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January 17, 2025 4:20 PM

Know the cases against Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan and his wife

A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment and his wife Bushra Bibi to seven years in a land corruption case, his legal team said. The verdict in the case, the largest in terms of financial wrongd...

January 17, 2025 10:59 AM

SpaceX’s Starship explodes in flight test, forcing airlines to divert

A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back Elon Musk's flagship rocket program. SpaceX mission c...

January 17, 2025 10:06 AM

China’s population falls for a third consecutive year

China's population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, with the number of deaths outpacing a slight increase in births, and experts cautioning that the trend will accelerate in the coming years. The National Bureau of Statistics said the tota...

January 16, 2025 9:47 PM

WHO appeals for $1.5 billion for emergencies with US funding in question

The World Health Organization launched its annual appeal for funding to respond to health emergencies on Thursday, just days before the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States - the health agency's biggest donor - puts a questi...

January 16, 2025 5:48 PM

Kremlin calls Polish claim that Russia planned ‘acts of terrorism’ in the air unsubstantiated

The Kremlin said on Thursday that an allegation by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk that Russia had planned "acts of terrorism" in the air against Poland and other countries was completely unsubstantiated. Tusk made the assertion on Wednesday after...

January 16, 2025 4:34 PM

Israel strikes in Gaza kill at least 70 after ceasefire accord, residents say

Israel airstrikes killed at least 70 people in Gaza overnight on Thursday, residents and authorities in the enclave said, hours after a ceasefire and hostage release deal was announced to bring an end to 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas. Th...

January 16, 2025 4:23 PM

China reports problems at five reservoirs in Tibet after earthquake

Chinese authorities in Tibet have detected problems, including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they have inspected since a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the southwest region last week, an emergency official said on Thursday. Of the ...

January 16, 2025 3:01 PM

Denmark’s prime minister summons business leaders following Trump’s Greenland threat

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called the country's business leaders to a meeting on Thursday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump last week threatened military or economic action such as tariffs to take control of Greenland. Trum...

January 16, 2025 1:42 PM

Iran says Gaza ceasefire is a ‘victory’ for Palestinian resistance

The ceasefire in Gaza represents a "great victory" for the Palestinian resistance, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday, warning against any possible breach by Israel. Palestinian armed group Hamas and Israel reached a deal for a ceasefire i...

January 16, 2025 1:06 PM

Blue Origin’s debut New Glenn rocket blasts off from Florida

Blue Origin's giant New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida early Thursday morning on its first mission to space, an inaugural step into Earth's orbit for Jeff Bezos' space company as it aims to rival SpaceX in the satellite launch business. Thirt...

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