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US Employment Up In April, Jobless Rate Falls To 4.4%
US payroll employment gains expanded at a faster pace in April, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.4 per cent, the lowest in a decade, media reports said.....
29 Children Die In School Bus Accident In Tanzania
At least 29 children and three adults died when a school bus plunged into a roadside ravine in northern Tanzania, authorities said.....
Twin Bombings In Thailand Injure 58
At least 58 people were injured on Tuesday in two successive explosions at a shopping mall in southern Thailand's Pattani province, officials said.....
Liberal Moon Jae-in Wins S. Korean Presidential Election
Moon Jae-in of the Liberal Democratic Party was elected South Korea's new President early on Wednesday, with his five-year term set to begin shortly after confirmation of his victory by the election watchdog.....
Moon Jae-in Sworn In As South Korea's President
Moon Jae-in was sworn in as the new South Korean president in the Parliament Building, hours after winning a landslide victory in the five-way presidential race, a media report said on Wednesday.....
8 Killed In China Quake
At least eight people were killed and 23 others injured on Thursday after an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted China's Xinjiang region, officials said.....
Pakistan PM, 4 CMs To Attend OBOR Summit In China
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif along with four Chief Ministers and Federal Ministers will leave for China on Friday to attend the two-day Belt and Road summit, a media report said.....
PM Modi Attends Vesak Day Celebrations In Colombo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who reached Sri Lanka on Thursday, attended the 'International Vesak Day' celebrations in Colombo on Friday.....
Direct Varanasi-Colombo Flights From August: Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday the country's flag carrier will operate direct Varanasi-Colombo-Varanasi flights from August.....
Ransomware Attack Hits 99 Countries
More than 45,000 attacks of ransomware have been recorded in 99 countries around the world, mostly in Russia.....
