Saturday, 25 January 2025, 05:33 am
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Blinken arrives in Beijing on high-stakes mission to cool soaring US-China tensions
Online Desk: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing early Sunday on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to try to cool exploding U.S.-China tensions that haveread more
23 Bangladeshis among 2,000 stranded in Sikkim flashflood
Online Desk: Over 2,000 tourists, including 23 Bangladeshis, were stranded in North Sikkim due to a landslide following a flashflood since Thursday, officials said. The road fromread more
Airstrike killed 17 people, including 5 children, in Sudan capital
Online Desk: An airstrike in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Saturday killed at least 17 people, including five children, health officials said, as fighting continued between rival generalsread more
5.8-magnitude quake hits western France
Online Desk: A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit western France at 6:38 p.m. local time (1638 GMT) on Friday, the French Central Seismological Bureau (FCSB) announced. According to theread more
25 killed in attack on school in western Uganda: police
Online Desk: Twenty-five people have died in a “terrorist attack” on a school in western Uganda by fighters from the Islamic State-aligned Allied Democratic Forces militia, theread more
Cyclone Biparjoy weakens as it churns toward Pakistan after killing 2 in India and causing damage
Online Desk: Cyclone Biparjoy knocked out power and threw shipping containers into the sea in western India on Friday before weakening as it headed toward Pakistan, officialsread more
Cyclone Biparjoy: Over 100,000 evacuated in India, Pakistan
Online Desk: More than 100,000 people had been evacuated in India and Pakistan ahead of the expected landfall Thursday of a fierce cyclone which could devastate homesread more
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Philippines: USGS
Online Desk: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Philippines on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, as local authorities warned of aftershocks and possible damage. The earthquakeread more
At least 79 dead after overcrowded migrant vessel sinks off Greece
Online Desk: A fishing boat crammed to the gunwales with migrants trying to reach Europe capsized and sank Wednesday off the coast of Greece, authorities said, leavingread more
