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News Desk/Agencies Florida: NASA has moved into the final countdown phase for its Artemis II mission, marking a major milestone as the agency prepares for its first crewed lunar test flight in over five decades. The countdown…

News Desk  Manama: Bahrain has activated emergency preparedness measures as regional security tensions intensify, with more than 2,600 evacuees currently accommodated in shelters across the kingdom, the Interior Ministry said during a…

News Desk  Beijing: China has taken a significant step in the emerging flying car and low-altitude aviation sector with the unveiling of the world’s largest electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, named Matrix.…

AFP/APP Manila: A ferry with more than 350 people onboard sank early Monday in the southern Philippines, leaving at least 15 people dead and 28 still missing, the coast guard said. The MV Trisha Kerstin 3 issued a distress signal at…

AFP/APP Lyon, Jan: Two separate avalanches claimed the lives of three off-piste skiers in the French Alps, local officials said on Saturday. In one incident, two French off-piste skiers died after being buried by an avalanche at…

WAM/APP Abuja: At least 25 people were killed and 14 others went missing after a passenger boat capsized in northern Nigeria’s Yobe state, according to emergency services. The boat was carrying residents returning from a local market,…

AFP/APP New York: A gunman killed two people and critically wounded eight others on Saturday afternoon at prestigious Brown University, authorities said, urging people in the area to remain in lockdown as the attacker was still at large.…

News Desk Japan: A powerful earthquake struck off Japan’s northern coast on Monday, prompting tsunami warnings and leaving several people injured, according to local media. The US Geological Survey reported that the magnitude 7.6…

AFP/APP Vietnam: Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall Thursday in Vietnam's already storm-battered central belt, where thousands have been evacuated from areas in the path of one of the world’s deadliest cyclones this year. Kalmaegi cut a…

News Desk Washington: The United States has added 32 companies and organizations from China, India, Iran, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates to its trade blacklist, the Commerce Department announced on Friday. Among the firms…