2 750 hurt, 16 killed by exploding pagers

Sputnik|Published

CCTV footage from Lebanon showed the devices exploding in civilian areas, including a grocery store.

Trump shooting puts U. S on knife-edge

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Trump's Republican allies painted him as a hero in the aftermath, seizing on the image of him with his ear bloodied and fist raised.

Raisi honoured as a ‘martyr’

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Contact with Raisi’s helicopter was lost in bad weather during the return flight to Tabriz after the inauguration of a joint dam project on Iran’s border with Azerbaijan, ...

Entries open for 2024 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest

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Entries for the tenth annual edition of the International Photo Contest opened on the birthday of Andrei Stenin, a Rossiya Segodnya photojournalist killed on duty ...

Donald Trump’s lawyer says prosecuting him will open Pandora’s Box, leading to trying other presidents

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John Sauer, attorney representing former President Donald Trump, said on Tuesday that prosecuting Trump for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election ...

WATCH: First scenes as strong earthquakes and tsunami waves hit Japan

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Earthquakes up to a preliminary 7. 6 magnitude have been hitting a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast in central Japan since Monday

Japanese nuclear power plants unaffected by strong quakes

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No disruptions at Japanese nuclear power plants have been reported following a series of strong earthquakes in the country's west on Monday, while the toll of casualties ...

Concerned WHO urges restoration of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital to aid humanitarian assistance

Nicola Daniels , Sputnik and Michael Andisile Mayalo|Published

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Israel was ready for another humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip in order to free the remaining hostages, and has also agreed ...

‘Israel-Hamas truce not enough to end agony’

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Ahead of its announcement of the truce, two Doctors Without Borders (MSF) workers and their colleague were killed following a strike on Al Awda Hospital, one of ...

UN secretary-general supports Security Council reforms, new world order

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Guterres said the world was becoming multi polar and this was a “good thing”, but it is not enough without global governance institutions that could bring the world ...

BRICS expansion gets nod

Sputnik , Anita Nkonki , Reuters and Xinhua|Published

More than 40 countries have expressed interest in joining BRICS, and 22 – with Iran, Venezuela and Algeria among them – have formally asked to be admitted.

‘Too early to talk BRICS currency’

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The BRICS countries will use the summit taking place in Johannesburg to bolster trade in their local currencies to gain greater independence from the dollar, rather ...

Palestine to turn to ICC over killing of Al Jazeera journalist

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Reporters who were with her said they were targeted by Israeli snipers when the group was alone in the streets of Jenin and clearly identifiable as press.

Hillary Clinton supports impeachment probe into Trump-Zelenskyy call

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Former US State Secretary Hillary Clinton expressed support for the decision to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump suggests using nuclear bombs to stop hurricanes

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US President Donald Trump has discussed with officials the possibility of using nuclear bombs to prevent hurricanes from reaching the US, the Axios news portal reported. ...

A plan for new cryptocurrency

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Facebook was considering creating a cryptocurrency to be used for transactions between billions of its users.

Trump campaign says probe into charity is a ploy

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A New York prosecutor's inquiry into the charitable Trump Foundation is a political scheme designed to divert attention from Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump's spokesman ...

NASA launches $1m Mars robot challenge

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Space agency opens competition to design robots to assist astronauts with expeditions to Mars.

'Super bacteria' found in Rio waters

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A hazardous drug-resistant bacteria has been detected in Guanabara Bay, which is set to host Olympic sailing competitions.

US government to secretly spy on citizens

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Human Rigths Watch says the US government is developing a policy that will allow it to use information obtained secretly.

US, UAE sign space co-operation deal

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Two nations will share data with one another about their orbiting satellites

Nuclear employee sentenced for cyber attack

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The US Department of Energy’s computers came under attack by employee looking for weapons information.

Inflatable capsules for space tourists

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Two US aerospace companies have announced a partnership to develop more expandable space capsules for the space station.

US, Israel sign bilateral energy deal

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The US and Israel have agreed to continue promoting research and development in clean energy with leading scientists.

Pentagon must defend against cyber attacks

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The GAO revealed that there's no assigned military official at the Pentagon to take charge on managing cyber attacks.