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New Delhi/Dhaka, Dec 30 (UNI) Begum Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s former prime minister and a controversial figure in the country’s turbulent political life for more than three decades, died on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. She was 80. Her son Tareque Rahman, who had gone into self-imposed exile in the UK, had returned on Christmas to…
Tokyo, Dec 29 (UNI) Japan’s agriculture ministry said on Monday that genetic testing has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a farm in Hokkaido Prefecture, marking the 11th bird flu outbreak in the country this season. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the outbreak occurred…
Florida, Dec 29 (UNI) US President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the war in Ukraine are edging closer to a breakthrough following talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, while cautioning that several “thorny issues” remain unresolved. “We’re getting closer,” Trump told reporters after the meeting, but stressed that…
Tokyo, Dec 29 (UNI) A five-year-old boy died after his right arm was caught in a travelator at a ski resort in Japan’s northern prefecture of Hokkaido on Sunday, local authorities said. The accident occurred at the Asarigawa Onsen Ski Resort in Otaru on Sunday morning, when the boy became trapped in a moving walkway…
Jakarta, Dec 29 (UNI) Indonesian police are conducting identification procedures for 16 people killed in a fire that broke out at a nursing home in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province, local authorities said on Monday. The victims’ bodies are being identified at Bhayangkara Hospital of the North Sulawesi Regional Police (Polda Sulut), according…
Mexico City, Dec 29 (UNI) A passenger train carrying 241 passengers and nine crew members derailed on a bridge near Nizanda in southeastern Mexico on Sunday, leaving several people trapped and injured, the Secretariat of the Navy said on social media. The train plunged into a ravine while en route to the municipality of Matias…
Beijing, Dec. 29 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted 15 km NNW of Susanville, California at 0041 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 5.4 km, was initially determined to be at 40.54 degrees north latitude and 120.69 degrees west longitude.
Palm Beach, (UNU) US President Donald Trump on Sunday hosted his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago home in this affluent town of Florida, telling reporters he believes both Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin want to make a peace deal to end their war. Asked whether he believes Putin is serious about peace,…
Ottawa, Dec 28 (UNI) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday stopped over in the city of Halifax, Canada, and met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney before flying to Florida to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump for talks aimed at ending the Ukraine crisis. Carney and Zelensky held a bilateral meeting to discuss the…
Karachi, Dec 27 (UNI): Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman and former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday commenting on the socio-political and economic situation in the country, linked economic prosperity with political stability, viewing the two as synonymous with one another, and said that the one and only person who could steer Pakistan out of…
