N Korean missile could travel 15,000Km, reach US on normal trajectory
TOKYO, Nov 18 (TASS): The North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile launched on Friday could have covered a distance of about 15,000 kilometers and reached the continental US on its normal trajectory, Japanese Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada told reporters."Calculations based on flight trajectories show that the range [of the missile] could...
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Digital currencies being used to fund terror, Modi says
NEW DELHI, Nov 18 (AFP): Digital currencies need more regulation to stamp out funding for terror operations, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday at a major international forum to combat financing of extremist groups.India has laboured to rein in cryptocurrency transactions after years of phenomenal growth, backed by burgeoning...
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Covid pandemic led to surge in superbug infections: EU
LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters): Infections from some antibiotic-resistant pathogens known as superbugs have more than doubled in health care facilities in Europe, an EU agency said on Thursday, providing further evidence of the wider impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control report said reported cases...
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House fire kills 21 in Gaza Strip
GAZA CITY, Nov 18 (AP): A fire set off by stored gasoline in a residential building killed 21 people Thursday evening in a refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, the territory's Hamas rulers said, in one of the deadliest incidents in recent years outside the violence stemming from the...
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Indian minister denigrates women for live-in relations
NEW DELHI, Nov 18 (BBC): A federal minister in India has stirred a controversy after he blamed live-in relationships for a murder case that has made headlines in the country.Shraddha Walkar was killed in May, allegedly by her live-in partner, who has been arrested and charged with murder.Minister Kaushal Kishore...
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News in brief -(2022-11-19)
Pelosi to step down as top Democrat after Republicans take HouseWASHINGTON, Nov 18: Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the trailblazing first woman to wield the speaker's gavel in the US House of Representatives, said Thursday that she will step down as party leader when Republicans take control of the chamber in January....
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