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January 18, 2018 7:37 AM

Winter Olympics: North and South Korea to march under unified Korea flag

North and South Korea have agreed to march together under a single unified Korea flag at next month's Winter Olympics in the South. They also agreed to field a joint women's ice hockey team in rare talks at the truce village of Panmunjom. <br/><br/>These are the first high-leve...

January 18, 2018 3:23 AM

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube pressed by US Congress over terror content

Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube were pressed in the US Congress today over their reliance on artificial intelligence and algorithms to keep their powerful platforms clear of violent extremist posts.<br/>&apos;<br/>In a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, executives of the<br/>world&#...

January 18, 2018 3:22 AM

Nigeria:10 people killed, dozens injured in double suicide-bomb attack

In Nigeria, ten people were killed and dozens injured in a double suicide-bomb attack in the northeastern city of Maiduguri.<br/>&apos;<br/>The blasts took place in a market used mainly by internally displaced people (IDPs) from a nearby camp in the Muna Garage area of the Borno state ca...

January 18, 2018 12:44 AM

UN Palestinian agency faces 'most severe' crisis ever after US freeze

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees today warned that it faced its worst funding crisis ever after the White House froze tens of millions of dollars in contributions. <br/>&apos;<br/>The United States is the largest contributor to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palesti...

January 17, 2018 9:00 PM

North, South Korea agree to march under unified flag at Winter Olympics

North and South Korea have agreed to march together under a single unified Korea flag at next month's Winter Olympics in the South. <br/><br/>They also agreed to field a joint women's ice hockey team after rare talks at the truce village of Panmunjom. These are the first high-l...

January 17, 2018 5:25 PM

Cartosat-2 series satellite captures its first image

The first-day image captured by India's recently launched weather observation Cartosat-2 series satellite shows a part of Indore city in Madhya Pradesh with the Holkar Cricket Stadium in the centre. The image was acquired on January 15, three days after the launch of the satellite, and released...

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