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Food security in Sri Lanka is improving across all provinces, according to the Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) report jointly carried out in February/March 2023 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
North Korea has claimed an accident occurred when it planned to send up its first space satellite which crashed into the sea.
London/IBNS: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a crackdown on the illicit sale of vapes to children, expressing shock at reports of lead-containing vapes reaching schoolchildren.
Ottawa/IBNS: The Canadian government has reportedly been requested by the New Democratic Party (NDP) not to deport 150 Punjabi students, who, according to the Canadian Border Security Agency (CBSA), arrived on fake college admission letters.
Beijing/China: Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, recently met with China's Foreign Minister, Qin Gang, during his visit to Beijing on Tuesday.
Tokyo: The Japanese Coast Guard has said the China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels have been navigating in Japan’s territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, since March, while operating automatic identification system (AIS) equipment to announce their presence, according to media reports.
Nova Scotia/IBNS: Out of control wildfire in northwest Halifax has damaged hundreds of homes, with thousands of residences under a mandatory evacuation order, officials said.
Sukkur: The Hindu Panchayat of Kandhkot-Kashmore district recently demonstrated against the disappearance of a three-year-old boy in Jacobabad and Ghotki districts.
Gottingen: Baloch political activists in Germany recently demonstrated against Pakistan to mark the 23rd anniversary of the nuclear test conducted on Baloch land in the Chaghi region.
Busan: The Baloch National Movement (BNM) – South Korea Chapter on Sunday demonstrated in Busan city against Pakistan to mark 23rd anniversary of nuclear test conducted on Baloch land in the Chaghi region.
Peshawar: At least five Pakistani Customs officials were injured when unidentified attackers opened fire at them in Mattani area of Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said.
Rabat: The Moroccan police arrested three people with suspected links to the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
Karachi: A model court in Pakistan on Tuesday acquitted a man who is accused of murdering his daughter in the name of 'honour'.
Moscow: Several buildings were slightly damaged by a drone attack in Moscow early Tuesday, Russia's RIA Novosti reported, citing Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
Mogadishu: The Somali National Army (SNA) killed eight al-Shabab militants and arrested two others in the central Galgadud region, an SNA officer confirmed.
A 21-year-old Indian was shot dead in the US city of Philadelphia, media reports said.
Kabul: At least three children were killed and another was hurt when a mine explosion rocked Wardak province of Afghanistan on Monday, media reports said.
Students of government schools in Pakistan's Bajaur region recently protested against the shortage of teachers on Saturday.
Bara: At least five paramilitary soldiers were injured when unidentified armed men opened fire on them in Bara tehsil of the Khyber tribal district of Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said.
Ottawa/IBNS: Statistics Canada's new report that Canada is reportedly facing a widespread labour shortage that has led economists to argue that high job vacancies aren't due to a shortage of workers.
Quebec/IBNS: Two western Quebec school boards have reportedly chosen to reimburse parents and guardians who’ve been driving their children to school during a school bus driver strike that’s approaching the one-month mark.
Moscow/IBNS: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was rushed to a hospital in Moscow after meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, American weekly news magazine Newsweek reported citing the Belarusian opposition leader.
Maidan Shar/Afghanistan/IBNS/UNI: Three children were killed and another injured in two separate blasts of mines left over from the past wars in Afghanistan's eastern Wardak province on Sunday, said a statement of the provincial government released here on Monday.
Lahore: In a shocking incident, a woman prisoner was injured after another inmate threw hot tea and food on her in the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Pakistan, media reports said.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has failed to clear over Rs500 million dues of the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) operators which triggered fears that the service might be stopped soon.
A former tour guide of Bhutan has found his newfound passion in poultry farming in the Dungmin Gewog village of the country, media reports said.
Cyber-espionage is one tool that Beijing has been effectively using to steal sensitive information from target countries.
Dhaka: A boy died after he was hit on the head by a rod that dropped from the elevated expressway construction site in Dhaka’s Mohakhali region on Monday, media reports said.
The classes, which are held under the afternoon shift in government schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan, might soon be suspended as teachers have stopped taking classes due to non-payment of salaries.
Kyiv: Explosions were heard in the Ukrainian regions of Kyiv, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi and Lviv overnight, Ukrainian media report.
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