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Kathmandu cinema halls stop screening of Adipurush
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Kathmandu cinema halls stop screening of 'Adipurush'

Kathmandu, June 16: Cinema halls across Kathmandu on Friday stopped the screening of 'Adipurush', a day after Mayor Balen Shah warned that no Indian movie will be allowed in the Nepal capital if the film based on the Hindu epic Ramayana does not correct the "mistake" about the birthplace of Sita. ...
Deep, 6.2 magnitude earthquake shakes part of Philippines southwest of the capital
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Deep, 6.2 magnitude earthquake shakes part of Philippines southwest of the...

Manila, Jun 15: A deep earthquake shook part of the Philippines southwest of the capital on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or casualties. The 6.2 magnitude morning earthquake was near Hukay and about 120 kilometres below the surface, according to the US Geological...
Germany to give USD 1.4 billion to Holocaust survivors globally in 2024
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Germany to give USD 1.4 billion to Holocaust survivors globally in 2024

Berlin, Jun 15: The organisation that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis said Thursday that Germany has agreed to extend another USD 1.4 billion (1.29 billion euros) overall for Holocaust survivors around the globe for the coming year. The compensation was negotiated...
SL Army doctors set Guinness Record after removing worlds largest & heaviest kidney stone
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SL Army doctors set Guinness Record after removing world's largest & heaviest...

Colombo, June 14: Sri Lanka Army (SLA) doctors have set a Guinness World Record after removing the world's largest and heaviest kidney stone.The stone, measuring 13.372 cm in length and 801 grams in weight, was removed by a team of senior medical practitioners, including Consultant Urologist,...
Ecuador: Woman wakes up inside coffin after being declared dead
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Ecuador: Woman wakes up inside coffin after being declared dead

Guwahati, Jun 13: In an unusual incident, an elderly Ecuadoran woman who was declared dead at a hospital in Ecuador shocked everyone by waking up inside a coffin. In a video which went viral showed Bella Montoya, aged 76, in her open coffin was panting while two men assist her. Montaya’s son Gilbert...
3 dead, 25 injured in Russian missile strike on Ukrainian city
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3 dead, 25 injured in Russian missile strike on Ukrainian city

At least three people were killed and 25 others injured on Tuesday in a Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, officials have confirmed.
Islamic State claims responsibility for suicide bombing on memorial service in northeast Afghanistan
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Islamic State claims responsibility for suicide bombing on memorial service in...

Islamabad, Jun 10: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a memorial service in northeast Afghanistan that killed at least 13 people and wounded 30 others. In a statement late on Friday, the IS regional affiliate — known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province...
2 passenger planes collide at Tokyo airport
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2 passenger planes collide at Tokyo airport

Tokyo, June 10: Two passenger jets appeared to have collided near a taxiway in Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday, according to Japan's Transport Ministry. At around 11 a.m., a Thai Airways flight departing for Bangkok and an aircraft with EVA Air came into contact on Runway A of Haneda Airport,...
Missing kids found alive 40 days after Colombia plane crash
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Missing kids found alive 40 days after Colombia plane crash

Bogota, June 10: Four children who went missing after a plane crashed in Colombia's Amazon forest on May 1, have been found alive, President Gustavo Petro announced.Taking to Twitter late Friday night, Petro said: "A joy for the whole country! The 4 children who were lost 40 days ago in the...
In response to Indias new map, Kathmandu Mayor places map of Greater Nepal
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In response to India's new map, Kathmandu Mayor places map of 'Greater Nepal'

Kathmandu, June 8: As the row over India's 'Akhand Bharat Map' placed in the new Parliament building is intensifying among the opposition parties in Nepal, Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah has put a new 'Greater Nepal' map in his office as a counter move. Although the Nepal government has remained...
Air India plane with 232 people stranded in Magadan - a major transit point of infamous Gulag
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Air India plane with 232 people stranded in Magadan - a major transit point of...

Moscow, Jun 7: The 232 people on board the Air India flight from Delhi to San Francisco that made an emergency landing on Tuesday are stranded in Russia's remote town of Magadan, a key transit point of the infamous Gulag which was a major instrument of political repression during the Stalin era in...
Spain registers hottest spring temperatures on record
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Spain registers hottest spring temperatures on record

Madrid, Jun 7: Spain registered its hottest spring on record this year, and its second driest ever, the state meteorological agency said on Wednesday. Rubén Del Campo, spokesman for the Aemet weather agency, said the latest data showed a continuation of the extremely high temperatures the country...
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