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Xinhua/APP Beijing: A magnitude-5.6 earthquake jolted Tonga at 0302 GMT on Friday, informed the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicentre, with a depth of 35 km, was initially determined to be at 17.58 degrees south latitude and 173.77…

Xinhua/APP Mexico City: At least 27 people have been killed and four missing after Hurricane Otis struck the coast of the southern Mexican state of Guerreroon Wednesday morning as a Category 5 hurricane. The Pacific hurricane crashed…

News Desk United Nations: Although nothing could justify the attacks by Hamas on October 7 which triggered the siege and bombardment of Gaza, it is important to recognise that they “did not happen in a vacuum” and did not justify the…

News Desk United Nations: “The US draft does not reflect the world’s strongest calls for a ceasefire and an end to the fighting, and it does not help resolve the issue,” said China’s United Nations Ambassador Zhang Jun at the Security…

Xinhua/APP Guiyang: With Cili production having evolved into a pillar industry locally, the cooperative boasts an annual output of more than 450 metric tons, helping over 300 local residents secure employment each year. Guizhou has…

AA/APP Gaza: “We have less than 48 hours before all electric generators in hospitals run out of fuel,” Health Ministry Spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said on Telegram. The mechanism followed to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza is “slow and…

Xinhua/APP New Delhi: The overall air quality index (AQI) of Delhi was recorded at 302 on Sunday, and the most prominent pollutants are PM 2.5 and PM 10, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research…

Xinhua/APP Kathmandu: Three earthquakes above magnitude 4 jolted Dhading district on Sunday morning, sending tremors to Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital city. The quakes have left a few houses damaged in Dhading but no casualties have been…

AFP/APP Herat: “When we went to the village, we passed out and they brought us back to the city unconscious,” said Afghan earthquake survivor Negar from a makeshift aid camp in Herat city, the provincial capital. Negar further said,…

Xinhua/APP Guangzhou: The 16th typhoon of this year ‘Typhoon Sanba’ made landfall in the coastal areas of Zhanjiang City, south China’s Guangdong Province, at around 9:45 am on Friday, informed local meteorological service. Under the…