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HONG KONG : Hong Kong shut schools and cancelled flights on Tuesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa was set to slam into the financial centre with a force that officials warned would be among the most destructive in the city’s...

NEW YORK : Technology veterans, politicians and Nobel Prize winners called on nations around the world Monday to quickly establish “red lines” too dangerous for artificial intelligence to cross, reports BSS. More than 200 prominent figures including 10 Nobel laureates...

MONTREAL : Biodiversity in Canada has plunged 10 percent over the last half century, with hundreds of species facing extinction, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in a report Monday, reports BSS. “On average, every species group included - birds,...

PARIS : A majority of European countries now recognise the State of Palestine, following official declarations in New York on Monday by France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta and others, after nearly two years of war in Gaza, a press release...

DILI : East Timor is slated to become the 11th member of the ASEAN regional bloc in October, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Tuesday during a visit to the Southeast Asian nation, a press release said. The accession will...

UNITED NATIONS : Donald Trump makes his big comeback to the UN General Assembly podium on Tuesday, where the US president intends to denounce “globalist institutions” and meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as patience with Russia wears thin,...

DHAKA : Nirjhor Cantonment Public School and College and Wills Little Flower School and College emerged plate phase champions in the boys’ and girls’ division respectively in the Polar Ice Cream 29th School Handball competition that concluded at Shaheed...

BELGRADE : Croatian tennis legend Nikola Pilic, who captained multiple Davis Cup-winning sides and was an early mentor to Novak Djokovic, has died at the age of 87, the country’s tennis association announced on Tuesday, reports BSS. “One of the...

NAPLES : Napoli maintained their lead at the top of Serie A with Monday’s 3-2 win over promoted Pisa which continued the champions’ perfect start to their domestic campaign, reports BSS. Lorenzo Lucca’s first goal for his new club, thumped...

PARIS : Paris Saint-Germain winger Ousmane Dembele won the Ballon d’Or on Monday as a reward for his starring role in the club’s Champions League triumph last season, while Spain’s Aitana Bonmati claimed the women’s prize for the third...