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Moscow, Nov 1 (UNI) (UNI/ SPUTNIK) Russia is willing to comply with the quantitative limits under the New START treaty only if the United States reciprocates, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, told RIA Novosti. “The proposal put forward by President Vladimir Putin to adhere to the New START limits after…

Istanbul, Nov 1 (UNI) A Turkish court on Friday sentenced 11 people to life imprisonment for a deadly hotel fire at a ski resort that killed 78 people in the northwestern province of Bolu in January. The Bolu 1st High Criminal Court convicted the hotel owner Halit Ergul, his wife and two daughters, hotel managers,…

Gyeongju (South Korea)/New Delhi, Oct 31 (UNI) In an indication that the US-China Tariff war may soften, Beijing has agreed to purchase Soybeans, Sorghum and other Farm products from US, help US end the Fentanyl Crisis and begin the process of purchasing American Energy. The agreements were arrived at during the meeting between US President…

Sydney, Oct. 31 (UNI) Two people have been hospitalized with gunshot wounds following a drive-by shooting south of Brisbane in the early hours of Friday morning. The police service in the Australian state of Queensland said in a statement that emergency services were alerted that two people had been injured in a shooting in the…

Washington, Oct. 31 (UNI) U.S. Vice President JD Vance warned Thursday that if the government shutdown drags well into November, air traffic controllers will continue missing paychecks, potentially disrupting the nation’s air travel system as the holiday travel season approaches. “It could be a disaster, it really could be, because at that point you’re talking…

Sydney, Oct. 31 (UNI) An unexploded ordnance (UXO) from World War II detonated in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara on Thursday night, injuring one. Local newspaper Solomon Star reported that the device detonated as a result of a fire near a stadium in western Honiara on Thursday evening local time, causing a loud explosion….

Dhaka, Oct. 30 (UNI) The Bangladeshi Chief Adviser’s office has announced that the country’s Election Commission could declare the date for the upcoming national election by the first week of December this year. Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam made the announcement following a high-level meeting on election preparations with Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus in…

Khartoum, Oct 30 (UNI) Sudan’s military government has ordered two senior officials at the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) to leave the country amid widespread famine sparked by a gruelling civil war that erupted in April 2023. The WFP said directors of its Sudan operation were declared “personae non grata” and told to go within…

Jiquan, Oct. 30 (UNI) The Shenzhou-21 crew will carry out in-orbit scientific experiments involving mice during their stay on China’s space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Thursday. Four mice, two males and two females, will be transported to the space station aboard the Shenzhou-21 spaceship and raised in orbit, CMSA…

Sydney, Oct 30 (UNI) An 80-year-old Australian woman has been found dead on a Great Barrier Reef island after being left behind by the cruise ship she was travelling on. The woman had been hiking on Lizard Island, 250km north of Cairns, with fellow passengers from the Coral Adventurer cruise ship on Saturday but is…