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Islamabad, Nov 15 (UNI) Pakistan has recorded yet another case of polio, taking the number of cases to 49 so far this year. The latest case was detected in the Jaffarabad district of Balochistan province, marking the district’s first confirmed polio case and highlighting the ongoing spread of the virus across the country. According to…

Ottawa, Nov 15 (UNI) Some 55,000 postal workers represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) went on a nationwide strike on Friday. The union issued a statement at midnight saying that after a year of bargaining with little progress, postal workers made the difficult decision to strike. Canada Post had the opportunity to…

Sydney, Nov 15 (UNI) Scientists have discovered the world’s largest known coral in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The coral, which measures 34 meters wide, 32 meters long at 5.5 meters high, was found in the Solomon Islands’ Three Sisters island group by marine scientists from National Geographic’s Pristine Seas team. The standalone coral is made…

Muscat, Nov 15 (UNI) On the occasion of the 49th FIH Statutory Congress that was staged here, former EuroHockey President and ex-FIH EB Member Marijke Fleuren, who is now the Chair of the FIH Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, received the highly prestigious FIH Honorary Member Award. A standing ovation from the Congress delegates…

Washington, Nov 15 (UNI) President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday selected Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who ran as an independent in the 2024 presidential race and then endorsed Trump, to lead the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department. “For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged…

Beirut, Nov 15 (UNI) At least 12 paramedics from civil defence teams were killed on Thursday night in an Israeli airstrike on their center in Duris, a village in Baalbek in eastern Lebanon, Lebanese news website Elnashra reported. According to Elnashra, Baalbek Governor Bachir Khodor said that the bodies of 12 civil defence members were…

Islamabad, Nov 14 (UNI) Twelve terrorists were killed in two separate intelligence-based operations in Pakistan, the military said late Wednesday. Security forces conducted the operations in the southwest Balochistan province and northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement. During the operation in…

Manama, Nov. 14 (UNI) The Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) 2024 kicked off Wednesday at the Bahrain International Circuit in the Bahraini city of Sakhir, the official Bahrain News Agency reported. Inaugurating the event, Bahraini Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa highlighted the continued success of the BIAS over the past 14…

Jerusalem, Nov. 14 (UNI) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on Wednesday that six soldiers were killed in a clash with Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon. In a statement, the IDF said the soldiers “fell during combat” and identified five of them as members of the Golani Brigade’s Infantry Battalion 51. The identity of the…

Colombo, Nov 14 (UNI) Voting in the Sri Lankan parliamentary election began on Thursday morning at 7:00 a.m. local time after the opening of polling stations across the South Asian country. Over 8,000 candidates are contesting the election, with over 17 million eligible voters participating. The Sri Lankan parliament consists of 225 seats, with 113…