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More than 3 thousand Covis cases recorded in Osaka

Japan-January 15 (online): The Osaka region in western Japan is about to record a record number of Covid-19 infections today, Saturday, as it monitored more than three thousand daily infections, the Japanese Radio and Television Corporation reported. According to media report, Japan tightened restrictions to […]

Trump to rally faithful in Arizona

Florence, United States, Jan 15 (AFP/APP):Donald Trump will rally the faithful in Arizona on Saturday, rehearsing yet again his unfounded claims that the US presidential election was stolen from him, and repeating his familiar litany of complaints. After abandoning a pledged press conference on January […]

Iran tests solid-fuel satellite carrier rocket

Tehran, Jan 14 (AFP/APP):Iran’s Revolutionary Guards tested last week a solid-fuel satellite carrier rocket, state media has reported quoting the force’s aerospace commander as saying. Reports carried footage released by the elite force claiming to show the successful test of the rocket’s primary propulsion engine. […]

Bomb blast kills one in Syrian border city, wounds several

Amman –January 13 (Online): A car bomb in the rebel-held city of Azaz in northwest Syria killed one civilian on Thursday and wounded several bystanders, witnesses said, in the first act of its kind this year. According to rescue worker an improvised explosive device in […]

France to ease UK travel restrictions on Friday

Paris, Jan 13 (AFP/APP):France said it will ease coronavirus curbs introduced last month on travellers from Britain, enabling vaccinated tourists to visit from Friday providing they have a negative test. The government has decided to end a blanket ban on non-essential travel, announced on December […]

11 killed in Philippine truck crash

Manila, Jan 13 (AFP/APP):At least 11 people were killed after a small truck packed with partygoers, including children, overturned in the southern Philippines, police said Thursday. The vehicle was travelling to a beachside resort on Mindanao island for a postponed Christmas party on Wednesday when […]

Biden says US inflation figures show ‘progress’

Washington, Jan 12 (AFP/APP):President Joe Biden said there are signs of “progress” in Wednesday’s US inflation report, with price rises in some key sectors slowing, even if the overall hike is the steepest in four decades. “Today’s report — which shows a meaningful reduction in […]

France to allow suspected ETA leader to face trial in Spain

Paris, Jan 12 (AFP/APP):A French court ruled Wednesday that a suspected former leader of the ETA Basque separatist group known as “Txeroki” can be transferred to Spain to stand trial. The Paris appeals court accepted a Spanish request for him to be tried there in […]

Armenia says three dead in border clashes with Azerbaijan

Yerevan, Jan 12 (AFP/APP):Armenia said Wednesday that the number of its soldiers killed in border clashes with Azerbaijan had risen to three, in the most serious outbreak of fighting between the ex-Soviet adversaries in months. Azerbaijan previously said one of its soldiers died in the […]

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