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Raids at house of Karachi female suicide bomber's father
Four people, including three Chinese nationals, were killed and four others sustained injuries in a suicide attack carried out by a burqa-clad woman outside the Confucius Institute in KU's premises on Tuesday, Geo News reported. Laptops and other evidence, including documents, were taken into custody during the raid. Sources privy to the matter said movement of a car bearing a government number plate to and from the raided house was observed, Geo News reported.
Indian-origin man develops airport for flying taxis, drones in UK
The world's first fully-operational airport for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and drone technology, the 'Air-One' in the city of Coventry is currently hosting demonstrator flights. The hub for flying taxis and delivery drones is open to the public till the middle of May, reports the BBC. Sandhu, Founder and Executive Chairman of the company Urban-Air Port, said that he delivered Air-One in 15 months.
No agreement yet on meeting between Putin, Zelensky
"The time of the meeting of the presidents of the two countries and the context of the meeting have not been determined yet," Xinhua news agency quoted Podolyak, also a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the peace talks with Russia, as saying.
N.Korea urged to stop escalating tensions over Kim's vow to bolster nuke power
"Our government and the international community have maintained the stance that North Korea should stop all acts that heighten tensions, including the advancement of its nuclear capabilities, and to return to the negotiating table," a Unification Ministry official said.
Potentially hazardous giant asteroid to zoom past Earth on Thursday: NASA
NASA defines any space object that comes within 193 million km of Earth as a "near-Earth object" (NEO) and any fast-moving object within 7.5 million km as "potentially hazardous". According to the Centre, as they orbit the Sun, the NEOs can occasionally approach close to Earth. However, it explained that a "close" passage astronomically can be very far away in human terms: millions or even tens of millions of kilometres.
'Karachi suicide blast aimed at sabotaging Pak-China ties'
The Karachi Police's Counter-Terrorism Depart�ment has registered a case on behalf of the state at the Mobina Town police station on murder and terrorism charges against two commanders of the outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), Dawn news reported. Officials believed that the motive of Tuesday's attack was to sabotage Pakistan and China relations and they suspect the involvement of a foreign hostile agency.
Over half of US howitzers are in Ukraine today: Pentagon
"Munitions continue to flow into Ukraine, as well as weapon systems... Those soldiers will go back to Ukraine and teach their fellow soldiers as those batteries stand up," Kirby said during a press briefing on Wednesday. He also claimed that the equipment being sent to Ukraine is "having an effect on the battlefield" and is making a difference on the battle lines in the eastern Donbas region, the site of the major Russian effort in Ukraine.
Guterres arrives in Ukraine after Russia trip
"The sooner this war ends, the better � for the sake of Ukraine, Russia, and the world." In a meeting with Guterres in Moscow on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in principle to the involvement of the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross in the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal plant in Ukraine's besieged city of Mariupol.
Defectors' group sends balloons carrying propaganda leaflets to N.Korea
Some 1 million anti-Pyongyang leaflets were sent over to North Korea in the latest leaflet campaign carried out in Gimpo, west of Seoul, on Monday-Tuesday, Yonhap News Agency quoted the Fighters for Free North Korea (FFNK) as saying in a statement.
Tyre of Thai Airways plane bursts, 150 people escape unhurt
The incident took place on Tuesday night and a technical team from the airlines arrived on Wednesday evening with a spare wheel. The airport sources confirmed that the plane will fly to Bangkok from Bengaluru on Thursday. The 256-seater flight TG 325, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, had taken off from Bangkok and landed in Bengaluru at 11.32 p.m. on Tuesday in Bengaluru.
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