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6.1-magnitude quake rattles Japan, no tsunami risk

Shawdesh Desk: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s northwestern coast on Wednesday but no tsunami warning was issued, Japanese and US authorities said. The quake produced shaking across a large

Daintree: World Heritage rainforest handed back to Aboriginal owners

Shawdesh Desk: Australia’s Daintree – the world’s oldest tropical rainforest – has been returned to its Aboriginal custodians in a historic deal. The Unesco World Heritage site is over 180

Canaries volcano lava reaches sea, raising toxic gas fears

Shawdesh Desk: Lava from an erupting volcano in the Canary Islands has reached the ocean, volcanologists said, raising fears of toxic gases being released as the magma hits the seawater.

Five Sudan officers killed targeting IS cell: security officials

Shawdesh Desk: Five Sudanese counterterrorism officers were killed Tuesday during a raid in Khartoum targeting “a cell linked to the Islamic State group”, the country’s intelligence services said in a

Cryptocurrency expert admits aiding North Korea

Shawdesh Desk: A cryptocurrency expert who gave a talk at a Pyongyang conference has admitted conspiring to help North Korea evade sanctions. Virgil Griffith, a former senior researcher with the

Global Covid cases near 232 million

Shawdesh desk: The overall number of global Covid cases is fast approaching 232 million amid spread of Delta variant. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted

India beats Germany, UK and Turkey to bag IAEA external auditor job

Shawdesh desk: India has been elected as the external auditor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a prestigious institution that promotes peaceful use of nuclear energy, for a period

Three dead, dozens injured after US train derailment

Shawdesh Desk : At least three people were killed and dozens more injured when a US train derailed Saturday afternoon in northern Montana, with rescuers rushing to safely evacuate everyone