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Japan rocket engine explodes during test: Official
TOKYO: A Japanese rocket engine exploded during a test on Friday, an official said, in the latest blow to the country’s space agency.The Epsilon S…
In a first in 63 years, actors to join writers on strike, bring Hollywood to standstill
About 160,000 television and movie actors are going on strike at midnight, joining screenwriters who walked off the job in May and setting off Hollywood’s…
Thai progressive leader loses PM bid in parliament despite poll win
BANGKOK: Thailand’s Pita Limjaroenrat failed on Thursday in his initial bid to become Thailand’s next PM, after he was thwarted in a high-stakes parliamentary vote…
China publishes interim rules on generative artificial intelligence
HONG KONG: China issued interim measures on Thursday to manage its booming generative artificial intelligence (AI) industry, saying they would apply only to services offered…
Mass grave with at least 87 bodies found in West Darfur: United Nations
CAIRO: The bodies of dozens of people allegedly killed by Sudanese paramilitary and allied militia have been uncovered in a mass grave in West Darfur,…
UN says raging conflict in Sudan has displaced over 3 million people. UK sanctions warring sides
CAIRO: A raging conflict in Sudan has driven more than 3 million people from their homes, including over 700,000 who fled to neighboring countries, the…
Kim Jong Un: Kim Jong Un oversaw test of new missile to ‘overwhelm’ US | World News
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “personally guided” the launch of a new missile designed to strike the US and pledged more weapons tests were…
Milan Kundera, exiled Czech writer who made light of the unbearable, dies at 94
PRAGUE: Czech-born novelist Milan Kundera, who satirised totalitarian regimes and mixed dark irony with philosophical musings to explore the human condition, has died, a library…
Mexico Attack: 3 killed, 10 injured in attack with explosive devices in Mexico | World News
MEXICO CITY: At least three police officers were killed and 10 other people were injured on Tuesday in an attack with explosive devices in the…
North Korea: North Korea fires long-range missile, South Korea military says
SEOUL/TOKYO: North Korea fired a long-range missile off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea‘s military said, barely a month after Pyongyang’s last launch and…