International

March 19, 2025 6:43 AM March 19, 2025 6:43 AM

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Crucial talks between Russia & US on Ukraine conflict end

Russia's state news agency Tass quotes a Kremlin spokesman as saying that the Putin-Trump phone call has ended. The crucial talks ended between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump on ending the Ukraine conflict. The White House has said, the highly anticipated phone ...

March 18, 2025 8:05 PM March 18, 2025 8:05 PM

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Dr Achyut Prasad Wagle appointed as VC of Kathmandu University

Prof Dr Achyut Prasad Wagle has been appointed the Vice Chancellor of Kathmandu University, in Nepal. Prime Minister and Chancellor of the University, KP Sharma Oli, appointed Dr Wagle to the post as per the Clause 13 (4) of the KU Act, 2048. The government had formed a three-member search committee...

March 18, 2025 6:12 PM March 18, 2025 6:12 PM

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Britain’s prisons overcrowded, police cells to be used as stop-gap arrangement

  The British government today said, police cells will temporarily be used to hold prisoners in a stop-gap measure to cope with overcrowding in jails. The emergency action, dubbed "Operation Safeguard", allows inmates to be held in police cells when prisons are full and was previously used from Febr...

March 18, 2025 5:14 PM March 18, 2025 5:14 PM

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Indonesia: Three earthquakes hit North Sumatra

In Indonesia, three earthquakes struck the country today, with a 5.5-magnitude tremor hitting North Sumatra province this morning. The country's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency said the epicentre was located 17 kilometres southeast of North Tapanuli Regency at a depth of 10 kilometre...

March 18, 2025 5:16 PM March 18, 2025 5:16 PM

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Israel airstrike on Gaza: Death toll crosses 400

  The death toll from Israeli airstrikes overnight on Gaza has crossed 400. Palestinian health authorities, run by the armed group Hamas, said over 500 people were injured in the strikes, threatening the complete collapse of a two-month ceasefire. The Israeli military said it is carrying out extensi...

March 18, 2025 12:56 PM March 18, 2025 12:56 PM

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Peru declares emergency amid surge of violence and deploys the army in capital

Peru's president Dina Boluarte declared a state of emergency in the capital Lima yesterday. This decision comes amid widespread outcry a day after the killing of a 39-year-old popular singer Paul Flores, of the cumbia band Armonia 10. Flores was shot to death early Sunday when assailants attacked th...

March 18, 2025 1:29 PM March 18, 2025 1:29 PM

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Stranded US astronauts to return to Earth after 9 months

United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who have been stranded on the International Space Station for over nine months, are returning to Earth. The pair undocked from the International Space Station at 10:35 AM (...

March 18, 2025 7:48 AM March 18, 2025 7:48 AM

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Russia to participate in Smart Cities India Expo 2025

A Russian delegation will participate in the Smart Cities India Expo 2025, which will be held from March 19 to 21 in New Delhi. The delegation will be led by Sergei Cheremin, a minister of the Government of Moscow and chairman of the Business Council for Cooperation with India.   Smart Cities I...