Thu 30 April 2026: Several Indian states have rolled out relief measures amid sweltering temperatures witnessed in several parts of the South Asian nation. The Indian Meteorological Department in a statement said that maximum and day temperatures were in the range of 40-46 degrees Celsius (104-114.8 degrees Fahrenheit ) over most parts of the country except the Himalayan […]
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Tue 28 April 2026: A group of Buddhist monks was arrested at a Sri Lankan airport on suspicion of cannabis smuggling, according to media reports. Authorities detained the group after they arrived from Thailand late Saturday with more than 110 kilograms (242 lbs) of Kush cannabis and hashish, the Sri Lankan Daily Mirror reported Sunday. The suspects appeared in the […]
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Tue 28 April 2026: The strikes were the first since the two agreed to halt the violence at peace talks last month. Pakistan and Afghanistan have accused one another of launching new cross-border attacks. Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said on Monday that four people were killed in attacks in the eastern Kunar province. Pakistani officials reported […]
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Tue 28 April 2026: Kashmiri political and religious leaders denounced the move as part of a broader pattern of New Delhi’s overreach. An important Islamic seminary in Kashmir has been declared unlawful under anti-terror laws, prompting backlash from prominent religious and political leaders in the Indian-administered territory. Kashmir Divisional Commissioner Anshul Garg issued the order […]
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Sun 26 April 2026: China Friday announced it had discovered two new lunar minerals, state media reported. The minerals were discovered from the lunar samples brought back by the Chang’e-5 mission, said the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The Chang’e-5 mission returned to Earth in December 2020, bringing home some 1,731 grams of lunar samples […]
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Sat 25 April 2026: A Japanese sushi chain operator set a new Guinness World Record for the most expensive tuna, paying $3.2 million for a 243kg bluefin at a 2026 auction. A Japanese sushi chain operator has a new Guinness World Record for the most expensive tuna at auction after paying 510.3 million yen ($3.2 million) at […]
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Sat 25 April 2026: China on Saturday warned against a recently introduced package of export control legislation in the US House of Representatives that seeks to impose stricter export controls on the equipment used to manufacture cutting-edge chips, state news agency Xinhua reported. The US House Foreign Affairs Committee passed the Multilateral Alignment of Technology […]
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Sat 25 April 2026: Report says about 1,100 held in Doha face choice between DRC resettlement or return to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan Hundreds of Afghans who supported US forces could be sent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo after the Trump administration halted their resettlement in the US, according to a report. Citing advocacy groups […]
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Fri 24 April 2026: China is chief among a group of nations seeking to steal US-made AI technology, and is doing so at “industrial-scale,” the White House alleged Thursday. “The United States government has information indicating that foreign entities, principally based in China, are engaged in deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns to distill frontier AI systems,” Director […]
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Thu 23 April 2026: The former president will face trial after the court confirmed charges of crimes against humanity over his ‘war on drugs’. Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have confirmed all three counts of murder as crimes against humanity against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and committed him to trial. The judges […]
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