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Washington, Sep 23 (UNI) Doctors in the US will soon be advised not to prescribe the pain reliever Tylenol to pregnant women, US President Donald Trump said, citing a disputed link between the drug and autism. Trump made the announcement on Monday in the Oval Office alongside Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, reports BBC….

Seoul, Sep 22 (UNI) South Korea’s president has said he would accept a deal between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un under which North Korea would agree to freeze production of its nuclear weapons for now, rather than get rid of them. Lee Jae Myung told the BBC of North Korea was producing an additional…

Tokyo, Sept. 22 (UNI) Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) officially launched its leadership election campaign on Monday, with five candidates expected to register their bids. The contenders are Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, former Economic Security Ministers Takayuki Kobayashi and Sanae Takaichi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, and former LDP Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi. All five…

Dhaka, Sept. 22 (UNI) A total of 12 people died of dengue fever in Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said here Sunday. This is by far the highest death toll in a single day in the country. According to DGHS figures, the death toll this year reached 179. In the last 24…

Sydney, Sep 22 (UNI) Australian officials have promised telecommunications giant Optus will face “significant consequences” over a systems outage linked to multiple deaths. The incident last week left hundreds of people across more than half of the country unable to call emergency services for 13 hours, reports BBC. Optus – one of the country’s two…

Moscow, Sept. 22 (UNI) A Ukrainian drone attack left three people dead and 16 others injured in Crimea, regional head Sergei Aksyonov said Sunday on his Telegram channel. Aksyonov said the incident occurred near the settlement of Foros, where several facilities at the Foros sanatorium and a local school building were damaged. “The drone attack…

Chengdu, Sept. 21 (UNI) Chinese energy tech firm Honghua Group launched an intelligent fracturing solution on Friday, aiming to boost the efficiency and automation of unconventional oil and gas extraction. The solution is being rolled out amid growing global dependence on this difficult-to-access yet highly promising energy source. Unlike conventional oil and gas reserves, which…

Islamabad, Sept. 21 (UNI) At least seven people, including five children, were killed and several others injured when the roof of a private academy collapsed in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province on Saturday, police said. The incident happened in Hafizabad district of the province, the district’s police chief Atif Nazir Kadhar told the media, adding that…

Kampala, Sept. 21 (UNI) Seven people drowned and 29 others survived after a boat carrying mourners capsized on Lake Kyoga in northern Uganda’s Amolatar District on Friday, police said Saturday. The wooden vessel was traveling from Muchora Abino A village to escort a catechist to a burial ceremony when it overturned near Kiryanga Village in…

The Hague, Sep 21 (UNI) At least 30 people were detained for riots in The Hague, two police officers were injured, the mayor of the city, the police chief and the prosecutor said. “We were faced with an unprecedented outbreak of violence. The peaceful demonstration had to be dispersed, since the security of those present…