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Shenzhen, Sep 8 (UNI) Extremely heavy rainstorm has lashed Shenzhen City in south China’s Guangdong Province since Thursday night, according to the municipal meteorological bureau. From 5 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday, the average rainfall in Shenzhen was 202.8 mm, and the maximum cumulative rainfall reached 469 mm. The bureau said this rainfall featured…

Beijing, (UNI) Beijing will work actively to support the African Union’s (AU) accession to the G20, as well as its playing bigger role in global governance, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Thursday. Earlier in the day, Bloomberg reported, citing sources, that the G20 countries had agreed to grant permanent membership status to…

Tokyo, Sep 7 (UNI) A Japanese H-IIA carrier rocket with Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) and a satellite dubbed the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) launched Thursday from Tanegashima Space Center, according to the broadcast of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The launch was initially scheduled for August 26 but was…

Jakarta, Sep 7 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for a collective voice over the issues being faced by the Global South in multilateral fora and unveiled 12 point agenda for strengthening India-ASEAN cooperation in various areas of common interest. Addressing the 20th ASEAN-India Summit in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Modi said…

Islamabad, (UNI) An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday approved a two-day physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Parvez Elahi in a case pertaining to an attack on Judicial Complex Islamabad. He was taken into custody by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police after the ATC announced the reserved verdict, Geo news reports. During the proceedings…

Washington, (UNI) Former President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will testify in his own defense at trial if the criminal proceedings against him make it that far in US courts. “Oh, yes, absolutely,” Trump said during an interview with Hugh Hewitt, when asked if he would testify at a trial against him. “I…

Cairo, (UNI) At least four people were killed and five others wounded on Wednesday in a building collapse in Egypt’s capital Cairo, the state-run Ahram newspaper reported. All residents in the collapsed four-storey building, located in north Cairo’s Hadaeq El-Qubbah district, belong to the same family. The wounded have been transferred to a hospital for…

Washington, Sep 6 (UNI) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday the company was waiting for the approval of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to launch another Starship spacecraft. “Starship is ready to launch, awaiting FAA license approval,” Musk said on X (formerly known as Twitter). SpaceX said on X earlier in the day that…

Jakarta, Sep 6 (UNI) Chinese Premier Li Qiang said here on Wednesday that in the past 10 years, China and ASEAN have succeeded in blazing a correct path of long-term good-neighborliness and friendship, as well as common development and prosperity as the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century. Li made the remarks…

Tunis, Sep 6 (UNI) Tunisia’s former Prime Minister and the former Secretary General of the Islamist party Ennahdha, Hamadi Jebali, was arrested on Tuesday at his home in the eastern coastal province of Sousse, the official news agency Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported. Jebali’s lawyer said in a statement that a group of policemen searched…