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Smart technologies transform Chinese agriculture, enhancing land quality and efficiency

Smart technologies transform Chinese agriculture, enhancing land quality...

Beijing [China], January 22: Smart farming technologies are enabling the development of high-quality farmland across China, modernising agricultural infrastructure. Bulldozers...

Rocket hits airbase housing U.S. forces in W. Iraq

Rocket hits airbase housing U.S. forces in W....

Baghdad [Iraq], January 21: About 20 rockets were launched Saturday toward an airbase housing U.S. forces in Iraq's western...

UN envoy for Iraq warns against dragging Iraq further into regional conflict

UN envoy for Iraq warns against dragging Iraq...

Baghdad [Iraq], January 21: The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq warned Saturday that Iraq is at risk of being drawn...

Iraqi Shiite militia claims rocket attack on airbase housing U.S. forces in W. Iraq

Iraqi Shiite militia claims rocket attack on airbase...

Baghdad [Iraq], January 21: The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Iraqi Shiite militia, claimed responsibility Saturday for launching rockets toward...

Iran vows revenge as Zionist strike on Syria kills Guards

Iran vows revenge as Zionist strike on Syria...

Damascus [Syria], January 21: Iran on Saturday accused the Zionist entity of a strike in Damascus that killed five Revolutionary...

First Turkish astronaut arrives at ISS

First Turkish astronaut arrives at ISS

Washington [US], January 21: An all-European crew including Turkey's first astronaut arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday on...

Iranian and Hezbollah commanders help direct Houthi attacks in Yemen

Iranian and Hezbollah commanders help direct Houthi attacks...

Tehran [Iran], January 21: Commanders from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Lebanon's Hezbollah group are on the ground...

Army called in to rescue about 600 Spanish motorists stuck in snow

Army called in to rescue about 600 Spanish...

Madrid [Spain], January 21: Army units were mobilised to help about 600 drivers who were stuck on a motorway in...

Australia sweats in heatwave lifting bushfire risk, amid El Nino

Australia sweats in heatwave lifting bushfire risk, amid...

Canberra [Australia], January 21: Large swaths of Australia sweltered in a heatwave, the nation's weather forecaster said.

Philippines' Marcos draws ire for helicopter use for Coldplay concert

Philippines' Marcos draws ire for helicopter use for...

Manila [Philippines], January 21: Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr drew flak on social media for his use of a presidential...

Protesters call for change to Netanyahu government

Protesters call for change to Netanyahu government

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 21: Thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

At Putin campaign HQ, soldier's wife says bring him home

At Putin campaign HQ, soldier's wife says bring...

Moscow [Russia], January 21: The wife of a Russian soldier delivered an emotional appeal for his return from Ukraine at...

UAE launches Global TradeTech Sandbox during World Economic Forum in Davos

UAE launches Global TradeTech Sandbox during World Economic...

Davos [Switzerland], January 21: The UAE government, during its participation in the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic...

Ukraine allocates record 464 mln USD to fortify defense lines

Ukraine allocates record 464 mln USD to fortify...

Kyiv [Ukraine], January 20: Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday that the government has decided to allocate...

Italy experiencing "most severe flu season": health authorities

Italy experiencing "most severe flu season": health authorities

Rome [Italy], January 20: Italy is in the midst of its "most severe flu season in years," with some...

EU's Reynders visits Poland to discuss rule of law

EU's Reynders visits Poland to discuss rule of...

Warsaw [Poland], January 20: European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders held discussions with the new Polish government on Friday on...

Biden signs stopgap measure to extend government funding until March

Biden signs stopgap measure to extend government funding...

Washington [US], January 20: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed a stopgap funding bill that will keep the government...

NASA confirms first U.S. commercial lunar delivery mission ends

NASA confirms first U.S. commercial lunar delivery mission...

Los Angeles [US], January 20: The first flight of NASA's commercial lunar delivery service carrying agency science and technology, as...

Japan's lunar probe not generating power despite moon landing

Japan's lunar probe not generating power despite moon...

Tokyo [Japan], January 20: Japan's national space agency on Saturday confirmed its first moon landing with the Small Lunar Landing...

Australian school communities urged to help identify victims of human trafficking

Australian school communities urged to help identify victims...

Canberra [Australia], January 20: Australian authorities have called on schools around the country to be on the lookout for signs...

Rapid rise in dengue mosquitoes reported in Sri Lanka

Rapid rise in dengue mosquitoes reported in Sri...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 20: The population of mosquitoes in Sri Lanka that transmit the dengue virus has increased by...

10 arrested for trafficking stimulant tablets in Myanmar's Yangon

10 arrested for trafficking stimulant tablets in Myanmar's...

Yangon [Myanmar], January 20: Myanmar's anti-narcotic police have arrested 10 suspects for trafficking over 1.4 million stimulant tablets in...

Landslides kill 7 people in S. Philippines

Landslides kill 7 people in S. Philippines

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 20: At least seven people died in flash floods and landslides in the southern Philippine regions...

Pope Francis says sexual pleasure is 'a gift from God'

Pope Francis says sexual pleasure is 'a gift...

Vatican [Vatican City], January 20: Pope Francis has said that sexual pleasure is "a gift from God" that should be...

Ecuador security forces launch major prison operation

Ecuador security forces launch major prison operation

Quito [Ecuador], January 20: Security forces in Ecuador have launched an operation in a major prison complex in the port...

Key Israeli war leader challenges Netanyahu over Gaza strategy

Key Israeli war leader challenges Netanyahu over Gaza...

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 20: A key member of Israel's war cabinet has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not...

Russian oil depot on fire after attempted Ukrainian drone attack

Russian oil depot on fire after attempted Ukrainian...

Klintsy [Russia], January 20: Four oil tanks at a large storage facility in the town of Klintsy in Russia's western...