Himalayan snow at 23-yr low
ISLAMABAD, Apr 21 (AFP): Snowfall in Asia's Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two billion people dependent on snowmelt for water, scientists warned in a report on Monday.The Hindu Kush-Himalayan range, which stretches from Afghanistan to Myanmar, holds the largest reserves of ice and snow...
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Ukraine, Russia will make deal this week: Trump
NEW YORK, Apr 21 (Reuters/AFP): US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he hopes Russia and Ukraine will make a deal this week to end the conflict in Ukraine."BOTH WILL THEN START TO DO BIG BUSINESS WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHICH IS THRIVING, AND MAKE A FORTUNE!" Trump...
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World leaders react to Pope’s death
VATICAN CITY, Apr 21 (AFP): World leaders remembered Pope Francis as "a beacon of compassion", reacting with sadness after the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics died on Monday.French President Emmanuel Macron said the pope had always been "on the side of the most vulnerable and the most fragile"...
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India's roads among the world's deadliest
NEW DELHI, Apr 21 (BBC): Every morning, India's newspapers are filled with reports of road accidents - passenger buses plunging into mountain gorges, drunk drivers mowing down pedestrians, cars crashing into stationary trucks and two-wheelers being knocked down by larger vehicles.These daily tragedies underscore a silent crisis: in 2023 alone,...
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US airstrikes on Sanaa kill 12
DUBAI, Apr 21 (TASS): At least 12 people were killed and 30 wounded in US airstrikes on Yemen's Sanaa, which is under the control of the Yemeni rebel Ansar Allah movement, the Health Ministry of the Houthi government reported."According to preliminary data, the death toll as a result of the...
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Israel wants to 'undermine' talks with US, says Iran
TEHRAN, Apr 21 (AFP): Iran accused Israel on Monday of seeking to "undermine" ongoing talks with the United States on its nuclear programme, a key point of tension with the West."A kind of coalition is forming... to undermine and disrupt the diplomatic process," Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei told...
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