawsuit filed on behalf of LinkedIn Premium users accuses the social media platform of sharing their private messages with other companies to train Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, media reports said.

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Toddler and man fatally stabbed in German park

Toddler and man fatally stabbed in German park

23 Jan 2025 | 2:35 PM

Berlin, Jan 23 (UNI) A two-year-old boy and a man aged 41 have been killed in a stabbing in a German park, media reports said.

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Colombia reactivates arrest warrants for rebel leaders after fatal attacks

23 Jan 2025 | 1:33 PM

Bogota, Jan 23 (UNI) Colombia's Attorney General's Office reactivated arrest warrants for 31 leaders of the nation's largest rebel group following the attacks in the northeastern Catatumbo region that have left at least 80 dead and 32,000 displaced.

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Taliban announces release of US citizens in prisoner swap deal

Taliban announces release of US citizens in prisoner swap deal

23 Jan 2025 | 1:29 PM

Kabul, Jan 23 (UNI) The Taliban government in Afghanistan has announced the release of two detained Americans in a prisoner swap deal with the United States, media reports said.

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South Korean anti-graft agency recommends insurrection charges for Yoon

23 Jan 2025 | 1:14 PM

Seoul, Jan 23 (UNI) South Korea's anti-corruption agency said on Thursday it has decided to refer the arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol's "insurrection case" to the prosecution, according to multiple media outlets.

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Trump re-designates Houthis as terrorist organisation

Trump re-designates Houthis as terrorist organisation

23 Jan 2025 | 12:17 PM

Washington, Jan 23 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to re-designate the Houthis, a Yemen-based militant group, as a "Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO)."
According to a fact sheet released by the White House, Trump's executive order reversed the one issued by Joe Biden four years ago that removed the Houthis from the FTO list, undoing a Trump order issued in the final days of his first presidential term.

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3 die in large gathering for red packets in Cambodian capital

23 Jan 2025 | 12:09 PM

Phnom Penh, Jan 23 (UNI) Three people lost their lives and six others were injured on Thursday during a large gathering in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, for red packets given by a local tycoon, officials said.

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Quake measuring 6.1 hits southern Philippines

Quake measuring 6.1 hits southern Philippines

23 Jan 2025 | 12:07 PM

Manila, Jan 23 (UNI) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck Zamboanga del Norte province in the southern Philippines on Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported.

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1 dead in western Melbourne house fire

23 Jan 2025 | 11:43 AM

Sydney, Jan 23 (UNI) A man died and the other man was injured in a house fire in western suburbs of Melbourne, the capital city of Australia's state of Victoria.

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Russian scientists observe mysterious black plasma cloud on sun

23 Jan 2025 | 11:21 AM

Vladivostok, Jan 23 (UNI) Russian scientists reported a rare phenomenon involving a black emission of plasma observed on the Sun, the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences announced on its website on Wednesday.

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Israeli delegation in Cairo for talks on 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire: Sources

Israeli delegation in Cairo for talks on 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire: Sources

23 Jan 2025 | 11:20 AM

Cairo, Jan 23 (UNI) An Israeli security delegation arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to continue negotiations on the implementation of the second phase of the recently-reached Gaza ceasefire-for-hostage release deal, according to well-informed Egyptian sources.

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