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Washington, (UNI) At least one person was killed and two others injured in a shooting at a high school in Iowa, the United States on Thursday morning, local media reported citing law enforcement officials. The shooting happened at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa on Thursday morning. The school was quickly evacuated, and multiple law…

Tokyo, Jan 4 (UNI) The death toll has risen to 82 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of Thursday afternoon after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the prefecture and its vicinity on Monday. The most stricken city of Wajima in Ishikawa has confirmed a total of 48 deaths,…

Gaza, Jan 4 (UNI) The Israeli military has dropped more than 45,000 rockets and bombs weighing over 65,000 tonnes on the Gaza Strip since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict escalated on October 7, the Government Media Office in Gaza said Wednesday. “Aircraft of the Israeli occupier have dropped over 45,000 rockets and huge bombs on the Gaza…

Washington, Jan 4 (UNI) Applied Research Solutions has received a US Air Force $48,750,000 contract to develop multi-domain, multi-platform, and multi-scale technologies for more advanced sensors, the Department of Defense announced in a press release. “Applied Research Solutions [of] Beavercreek, Ohio was awarded a $48,750,000 …contract for research and development,” the release said on Wednesday….

Buenos Aires, Jan 4 (UNI) An Argentine court has suspended the labour reform proposed by President Javier Milei, prompting the country’s authorities to appeal the court’s decision, Argentine broadcaster TN reported on Wednesday. The court ordered that the implementation of the article “Work” outlined in the decree be suspended, the broadcaster reported, adding that the…

Tokyo, Jan 4 (UNI) The death toll has risen to 78 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of Thursday morning, after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the prefecture and its vicinity. The most stricken city of Wajima in Ishikawa has confirmed a total of 44 deaths, the national…

Tehran, (UNI) The number of victims killed in the explosions in the Iranian city of Kerman has now exceeded 103, with over 141 people injured, Iran’s IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday. The head of the Kerman emergency department said that 103 people were killed and another 141 were injured as a result of the…

Brasilia, Jan 4 (UNI) Former Brazilian Formula One driver and the Fittipaldi Formula One team owner Wilson Fittipaldi Jr. suffered cardiac arrest during his 80th birthday dinner party on Christmas Day, Brazilian sports news outlet Grande Premio reported on Wednesday. Wilson, the brother of Brazilian two-time Formula One World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi, celebrated his 80th…

Islamabad, Jan 3 (UNI) Two World Bank officials have said Pakistan’s economy is now facing one of its worst crisis, blaming it on a series of factors including poor policy choices, below-par human development outcomes and declining per capita income growth. World Bank Vice President for South Asia Martin Raiser and the bank’s country director…

Washington, (UNI) An armed man who broke into the Colorado Supreme Court in Denver and discharged his firearm has surrendered to state police, CNN reported on Tuesday. The incident unfolded early morning on Tuesday and lasted for almost two hours, the report said. The suspect, who remains unidentified for now, crashed his vehicle into another…