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July 11, 2025 5:21 PM July 11, 2025 5:21 PM

Over 5000 Afghan refugee families return to homeland in single day

Over 5000 Afghan refugee families returned to their homeland, Afghanistan, in a single day yesterday. Most of them are from Iran.  The massive scale return of refugees continues amid the Afghan interim government's call on the host country, Iran, to exercise restraint and slow down the refugees' exp...

July 11, 2025 2:09 PM July 11, 2025 2:09 PM

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South Korea: Former President Yoon fails to appear for questioning by special counsel

Arrested former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol failed to appear on Friday for questioning by a special counsel over his attempt to impose martial law. Assistant special counsel Park Ji-young said that in the event Yoon's absence cannot be explained, the special counsel will take steps to bring...

July 11, 2025 12:01 PM July 11, 2025 12:01 PM

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Microsoft’s new AI system to help decode protein motion, advance drug discovery

Microsoft’s new AI system, Biomolecular Emulator-1 (BioEmu-1), will help decode protein motion and help in the faster discovery of drugs. BioEmu-1 is a deep learning model that can generate thousands of protein structures per hour on a single graphics processing unit (GPU).   Proteins play an e...

July 11, 2025 11:09 AM July 11, 2025 11:09 AM

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9 bus passengers shot dead by gunmen in Balochistan

In Pakistan's Balochistan province, gunmen killed nine bus passengers after abducting them from multiple buses on Thursday evening. The bodies with bullet wounds were found overnight in the mountains.   While no group has claimed responsibility, Baloch rebels have in the past been involved in such i...

July 11, 2025 10:09 AM July 11, 2025 10:09 AM

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Trump to impose 35% tariff on Canada, starting August 1

US President Donald Trump has said that the United States will impose a 35 per cent tariff on imports from Canada next month and plans to impose blanket tariffs of 15 per cent or 20 per cent on most other trade partners. In a letter released on his social media platform, President Trump told Canadia...

July 11, 2025 8:42 AM July 11, 2025 8:42 AM

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US cautions Iranian Americans against travel to Iran amid grave dangers

The US State Department has launched a fresh initiative to alert Americans, with emphasis on Iranian Americans, claiming grave dangers in visiting Iran. The announcement was made by State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce, who strongly advised Americans against travelling to Iran, particularly for...

July 11, 2025 10:24 AM July 11, 2025 10:24 AM

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Japan must cut US dependence in security, energy, food: PM Ishiba

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said his country needed to wean itself from US dependence in key areas such as security, food and energy, as Tokyo faces the prospect of new American tariffs in three weeks. Talking to a TV news programme, Prime Minister Ishiba said, if they think Japan oug...