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16 Apr 2025 | 6:30 PMColombo, Apr 16 (UNI) Sri Lankan police have taken legal action against 800 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol within a 48-hour period ending at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, as part of special operations conducted during the country's festive season.
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16 Apr 2025 | 5:54 PMIslamabad/Beijing, Apr 16 (UNI) Pakistan is sending 300 agricultural graduates to China for specialised training in modern farming techniques, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said.
see more..16 Apr 2025 | 5:44 PMKabul, Apr 16 (UNI) Afghan interim government's acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, Nooruddin Azizi, left here for Pakistan to boost bilateral relations in various sectors, the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
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16 Apr 2025 | 5:33 PMWellington, Apr 16 (UNI) New Zealand's estimated resident population reached 5,311,100 as of the end of last year, according to the statistics department Stats NZ on Wednesday.
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16 Apr 2025 | 5:27 PMAden, Yemen, Apr 16 (UNI) The United States has carried out extensive airstrikes against Houthi targets across Yemen on Wednesday.
see more..16 Apr 2025 | 5:27 PMTokyo, Apr 16 (UNI) The number of foreign visitors to Japan in March surged 13.5 percent from a year earlier to a record 3.5 million, official data showed Wednesday.
see more.. 16 Apr 2025 | 5:24 PMBeirut, Apr 16 (UNI) The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced Wednesday that one person was killed in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in the southern border region, bringing the total number of deaths from Israeli attacks to three within approximately 24 hours.
see more.. 16 Apr 2025 | 5:20 PMRamallah, Apr 16 (UNI) Two Palestinian men were shot and killed by the Israeli forces in the town of Qabatiya, northern West Bank, on Wednesday morning, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
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16 Apr 2025 | 5:20 PMMoscow, Apr 16 (UNI) Russia's Tsentr (Center) group of forces has eliminated over 350 Ukrainian soldiers over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
see more..16 Apr 2025 | 5:16 PMWashington, Apr 16 (UNI) Mayor of Washington, DC, Muriel Bowser has declared April 11, 2025 as "Alex Ovechkin Day" in the US capital city, in honor of the Washington Capitals ice hockey team’s Russian forward.
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16 Apr 2025 | 4:24 PMMoscow/ Brussels, Apr 16 (UNI) The EU is likely to ban Serbia from joining the European Union if it attends Russia’s upcoming Victory Day, as Russian President Vladmir Putin has invited Serbian President Alexsander Vucic as its chief guest for the celebrations.
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16 Apr 2025 | 3:55 PMKabul, Apr 16 (UNI) More than 2.4 million undocumented Afghan refugees have returned to their home countries in the past 2 years.
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16 Apr 2025 | 3:33 PMWashington, Apr 16 (UNI) Former US President Joe Biden has warned that America is a country where “nobody’s king", as he lambasted President Donald Trump’s early actions as destructive.
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16 Apr 2025 | 3:16 PMManila, Apr 16 (UNI) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Wednesday it has approved 1.45 billion U.S. dollars as the second and final tranche of its multi-tranche financing facility for the railway project that connects northern and southern Luzon provinces to Metro Manila.
see more..16 Apr 2025 | 3:16 PMWashington, Apr 16 (UNI) South Korean steelmaker Hyundai Steel Co. has received US quality certification for its products used in nuclear reactors, the Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday, citing the company’s statement.
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