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In a first since 1961, the Oscars carpet will be champagne and not red

Many things about Academy Awards have changed over the years, but for the past six decades there has been at least one constant: the red carpet

Iran, Saudi Arabia agree to reestablish diplomatic ties with China's help

Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed on Friday to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after seven years of tensions between the Mideast rivals

US House votes to declassify information about origins of Covid-19

House voted unanimously Friday to declassify US intelligence information about the origins of COVID-19, a sweeping show of bipartisan support near third anniversary of the start of the deadly pandemic

Beijing's air quality deteriorates amid dust storm, heavy pollution

Air quality also improved markedly after 2000, when much of China's industry was shuttered under lockdowns and quarantines mandated by China's strict zero-COVID policy

Erdogan sets Turkey parliamentary, presidential elections for May 14

Turkish President, who is seeking to extend his two-decades in power, on Friday formally set the country's parliamentary and presidential elections for May 14

Earthquakes at 2 Alaska volcanoes could signal eruption: Officials

The Alaska Volcano Observatory raised the alert level to advisory status for Tanaga Volcano late Tuesday after the quakes became vigorous

Donald Trump invited to testify before New York grand jury: Report

Any indictment would mark the first time any former US president has been charged with a crime

Church shooting in Germany's Hamburg leaves several dead, wounded

The scene of the shooting was the Jehovah's Witnesses' Kingdom Hall, a modern and boxy three-story building next door to an auto repair shop

Poland, Slovakia urge allies to send fighter jets to Ukraine as war rages

Officials in Poland and Slovakia are urging their allies to provide fighter jets to Ukraine, saying they are ready to send their their Soviet-made MiG-29 jet fighters to Kyiv

US applies more sanctions over Iran shadow banking, drone network

The United States on Thursday announced more sanctions against people and firms associated with Iran and with what it said was an illicit banking network used to conceal transactions

Kim Jong Un supervises N Korean artillery drill planning attack on S Korea

The North Korean report came a day after South Korea's military detected the North firing at least one short-range ballistic missile toward the sea from a site near the western coastal city of Nampo

Indonesia's Natuna islands' landslide death toll hits 32, 22 still missing

Monday's landslide displaced about 1,300 people who were taken to four temporary shelters, Suharyanto said. Authorities feared the death toll could still rise

Australia to buy US made nuclear-powered submarines to modernise its fleet

The AUKUS agreement, announced in 2021, paved the way for Australia to get access to nuclear-powered submarines, which are stealthier and more capable than conventionally powered boats

Shell CEO pay up by 50% to $12mn as soaring energy prices boosted profit

Demands have increased for oil and gas companies raking in huge profits to do more to reduce high energy costs that are hurting consumers and small businesses

Bomb kills 3, including provincial governor, in Afghanistan: Taliban

A bomb killed a Taliban-appointed provincial governor and two others in Afghanistan's Mazar-e- Sharif on Thursday, a Taliban police spokesman said

Here's why Indonesia moving its capital from Jakarta to Borneo island

Jakarta is congested, polluted, prone to earthquakes and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea. Now the government is in the process of leaving, moving Indonesia's capital to the island of Borneo

5 dead, others hurt in Russia's massive missile attacks, says Ukraine

Ukrainian officials say at least five people have been killed in a massive missile attack on Thursday, and several more have been wounded.

US gets warrant to seize Russian company's $25 mn Boeing 737 amid sanctions

A federal court in New York authorised the seizure of a $25 million Boeing 737 owned by a Russian energy company, citing US sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine

Russian launches massive missile barrage, target cities across Ukraine

Russia unleashed a massive missile barrage on cities across Ukraine early on Thursday, targeting energy infrastructure facilities, Ukrainian officials and media said

Japan's economy struggles to eke out growth, shows fragile recovery

Japan's economy grew at an annual pace of 0.1 per cent in October-December, in a downgrade from an earlier 0.6 per cent increase, showing how the world's third-largest economy was barely eking out