Dhaka, May 2 (UNI) The Bangladeshi interim government has announced plans to establish a free trade zone (FTZ) in the country. According to a media release from the Chief Adviser’s Office, a national committee has been formed to explore the establishment of such an FTZ within a year, United News of Bangladesh (UNB) reported Wednesday….
Beirut, May 2 (UNI) One Lebanese and two Syrians were killed on Thursday in an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon, the Public Health Emergency Operations Center at the Ministry of Public Health said in a statement. It said the Israeli army carried out a drone strike on a vehicle in Mays El Jabal, resulting…
Tehran, May 2 (UNI) Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Thursday that the fourth round of indirect nuclear talks with the United States, scheduled for Saturday in Rome, has been postponed at the mediator Oman’s proposal. He made the announcement in an address to reporters, adding that the new dates would be announced…
Moscow, May 2 (UNI) Europe is preparing a new package of sanctions against Russia, which it would like to coordinate with possible US measures in the event of a “failure” of the settlement in Ukraine, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said. Bloomberg reported Thursday that US Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (listed as a terrorist and…
Berlin, May 2 (UNI) Two people were injured in a violent shooting incident in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday evening, according to local police. The incident occurred in the Kreuzberg district, where suspects fired multiple shots from one or more vehicles, Berlin police said on the social media platform X. The two victims were transported to…
New York, May 2 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted Mindanao, Philippines, at 22:26:38 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 5.25 degrees north latitude and 126.33 degrees east longitude.
Los Angeles, May 2 (UNI) NASA announced Thursday that its SPHEREx space observatory has officially begun science operations, marking a major step toward uncovering new insights into the origins of the universe, the evolution of galaxies, and the building blocks of life in the Milky Way. SPHEREx will take approximately 3,600 images per day over…
Los Angeles, May 2 (UNI) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes for Health (NIH) on Thursday announced the launch of Generation Gold Standard, a next-generation universal vaccine platform designed to combat pandemic-prone viruses. The platform is based on a beta-propiolactone (BPL)-inactivated, whole-virus approach – a modernized take on…
Rio De Janeiro, May 2 (UNI) New Santos manager Cleber Xavier says Neymar will have a free-roaming role under his leadership as the club seeks to recover from its poor start to the season. In his first press conference since officially replacing Pedro Caixinha, Xavier said Neymar was unlikely to return to the left wing,…
Jerusalem, May 2 (UNI) Israel struck a target near the presidential palace in Damascus to prevent a threat to the Druze community in Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “This is a clear signal to the Syrian regime. We will not allow the deployment of forces south of Damascus and any threat to the…
