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Small asteroid ‘serendipitously’ detected using James Webb telescope-
By AFP WASHINGTON: European astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected a previously unknown asteroid about the size ...

5 dead after migrant boat sinks off Greek island of Leros
Four children and a woman died when a boat carrying at least 41 migrants crashed Sunday on a rocky coast ...

Why was the Turkey-Syria earthquake that killed thousands so deadly?-
By AFP PARIS: A combination of factors made the powerful earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria early Monday particularly deadly, ...

Indian Ocean countries agree to halt the use of industrial fishing gear that drastically depletes tuna stocks
Indian Ocean states agreed Monday to temporarily halt the use of industrial fishing gear that is drastically depleting tuna stocks ...

Salman Rushdie says ‘very, very difficult’ to write after stabbing incident-
By AFP NEW YORK: British author Salman Rushdie has said he finds it “very difficult” to write after being stabbed ...

Norway may become one of Ukraine’s top donors with proposed $7.3 billion aid package
Oil-rich Norway is looking to donate $7.3 billion to Kyiv as part of a five-year support package that would make ...

Nepal’s Rastriya Swatantra Party quits coalition government, three ministers resign-
By PTI KATHMANDU: The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), the third largest member of the ruling coalition in Nepal, has quit ...

Swiss lawmakers visit Taiwan to deepen political relations amid tension from China
A group of Swiss lawmakers met with Taiwan’s president and said Monday their government wants to deepen political relations, adding ...

Reporters Without Borders, other organizations urge Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to release journalist
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders along with 14 French media outlets and production companies on Monday called on Afghanistan’s Taliban ...

Turkey earthquake devastation captured on video
Videos have emerged capturing the devastating aftermath of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, ...