Wed 04 June 2025: More than 200,000 Afghans have left Pakistan since the government renewed a deportation drive in April, Islamabad’s ministry of interior told AFP. More than 135,000 Afghans left Pakistan in April, while the number dropped to 67,000 in May and more than 3,000 were sent back in the first two days of June, according to the […]
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Wed 04 June 2025: Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife. While scientists have long experimented with biodegradable plastics, researchers from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and the University of Tokyo say their new material breaks down much more […]
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Wed 04 June 2025: Vietnam has ended a two-child policy, aiming to meet population challenges as the Southeast Asian country has seen a decline in fertility rate. The lawmakers of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly approved the changes to the population law on Tuesday, the daily Hanoi Times reported. Health Minister Dao Hong […]
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Wed 04 June 2025: Federal prosecutors say the couple intended to carry out research on the toxic pathogen at the University of Michigan. US federal prosecutors have charged two Chinese nationals with smuggling a toxic fungus into the United States, which authorities claim could be turned into a “potential agroterrorism weapon”. The charges against Jian […]
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Wed 04 June 2025: Lee Jae-myung was sworn in as South Korea’s new president Wednesday following his historic win in snap elections, local media reported. He took the oath of office during his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul, Yonhap News Agency reported. On Tuesday, Lee was elected as the country’s 14th president […]
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Tue 03 June 2025: Over 200 inmates attacked guards and fled when tremors saw them removed from cells as safety precaution. More than 200 inmates have escaped from a prison in Pakistan after they were moved from their cells for safety amid earthquake tremors, officials have said. Several dozen of the prisoners that broke out […]
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Tue 03 June 2025: In every nation, there exists a sacred myth—the story a people tell themselves about who they are and who protects them. In Pakistan, that myth has long centered on the soldier: the stoic, selfless guardian of the realm, standing alert at the border, poised to defend the homeland against existential threats. […]
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Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam, second from left, after he was released from prison in Dhaka on May 28, 2025 Mon 02 June 2025: Decision paves way for the country’s largest Muslim party to participate in the next general election, expected by June next year. Bangladesh has restored the registration of the country’s largest […]
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Mon 02 June 2025: Beijing says the US is touting Cold War mentality after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls China a threat to the region. China has warned the United States against “playing with fire” over Taiwan in response to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calling the Asian power a “threat to the region” at […]
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Sun 01 June 2025: The Indian military confirmed for the first time on Saturday the loss of fighter jets in recent clashes with Pakistan. Anil Chauhan, the chief of the Indian Defence Staff, told Bloomberg TV that “what is important (for India) is not the jet being down, but why they were down.” “… why […]
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