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Athens, Apr 12 (UNI) A bomb exploded Friday night outside the offices of Hellenic Train, Greece’s railway company that operates passenger and freight trains, national broadcaster ERT reported. Initial reports said the blast caused material damage but no injuries, as local media received warning calls beforehand. The police were quickly notified, and within a short…

Moscow, Apr 11 (UNI) Kiev has carried out five attacks on Russian energy facilities over the past day, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday. “The Kiev regime, in violation of the Russian-US agreements on the cessation of strikes on energy facilities for 30 days starting March 18 this year, continued unilateral attacks on the…

London/Beijing, Apr 11 (UNI) Stock markets in Europe were trading down Friday morning after China hiked its retaliatory tariffs on the United States to 125% from 84%. China said Friday it was raising tariffs on US goods to 125%, the latest development in the escalating trade war between the two countries. It said the higher…

Washington, Apr 11 (UNI) US President Donald Trump said the transportation secretary is investigating the helicopter crash near New York and the cause will be revealed promptly. “Terrible helicopter crash in the Hudson River. Looks like six people, the pilot, two adults, and three children, are no longer with us. The footage of the accident…

New Delhi, Apr 11 (UNI) India has gifted six school buses to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. In a ceremony held in Sao Tome on April 10, these buses were handed over to Isabel Maria Correia…

London/Beijing, Apr 11 (UNI) Stock markets in Europe were trading down Friday morning after China hiked its retaliatory tariffs on the United States to 125% from 84%. China said Friday it was raising tariffs on US goods to 125%, the latest development in the escalating trade war between the two countries. It said the higher…

Washington, Apr 11 (UNI) U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink is stepping down, said U.S. State Department on Thursday, without giving a specific departure date. Brink was nominated by former U.S. President Joe Biden and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate in May 2022. She is a supporter of U.S. military aid to Ukraine. Her…

Khartoum, Apr 11 (UNI) More than 16 people were killed and 25 others injured in an artillery shelling on Thursday by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a displacement camp in western Sudan, the non-governmental organisation the Sudanese Doctors Network said in a statement. It said the RSF launched “a deliberate artillery strike” on…

United Nations, Apr 11 (UNI) Israel’s continued military strikes are threatening Syria’s fragile political transition and undermining its efforts toward peace and stability, a senior UN official warned on Thursday. Briefing a Security Council meeting, Khaled Khiari, assistant secretary-general for political and peacebuilding affairs, said that hundreds of reported Israeli airstrikes have taken place across…

New York, Apr 11 (UNI) A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River around Pier 40 in Manhattan, New York City, on Thursday afternoon, killing all six people on board, said New York City Mayor Eric Adams at a press conference. Included were one pilot, two adults and three children, according to Jessica Tisch, commissioner of…