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From NASA mission to private trips, humankind gets closer to Moon
Among the accomplishments for NASA's human spaceflight programmes, the agency successfully launched, for the first time, its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which put NASA's Orion spacecraft on a path that travelled farther than any spacecraft built for astronauts has been before.
China stages big military incursion, says Taiwan
It said that 71 Chinese air force planes, including fighter jets and drones, had entered Taiwan's so-called air defence identification zone, the BBC said. Taiwan is self-ruled - but China sees it as a breakaway province with which it will eventually reunite. Tensions between the two sides have steadily increased in recent months, BBC reported.
Japanese PM may sack another scandal-hit Minister
According to Japan's public broadcaster NHK and sources within Kishida's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Kenya Akiba could be ousted from his position by the end of the year amid mounting calls from the opposition camp for him to step down, reports Xinhua news agency.
ISI be used to check corruption: Imran Khan
Talking to senior journalists here, the PTI Chairman said if the ISI was assigned the task, dollars flight abroad would stop for good, The News reported.He said the judiciary should stand for supremacy of the Constitution in the country.Khan said the PTI did not dissolve the KP and Punjab assemblies, as it also had to bring its allies around. He said the PTI and its allies will seek a fresh vote of confidence in the Punjab Assembly long before January 11, 2023.
About 24 mn people over age 60 yet to receive 1st Covid jab in China
According to the South China Morning Post, as China eased its zero-Covid policy, the country doubled down on vaccination drives but the vaccination rate for the elderly is worryingly low.The vaccination figure fell to "just 42.4 per cent for those aged 80 and over", the report mentioned.
'Israeli government wants to replace two-state solution with annexation, settlement'
Ahmad Majdalani, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization executive committee, told "Voice of Palestine" that the peace process and the option of the two-state solution "are no longer on the agenda of the new Israeli government", reports Xinhua news agency. He added that the extreme right-wing government "has replaced both the peace process in the Middle East and the two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian with annexation, settlement and ethnic cleansing".
'Father of the Nation dreamed of building a happy, prosperous, and secular Bangladesh'
"The Father of the Nation (Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) dreamed of building a happy, prosperous, and secular Bangladesh. Bangladesh gained independence through a bloody liberation war led by the Father of the Nation... Regardless of Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Christians, the positive contribution of communal harmony behind our development and progress is undeniable," he said his welcome speech at the event organised at Bangabhaban on the occasion of Christmas.
38 dead as severe Arctic storm batters US, Canada
Of the 38 victims, 34 were reported across the US, majority of them being in Buffalo, New York, the BBC reported.New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, a native of Buffalo, said : "This will go down in history as Buffalo's most devastating storm."Storm-related deaths were also reported in Vermont, Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin, Kansas, and Colorado.
'Chinese intrusion attempts in Arunachal to collect rare Himalayan herb'
Cordyceps, also known as caterpillar fungus or the Himalayan gold, is an expensive herbal medicine in China. An IPCSC report has accused Chinese soldiers of illegally entering Arunachal Pradesh in search of the fungus - mainly found in the Indian Himalayas and on the high altitude region of the plateau in southwestern China.
US Embassy makes Islamabad's Marriott Hotel 'no go' area for staff
As per the security alert issued by the Embassy, the US government was "aware of information that unknown individuals are possibly plotting to attack Americans at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad sometime during the holidays" and prohibited its staff from visiting it, the Dawn reported. The five star hotel had been targeted in 2008 when a suicide bomber rammed a truck packed with 600 kg of high explosives into its outer gates, killing at least 60 people and bringing down a part of the structure.
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