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January 30, 2025 12:25 PM

Australian bushfire prompts evacuation order

Authorities in southeast Australia have ordered communities to evacuate as bushfires in western Melbourne, the capital city of Australia's state of Victoria, continue to spread.   Victorian emergency services today urged residents of four small towns near the southwestern edge of the Grampian...

January 30, 2025 12:10 PM

Sri Lanka to enforce strict regulations, ensure steady medicine supply

Sri Lanka’s Health and Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring and continuing a steady supply of quality medicines while enforcing strict regulations.    Speaking at an event at the National Medicines Regulatory Authority, the Minister assu...

January 30, 2025 12:00 PM

Sri Lanka to hold Local Govt elections in April

In Sri Lanka, Local Government elections will be held in April. Cabinet spokesman Dr Nalinda Jayatissa told reporters yesterday that the dates for the polls will be announced soon.   The minister said that Sthe peaker has received the Supreme Court determination on the draft Bill regarding th...

January 30, 2025 11:56 AM

Israel, Hamas to conduct 3rd hostage-prisoner exchange as ceasefire continues

Israel and Hamas are poised to conduct their third hostage-prisoner exchange today, as part of an ongoing ceasefire agreement aimed at de-escalating the Gaza conflict. The exchange will see the release of three Israeli captives identified by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office alongside fiv...

January 30, 2025 11:43 AM

Monitoring the Washinton plane crash, says Trump

In the US, a passenger aircraft carrying 64 people collided midair with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, as it approached the runway, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and defence officials. President Donald Trump said that he has...

January 30, 2025 11:39 AM

Israel to release 110 Palestinian prisoners as part of ceasefire agreement

The Israeli authorities are set to release 110 Palestinian prisoners today as part of a prisoner exchange under the Gaza ceasefire agreement.   According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club's announcement, these prisoners are expected to reach the Radana area of Ramallah around this afternoo...

January 30, 2025 1:10 PM

Rich McCormick to join Ro Khanna as co-chair of bipartisan Congressional Caucus

Democratic US lawmaker Ro Khanna has announced that Republican colleague Rich McCormick will join him as the co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on India, replacing Mike Walz, who is now the National Security Adviser to President Donald Trump. Representatives Andy Barr and Marc Veasey wi...

January 29, 2025 9:41 PM

20 killed in plane crash in South Sudan

  A small aircraft carrying oil workers in South Sudan's Unity State today crashed killing 20 people. An official said, the plane crashed at the Unity oilfield airport this morning as it was heading to the capital Juba. Officials said the passengers were oil workers of the Greater Pioneer Operatin...

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