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KABUL, June 11 (Xinhua) -- A road accident left nine commuters injured, some in critical condition, in Baghlan province north of Afghanistan on Wednesday evening, provincial police spokesman Mawlawi Shir Ahmad Burhani said Thursday. Without providing more details, the official added that all the injured had been shifted to a hospital in the provincial capital Pul-e-Khumri.
Read full story →KABUL, June 11 (Xinhua) -- A road accident left nine commuters injured, some in critical condition, in Baghlan province north of Afghanistan on Wednesday evening, provincial police spokesman Mawlawi Shir Ahmad Burhani said Thursday. Without providing more details, the official added that all the injured had been shifted to a hospital in the provincial capital Pul-e-Khumri.
Read full story →KABUL, June 11 (Xinhua) -- A road accident left nine commuters injured, some in critical condition, in Baghlan province north of Afghanistan on Wednesday evening, provincial police spokesman Mawlawi Shir Ahmad Burhani said Thursday. Without providing more details, the official added that all the injured had been shifted to a hospital in the provincial capital Pul-e-Khumri.
Read full story →New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): The sacred relics of Lord Buddha's chief disciples, Arhant Sariputra and Arhant Maudgalyayana, returned to the national capital from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, marking the conclusion of a 10-day exposition held during the auspicious Vesak celebrations.Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh Vinai Kumar Saxena personally carried the holy relics back to India after the completion of the exposit
Read full story →New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): The sacred relics of Lord Buddha's chief disciples, Arhant Sariputra and Arhant Maudgalyayana, returned to the national capital from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, marking the conclusion of a 10-day exposition held during the auspicious Vesak celebrations.Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh Vinai Kumar Saxena personally carried the holy relics back to India after the completion of the exposit
Read full story →New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): The sacred relics of Lord Buddha's chief disciples, Arhant Sariputra and Arhant Maudgalyayana, returned to the national capital from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, marking the conclusion of a 10-day exposition held during the auspicious Vesak celebrations.Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh Vinai Kumar Saxena personally carried the holy relics back to India after the completion of the exposit
Read full story →Hong Kong has become the top listing choice for tech firms amid the rise of Asia in global innovation, according to Bonnie Chan Yiting, CEO of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX). The tech listings boom has prompted the city’s exchange to review its listing regime to better accommodate high growth and pre-profit technology and biotech firms seeking access to international funds. The comments come as the city’s capital markets maintain momentum despite recent fluctuations, with over HK$166...
Read full story →Hong Kong’s welfare chief has defended a “professional” call by doctors and social workers to return a 12-year-old girl to the flat where her mother had just jumped to her death, hours before the child also killed herself. A registered clinical psychologist said the girl should have been moved to a relative’s home immediately, instead of going back to the flat where her mother’s suicide took place. Sources said that the woman, a 48-year-old government social worker with no record of mental...
Read full story →NSW inquiry will also examine whether notorious serial killer Ivan Milat was responsible for more murders.
Read full story →NSW inquiry will also examine whether notorious serial killer Ivan Milat was responsible for more murders.
Read full story →Scandal-plagued Graham Platner will face Republican Susan Collins in Novembers Senate electionUS Marine veteran Graham Platner, who recently covered up a Nazi-style tattoo, has won Maine's Democratic Senate primary and will face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.Platner, a progressive with no previous political experience, won 75% of the vote, garnering support from left-wing D
Read full story →Scandal-plagued Graham Platner will face Republican Susan Collins in Novembers Senate electionUS Marine veteran Graham Platner, who recently covered up a Nazi-style tattoo, has won Maine's Democratic Senate primary and will face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.Platner, a progressive with no previous political experience, won 75% of the vote, garnering support from left-wing D
Read full story →Scandal-plagued Graham Platner will face Republican Susan Collins in Novembers Senate electionUS Marine veteran Graham Platner, who recently covered up a Nazi-style tattoo, has won Maine's Democratic Senate primary and will face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.Platner, a progressive with no previous political experience, won 75% of the vote, garnering support from left-wing D
Read full story →Scandal-plagued Graham Platner will face Republican Susan Collins in Novembers Senate electionUS Marine veteran Graham Platner, who recently covered up a Nazi-style tattoo, has won Maine's Democratic Senate primary and will face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.Platner, a progressive with no previous political experience, won 75% of the vote, garnering support from left-wing D
Read full story →Scandal-plagued Graham Platner will face Republican Susan Collins in Novembers Senate electionUS Marine veteran Graham Platner, who recently covered up a Nazi-style tattoo, has won Maine's Democratic Senate primary and will face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.Platner, a progressive with no previous political experience, won 75% of the vote, garnering support from left-wing D
Read full story →Scandal-plagued Graham Platner will face Republican Susan Collins in Novembers Senate electionUS Marine veteran Graham Platner, who recently covered up a Nazi-style tattoo, has won Maine's Democratic Senate primary and will face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.Platner, a progressive with no previous political experience, won 75% of the vote, garnering support from left-wing D
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Read full story →China said it had carried out a scientific expedition in Scarborough Shoal, amid renewed confrontation with the Philippines over the disputed South China Sea atoll. The research mission – which began on May 20 – involved deploying a floating platform for environmental monitoring and sampling, the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ South China Sea Institute of Oceanology said in a statement on Wednesday. It came after Manila lodged a formal diplomatic protest on Tuesday against what it called the...
Read full story →Climate change-induced weather events are pushing orangutan populations to extinction, says a study.
Read full story →The Hong Kong government should expand its planned mandate for driver-monitoring systems on public buses to other modes of transport and upgrade road infrastructure as part of a multipronged strategy to reduce traffic accidents, industry leaders have said. The remarks followed authorities revealing in the Legislative Council on Wednesday that they planned to leverage technology to boost road safety. The Transport Department is set to study the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of extending...
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