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15 Jan 2026 1:23 AM IST
Canadian PM Mark Carney arrives in China for four-day visit beijing: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday night,...

Indoor air pollution is a global health issue, not just a domestic heating one

15 Jan 2026 1:23 AM IST
LONDON: When indoor air pollution makes the news in western countries, it often feels like a local issue. One week it focuses on wood-burning stoves....

Senate readies vote on Venezuela war powers

15 Jan 2026 1:23 AM IST
NUUK: Along the narrow, snow-covered main street in Greenland’s capital, international journalists and camera crews stop passersby every few meters...

Nepali Congress party splits, Gagan Thapa elected new President

15 Jan 2026 1:22 AM IST
KATHMANDU: The Nepali Congress party on Wednesday formally split as negotiations between the two factions, led by general secretaries Gagan Thapa and...

Syrian army, Kurdish forces exchange strikes

15 Jan 2026 1:22 AM IST
ALEPPO: Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces exchanged fire on Tuesday in a tense area of eastern Aleppo province,...

Some personnel at key US base in Qatar advised to evacuate

15 Jan 2026 1:19 AM IST
WASHINGTON: Some personnel at a key US military base in Qatar have been advised to evacuate by Wednesday evening, a US official said. The decision...

UNDP stresses rapid financing for Sri Lanka for post-Ditwah recovery

15 Jan 2026 1:19 AM IST
COLOMBO: Flagging widespread economic fallout following the disastrous Cyclone Ditwah, the UNDP on Wednesday called for support to restore ...

Sudan peace talks resume in Cairo as war nears three-year mark

15 Jan 2026 1:19 AM IST
Cairo: Sudan peace efforts resumed in Cairo on Wednesday as Egypt, the United Nations and the United States called for the warring parties to agree to...

‘Nearly 1 million Afghans repatriated since April 2025’

15 Jan 2026 1:18 AM IST
PESHAWAR: Nearly 1 million Afghan nationals have been repatriated from Pakistan since April 2025, according to official data released on Wednesday. ...

Anything less than having Greenland in US’ hands unacceptable: Trump

15 Jan 2026 1:09 AM IST
Nuuk: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that NATO should help the US acquire Greenland and anything less than American control is unacceptable,...

US freezes all visa processing for 75 nations, including Russia, Iran

15 Jan 2026 1:07 AM IST
Washington: The State Department is pausing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries in an effort to crack down on applicants deemed likely to...

European Union targets Ukraine’s military needs with massive new loan programme

15 Jan 2026 1:07 AM IST
BRUSSELS: The European Union will dedicate most of a massive new loan programme to Ukraine’s military needs over the next two years while also...
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