TikTok goes dark in US; users get 'not available right now' message
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January 19, 2025 9:20 PM
Los Angeles, Jan 19 (IANS) The popular video-sharing app TikTok went dark late Saturday in the U.S.
Pakistan's trade deficit with neighbouring countries rises by 43.22 pct
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January 19, 2025 7:06 PM
Islamabad, Jan 19 (IANS) Pakistan's trade deficit with nine neighbouring countries expanded by 43.22 per cent during the first half of the current fiscal year from July 2024 to June 2025, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
First aid trucks enter Gaza from Egypt as ceasefire takes effect
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January 19, 2025 7:01 PM
Cairo/Gaza, Jan 19 (IANS) The first humanitarian aid trucks entered Gaza from Egypt on Sunday as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire started taking effect, Palestinian sources confirmed.
Trump looks set to bring shift in US approach to allies, North Korea, diplomacy, tariffs
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January 19, 2025 10:47 AM
Seoul, Jan 19 (IANS) Under his America First leitmotif, incoming US President Donald Trump appears poised to bring a shift in the United States' approach to the alliance with South Korea, North Korea's unabated nuclear threats, trade and other key issues.
Trump family departs for Washington DC ahead of inauguration on Jan 20
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January 19, 2025 6:48 AM
Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) President-elect Donald Trump and his family are headed to Washington, D.C. ahead of his inauguration on a US military airplane supplied by President Joe Biden.
Israel intercepts missile fired from Yemen toward Red Sea's Eilat
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January 18, 2025 9:07 PM
Jerusalem, Jan 18 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Saturday that it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen toward southeastern Israel.
Egypt's Rafah crossing to open Sunday with 600 aid trucks expected to enter Gaza
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January 18, 2025 7:12 PM
Cairo, Jan 18 (IANS) An Egyptian security source told Xinhua on Saturday that the Rafah crossing, the only channel linking the Gaza Strip with Egypt, will be reopened on Sunday.
South Korea: Court hearing on potential arrest warrant for Yoon ends after five hours
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January 18, 2025 5:54 PM
Seoul, Jan 18 (IANS) South Korean Court hearing on whether to issue an arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law ended on Saturday after five hours.
'Arctic blast’ sending Trump’s inauguration indoors
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January 18, 2025 8:22 AM
New York, Jan 18 (IANS) President-elect Donald Trump is moving his inauguration ceremonies indoors to the Capitol Rotunda because of the threat of an “Arctic blast” -- extreme cold and winds -- forecast for Monday in Washington paring down the traditional spectacle of hundreds of thousands of people.
Chinese province on 'roof of world' registers warmest year in 2024
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January 17, 2025 9:16 PM
Beijing, Jan 17 (IANS) China's Qinghai Province on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, which is often referred to as the "roof of the world," registered the warmest year in 2024, according to information released at a press conference on Friday.
