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Pakistan launches countrywide anti-polio campaign

29 Apr 2024 | 2:43 PM

Islamabad, April 29 (UNI) The Pakistani government launched a countrywide anti-polio campaign on Monday with a target to vaccinate over 24 million children, said an official.

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UK Embassy in Tokyo launches public fundraiser for king's birthday celebration

29 Apr 2024 | 1:49 PM

London, April 29 (UNI) The UK Embassy in Tokyo on Monday launched a public appeal for funding in cash and in-kind sponsorship to organize a celebration of the birthday of King Charles III in June.

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N. Korea installs mines in DMZ inter-Korean road

29 Apr 2024 | 11:45 AM

Seoul, April 29 (UNI) South Korean media on Monday reported that North Korea has installed land mines barely 100km from here on an inter-Korean road within the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas to shutdown all contacts.

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US military shoots down 5 drones over Red Sea

US military shoots down 5 drones over Red Sea

29 Apr 2024 | 10:53 AM

Washington, April 29 (UNI) US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Monday that the US military destroyed five drones over the Red Sea as they posed a threat to US and allied vessels in the region.

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Sri Lanka expresses hope to join BRICS+

29 Apr 2024 | 10:40 AM

Colombo, April 29 (UNI) Sri Lanka hopes to join BRICS+ in the near future, Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Russia Janitha Abeywickrema Liyanage said recently while addressing the media.

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Airlines oppose EU plans to monitor non-CO2 emissions - Reports

Airlines oppose EU plans to monitor non-CO2 emissions - Reports

29 Apr 2024 | 10:10 AM

Moscow, April 29 (UNI) International airlines have privately asked the European Union to ease plans to require the industry to monitor non-carbon dioxide emissions, the Financial Times newspaper reported, citing a letter from International Air Transport Association (IATA) Director General Willie Walsh.

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SpaceX’s Dragon Cargo Craft leaves space station

29 Apr 2024 | 9:28 AM

Moscow, April 29 (UNI) SpaceX’s Dragon undocked from the International Space Station on Sunday and is scheduled to splash down off the coast of Florida on April 30, Elon Musk’s space company said.

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Azerbaijan, Armenia begin border demarcation process - Aliyev

29 Apr 2024 | 9:25 AM

Baku, April 29 (UNI) Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev said during a phone call with US Secretary of State Atony Blinken on Sunday that Azerbaijan and Armenia had moved on from border delimitation to demarcation.

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15 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Rafah

15 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Rafah

29 Apr 2024 | 9:25 AM

Gaza, April 29 (UNI) At least 15 Palestinians were killed Sunday night in Israeli airstrikes on three residential buildings in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported on Monday.

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4 killed after tornadoes hit Oklahoma

4 killed after tornadoes hit Oklahoma

29 Apr 2024 | 9:16 AM

Houston, April 29 (UNI) At least four people have been killed since Saturday night when multiple large tornadoes began to hit southern central U.S. state Oklahoma, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt said Sunday at a news conference.

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4 killed in Brazil bus accident

4 killed in Brazil bus accident

29 Apr 2024 | 8:50 AM

Sao Paulo, April 29 (UNI) At least four people were killed and another 32 injured after a tourist bus overturned in southeast Brazil, the local fire department reported Sunday.

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2 terrorists killed in NW Pakistan

2 terrorists killed in NW Pakistan

29 Apr 2024 | 8:45 AM

Islamabad, April 29 (UNI) Two terrorists were killed in an operation by security forces in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, the military said in a statement.

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14 killed in bus crash in central Mexico

14 killed in bus crash in central Mexico

29 Apr 2024 | 8:37 AM

Mexico City, April 29 (UNI) At least 14 people were killed and 31 others injured when a bus overturned in Malinalco, the central Mexico state, local Mexican security secretariat said on Sunday.

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SL deaths rise, births drop since 2020

29 Apr 2024 | 8:37 AM

Colombo, April 29 (UNI) Ever since 2020, there has been a significant drop in the annual birth rate in Sri Lanka while annual deaths have increased, a senior official from the Registrar General's Department told journalists.

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Turkish security forces detain 147 PKK suspects

29 Apr 2024 | 8:27 AM

Ankara, April 29 (UNI) Turkish police and gendarmerie teams detained 147 suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the country's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Sunday.

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