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Manila, Apr 1 (UNI) The Philippines sent the first batch of a 91-man team to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar to help in search and rescue operations early on Tuesday. “Two C-130 aircraft transported the initial 58 contingent members for their two-week deployment to Myanmar, with the remaining 33 members scheduled for transport by a single C-130 aircraft…

Washington, Apr 1 (UNI) U.S. President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that strikes on Yemen’s Houthis will continue until they are no longer a threat to U.S. ships. “The choice for the Houthis is clear: Stop shooting at U.S. ships, and we will stop shooting at you,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform, declaring…

Los Angeles, Apr 1 (UNI) The United States on Monday launched the world’s first human spaceflight mission over the Earth’s polar regions. A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying a four-member crew lifted off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at about 9:46 p.m. Eastern Time (0146 GMT Tuesday) from the Kennedy Space Center of the National Aeronautics…

Washington, Apr 1 (UNI) Harvard President Alan Garber said that important research would be at risk without US government support. “Earlier today, the federal government’s task force to combat antisemitism issued a letter putting at risk almost $9 billion in support of research at Harvard and other institutions, including hospitals in our community. If this…

Beijing, Apr 1 (UNI) Beijing believes that the United States should stop taking steps that undermine strategic security, in particular, weaken the role of nuclear weapons in its own national security policy, stop creating nuclear alliances, not deploy medium-range missiles near the borders of other states and stop creating a global missile defense system, Chinese…

Beirut, Apr 1 (UNI) An Israeli airstrike at dawn on Tuesday killed one Hezbollah member and three civilians in Sfeir area in Beirut’s southern suburbs, al-Mayadeen local TV channel reported. The strike destroyed a building and damaged nearby structures, said the report. The Lebanese army has arrived at the scene and set up a security…

Moscow, Apr 1 (UNI) Germany will keep supporting the introduction of new EU sanctions against Russia, German government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann said on Monday. On March 29, the prime minister of Germany’s Saxony Michael Kretschmer told the dpa news agency that it was necessary to discuss the easing of the European Union’s sanctions against Russia,…

Washington, Apr 1 (UNI) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its upcoming World Economic Outlook report forecasts a slight decline in global economic growth due to US tariffs and counter-tariffs and does not project a recession, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday. “We will know more when we can analyze all the data available….

Washington, Apr 1 (UNI) The United States imposed visa restrictions on Chinese officials responsible for allowing foreigners into Tibet, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. Rubio said the additional visa restrictions are being introduced because the Chinese Communist Party “has refused to afford U.S. diplomats, journalists, and other international observers access to the Tibet…

Sao Paulo, Mar 31 (UNI) Five people were killed and an infant was injured early Sunday morning when their car collided head-on with a truck in south Brazil’s Parana state, the local fire department reported. According to the truck driver, the car had crossed into the opposite lane before crashing into his vehicle at a…