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August 28, 2025 6:53 PM
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In Bangladesh, academic activities at all engineering universities and colleges across the country came to a standstill today, as students under the banner of the Engineering Rights Movement enforced a complete shutdown. The move followed violent clashes in Dhaka yesterday, where police allegedly ...
August 28, 2025 6:43 PM
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Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed a 15-year Sales and Purchase Agreement with Indian Oil Corporation to supply one million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas from its lower-carbon Ruwais LNG project. Under the agreement, LNG will be delivered to ports across India, supportin...
August 28, 2025 6:44 PM
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The Australian government has announced that it will cut another 500 tariffs, which it describes as nuisance tariffs, as part of a push to encourage free trade. Treasurer Jim Chalmers, Trade Minister Don Farrell and Industry and Innovation Minister Tim Ayres announced in Canberra today that the sm...
August 28, 2025 6:19 PM
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The United Arab Emirates today marks the 10th annual Emirati Women’s Day, celebrating the contributions of women to the nation’s development and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the General Women’s Union (GWU), founded by Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak in 1975. The day, first celebr...
August 28, 2025 5:56 PM
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In Japan, a volcano eruption at Mount Shinmoe on the southwestern island of Kyushu is reported today with plumes rising to 5,500 meters. Local media quoting the Japan Meteorological Agency reports that the 1,421-metre volcano straddling Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures erupted at 4:53 a.m. local t...
August 28, 2025 5:44 PM
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The United Nations Human Rights Council said that over 2.3 million Afghan refugees have returned from Iran and Pakistan in 2025. Many returnees are arriving under pressure in a nation ill-prepared to absorb them. The UN refugee agency urged the international community to provide urgent support stres...
August 28, 2025 2:41 PM
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Taiwan's Ministry of Defence detected the presence of 41 Chinese military aircraft, seven naval vessels and an official ship operating around its territorial waters on Thursday. In a post on X, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence(MND) said 41 PLA aircraft, 7 Chinese Navy vessels and 1 official...
August 28, 2025 2:33 PM
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned Russia's latest missile strike on Kyiv, which killed at least eight people, including a child, and wounded dozens more. In a post on X, Mr. Zelenskyy said, Right now in Kyiv, first responders are clearing the rubble of an ordinary residential buildin...
August 28, 2025 2:27 PM
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An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 jolted Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad yesterday, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) reported. The quake was recorded in Peshawar, Swat, Malakand, Swabi, and Mansehra, and other adjoining areas, with its tremors reaching up to Gahkuch city of Paki...
August 28, 2025 2:02 PM
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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that any interference in Denmark's internal affairs and in Greenland is "unacceptable," following reports that American citizens with ties to the White House are involved in covert influence activities in Greenland. Earlier on Wednesday, Danish br...
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