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Los Angeles, Mar 30 (UNI) A small plane crashed in a residential area in the U.S. state of Minnesota on Saturday, setting a house on fire, said the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The SOCATA TBM7 aircraft crashed into the house around 12:20 p.m. local time (1920 GMT) on Saturday, according to the agency. “The plane…

Yangon, Mar 29 (UNI) The death toll from a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has risen sharply to over 1,000, with fears it could climb much higher, media reports said here on Saturday. The quake, whose epicenter was near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city, devastated one of the world’s poorest nations as it reverberated through…

Washington, Mar 29 (UNI) American entrepreneur Elon Musk said his company xAI has acquired the X platform. “@xAI has acquired @X in an all-stock transaction. The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45B less $12B debt),” Musk wrote on X. He said xAI and X’s futures are intertwined. “Today, we…

Colombo, Mar 29 (UNI) While Sri Lanka’s economic reforms are beginning to yield positive results, the country’s economy remains vulnerable, so it is essential to maintain reform momentum to ensure lasting macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability, IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack said during the Fund’s weekly press briefing in Washington on Thursday. Noting the IMF executive…

Washington, Mar 29 (UNI) European leaders agree that sending troops to Ukraine to provide security guarantees would be impossible without support of the United States, Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson said in an interview out on Friday. “This is one of the conclusions that we made,” Jonson told Le Figaro. He said that discussions on…

Beijing, Mar 29 (UNI) Chinese military conducted routine patrols in the South China Sea on Friday, said a spokesperson. The action took place amid ongoing efforts by the Philippines to enlist countries outside the region for so-called “joint patrols” and hype and spread its unlawful claims in the South China Sea, said Tian Junli, spokesperson…

Washington, Mar 29 (UNI) The reported suspension of funding to the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the administration of US President Donald Trump could be viewed as a show of confidence in the United States’ ability to complete openly as well as its opposition to the WTO as a “globalist tool,” former Assistant Treasury Secretary…

Sanaa, Mar 29 (UNI) The U.S. military launched 26 fresh airstrikes on Yemen’s capital Sanaa and other provinces on Friday evening, killing at least one and injuring three others, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. Eight airstrikes were launched on the Al-Sawad area in southern Sanaa, and 18 airstrikes targeted several parts of the provinces of Saada…

Beirut, Mar 29 (UNI) Israeli airstrikes struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday, the first such attack since a ceasefire was agreed last November. Shortly after the airstrikes, the Israel Defense Forces said it had targeted “a drone storage facility” belonging to Hezbollah near the Lebanese capital. Before the airstrikes, the IDF issued…

Ottawa, Mar 29 (UNI) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump about the relationship between the two countries. According to an information release issued by the prime minister’s office, the leaders agreed to begin comprehensive negotiations about a new economic and security relationship immediately following Canada’s general election scheduled…