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Cruise ship passenger mysteriously found dead on 12-day Royal Caribbean voy...

Cruise ship passenger mysteriously found dead on 12-day Royal Caribbean voyage **Inquiry Underway Following Passenger Fatality Aboard Royal Caribbean Vessel** A somber investigation has been launched following the discovery of a deceased passenger aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship during its... read more »

Sri Lanka braces for new economic crisis...

Sri Lanka braces for new economic crisis as war on Iran continues

Sri Lanka braces for new economic crisis as war on Iran continues **Geopolitical Tensions Stoke Economic Fears in Sri Lanka** Colombo, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka finds itself once again navigating a precarious economic landscape, with escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East casting a long... read more »

The Strait of Hormuz is not just an oil ...

The Strait of Hormuz is not just an oil chokepoint

The Strait of Hormuz is not just an oil chokepoint ## Global Supply Chains Face Unprecedented Vulnerability at Hormuz Chokepoint **A critical maritime artery, long recognized for its pivotal role in global energy markets, is now understood to represent a far broader and more systemic threat to the... read more »

'Junk DNA' in brain may cause schizophrenia
Truly junk: E-waste from rich nations fl...

Truly junk: E-waste from rich nations floods local markets in Nigeria

Truly junk: E-waste from rich nations floods local markets in Nigeria **Nigeria Grapples with Influx of Obsolete Electronics from Developed Nations** **Lagos, Nigeria** – Nigeria is increasingly becoming a dumping ground for obsolete and near-end-of-life electronic waste originating from... read more »

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NC, UML lead in Nepal polls, Maoists lag far behind

NC, UML lead in Nepal polls, Maoists lag far behind

Kathmandu – Initial results of Nepal’s second Constituent Assembly elections indicate that the country’s traditional political forces like the Nepali Congress and CPN(UML) are... read more »

Israel passes bill to annex part of Jordan Valley

Israel ‘doomed to extinction’, says Ir...

Washington – Iran’s religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that Israel was “doomed to extinction .” Ayatollah said... read more »

Prachanda loses in Nepal Constituent Assembly election

Prachanda loses in Nepal Constituent Assembly election

The leader of Nepal’s Maoist party, who appears to have lost in this week’s national election, demanded on Thursday that the vote counting be stopped... read more »

Khamenei defends Iran’s right to n-power

Khamenei defends Iran's right to n-power

Tehran – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that Tehran will not retreat “an iota” from its nuclear rights, while... read more »

Israeli PM heads to Russia to advise against deal with ...

Israel slams Iran's nuclear deal

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embarked on a flight to Russia on Wednesday morning to discuss the Iranian nuclear plan with... read more »

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