A top official of the country’s repository of technical knowledge on medical issues has asked people not to panic over the spread of the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) official Dr Atul Goel suggested taking general precautions against all respiratory infections. “… Otherwise, there is nothing to be alarmed about the present situation,” Dr...
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120 Elite Commandos, 21 Jets: Israel Declassifies Mission Deep Inside Syria
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) on Thursday declassified details of a high-stakes operation in which 120 Israeli commandos raided and destroyed an alleged underground Iran-funded missile manufacturing facility in Syria. The mission, codenamed “Operation Many Ways,” was carried out on September 8 in 2024. The facility, known as “Deep Layer,” was allegedly located near the Masyaf area in western Syria,...
South Korea’s acting leader orders inspection of airline systems after 179 killed on December 29
South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday (December 30, 2024) ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operation system once the recovery work on the Jeju Air crash is finished. A passenger plane burst into flames Sunday (December 29, 2024) after it skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport and slammed into a concrete...
Cracks In MAGA Camp: Elon Musk vs Trump Supporters Over Indian Immigrants
Supporters of US President-elect Donald Trump have clashed with Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and their tech allies. At the centre of the clash lies a polarising issue: immigration. On one side stand Mr Musk and his Silicon Valley allies, advocating for merit-based immigration reforms. On the other, diehard Trump supporters, committed to an anti-immigration stance, see Mr Musk’s positions as a betrayal of...
Injured North Korean Soldier, Fighting For Russia, Captured By Ukraine
South Korea’s spy agency said Friday it had confirmed that a North Korean soldier sent to back Russia’s war against Ukraine had been captured by Ukrainian forces. Pyongyang has deployed thousands of troops to reinforce Russia’s military, including in the Kursk border region where Ukraine mounted a shock border incursion in August. “Through real-time information sharing with an allied country’s...
‘I Received Billions Of Views’: Donald Trump Hints At Keeping TikTok In US
President-elect Donald Trump indicated on Sunday that he favored allowing TikTok to keep operating in the United States for at least a little while, saying he had received billions of views on the social media platform during his presidential campaign. Trump’s comments before a crowd of conservative supporters in Phoenix, Arizona, were one of the strongest signals yet that he...
Israel escalates Gaza bombardment as ceasefire talks intensify
US and Arab mediators are working round-the-clock to hammer out a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, sources close to the talks told the Reuters news agency, while in the Gaza Strip medics said Israeli strikes had killed 41 Palestinians on Thursday. The mediators, at talks in Egypt and Qatar, are trying to forge a deal to pause the 14-month-old...
Trudeau’s Crisis Deepens As More Liberal MPs Call For His Resignation
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s struggles continue to grow amid a growing number of calls for his resignation, including from members of his own Liberal Party. Around 15 Liberal MPs have now publicly called on Trudeau to step down and make way for Two more Liberal MPs – Brendan Hanley and Jenica Atwin – have joined the bandwagon after Deputy...
Israel Plans To Double It Population In Golan Heights After Fall Of Assad
Israel’s government on Sunday approved a plan to double its population in the Golan Heights following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the move was needed as a “new front” had opened up on Israel’s border with Syria an Islamist-led rebel alliance seized power in the Middle Eastern country. “Strengthening the Golan is strengthening...
Israel Destroys 80% Of Syrian Strategic Military Assets After Assad’s Ouster
The Israeli military on Wednesday said it conducted more than 400 strikes over the past 48 hours on strategic military targets in Syria, days after Syrian rebels ousted president Bashar al-Assad. Since Assad’s 24-year rule came to an abrupt end on Sunday, Israel, which borders Syria, has sent troops into a buffer zone on the east of the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights and...
After Syria’s Al-Assad Flees To Russia, Rebels Work To Form Interim Govt.
A day after the lightning overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghazi Jalali on Monday said he has agreed to hand power to the rebel-led Salvation Government. The imminent transfer of power, which follows 13 years of civil war and five decades of iron-fisted Baath rule, has left Syrians, countries in the region and world powers nervous...
Trump says he plans to end US ‘Birthright Citizenship’ on his first day in office
United States President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said that he plans to end the country’s ‘Birthright Citizenship‘, included in the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution. The decision will take away the rights of those who are born to parents in the US without valid documents. In an interview with NBC, Trump said that he also aims to deport all immigrants...