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Taiwan to launch 4G disaster alert system
Taipei, Feb 15: Taiwan on Monday announced it will launch an early warning system for natural disasters on 4G mobile phones, following a 6.4-magnitude earthquake on February 6 that killed 116 people.
From April onwards, subscribers of 4G…
Cliff collapses as 5.7-magnitude quake rocks New Zealand
Wellington, Feb 15: A cliff near New Zealand city of Christchurch collapsed on Sunday after a 5.7-magnitude quake struck the South Island city. The New Zealand government's GeoNet monitoring service said the moderate quake was centred 15 km…
Pakistan president urges people not to observe Valentine’s Day
Islamabad, Feb 13: Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain has urged people of the country not to observe Valentine’s Day, saying that it was not a part of Muslim tradition but of the West, the media reported on Saturday.
“Valentine’s Day has…
Pope in historic talks with Russian Orthodox leader
Havana, Feb 13: Pope Francis on Friday held a historic first meeting with Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, in Cuba.
The meeting was the first between a Pope and a Russian Church head since the Western and Eastern…
US presidential race turns testy
Washington, Feb 13: Ahead of the next round of nominating contests, the US presidential race is turning testy with rival candidates of both parties attacking each other with no holds barred.
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump on Friday…
Iraqi PM vows to clear IS this year
Munich, Feb 13: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi vowed on Friday that Iraqi security forces would clear terrorists of the Islamic State militants in his country this year.
Addressing audience at the Munich Security Conference,…
Taiwan quake death toll rise to 108
Taipei, Feb 13: The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck Taiwan on February 6 has increased to 108 with some nine people still reported missing, the authorities announced on Saturday.
The 16-storey Wei Guan building, the…
China’s border region on Zika alert
Beijing, Feb 13: China's border province of Yunnan is on high alert for Zika virus, providing 24-hour laboratory tests, the media reported on Saturday
Lu Lin, director of Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Yunnan, said on…
US okays sale of 8 F-16 jets to Pakistan despite opposition
Washington, Feb 13: The Obama administration has approved the sale of eight F-16 Block-52 aircraft to Pakistan worth $699 million in the face of US lawmakers' opposition to the deal over Islamabad's alleged support for terrorist groups.…
6.6-magnitude quake recorded in Indonesia
Jakarta, Feb 12: A Strong and shallow undersea quake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale rocked East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia on Friday, but it was not a potential for tsunami, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency of Indonesia said.…