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Pakistan warns will 'avenge' deaths from Indian strikes
AFP, Published on 08/05/2025
» MUZAFFARABAD (PAKISTAN) - Pakistan has warned it will "avenge" those killed by Indian air strikes that New Delhi said were in response to an attack in Kashmir, signalling an imminent escalation in the worst violence in decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Pakistan separatists kill 24 in train station blast
Published on 09/11/2024
» QUETTA, Pakistan - At least 24 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, police and other officials told Reuters.
'Like breathing poison': Delhi children hardest hit by smog
AFP, Published on 09/11/2023
» NEW DELHI - Crying in a hospital bed with a nebuliser mask on his tiny face, one-month-old Ayansh Tiwari has a thick, hacking cough. His doctors blame the acrid air that blights New Delhi every year.
Ruling UK Conservatives suffer vote routs but avoid wipeout
AFP, Published on 21/07/2023
» LONDON - Britain's ruling Conservatives on Friday held the former seat of ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson but saw hefty majorities in two other seats blown away as scandals and high inflation took their toll.
Cosmic cliffs and dancing galaxies: Webb begins era of discovery
AFP, Published on 13/07/2022
» NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) (UNITED STATES) - The cosmic cliffs of a stellar nursery and a quintet of galaxies bound in a celestial dance: NASA released the next wave of images from the James Webb Space Telescope Tuesday, heralding a new era of astronomy.
New York Times to buy sports news site The Athletic
AFP, Published on 07/01/2022
» NEW YORK - The New York Times will acquire sports news website The Athletic, the companies announced Thursday, the latest move by the iconic US newspaper in its diversification drive.
James Webb telescope sets off on million-mile voyage
AFP, Published on 25/12/2021
» KOUROU - The world's most powerful space telescope on Saturday blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 1.5 million kilometres (930,000 miles) from Earth, after several delays caused by technical hitches.
Super telescope finally in orbit
Published on 25/12/2021
» The world’s most powerful space telescope on Saturday blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, after years of delays caused by technical hitches.
NASA telescope set for launch on million-mile voyage
AFP, Published on 25/12/2021
» KOUROU - The world's most powerful space telescope is set to blast off on Saturday to its outpost 1.5 million kilometres (930,000 miles) from Earth, after several delays caused by technical hitches.
Hardline Pakistani cleric detained for threating Malala
AFP, Published on 11/06/2021
» PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A firebrand Pakistani scholar has been detained for making death threats against Nobel prize laureate Malala Yousafzai over her comments on marriage, officials said Friday.