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Mar 31, 2025
Tokyo [Japan], March 31: The World Exposition opening next month in Osaka could boost Japan's consumption by 1 trillion yen ($6.7 billion), with spending by foreign tourists outside the event venue accounting for about 30%, according to an estimate by a private think tank.
Australia's Albanese expects 'one-on-one' discussion with Trump
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US orders French companies to comply with Trump's diversity ban
Denmark's prime minister to visit Greenland
Ukraine expects strong Western response to Russian drone attacks
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Prince Harry accused of bullying
London [UK], March 30: The chair of a charity Prince Harry set up to help young people with HIV and AIDS in Lesotho and Botswana...
Hamas agrees to Gaza ceasefire proposal
Gaza [Palestine], March 30: Hamas has agreed to a Gaza ceasefire proposal it received two days ago from mediators Egypt and Qatar, the Palestinian militant...
Syria's president forms new transitional government
Damascus [Syria], March 30: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a transitional government on Saturday, a key milestone in the transition away from decades of Assad...
American woman detained in Afghanistan released
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 30: An American woman who had been detained in Afghanistan by the Taliban since February has been released and is in "good...
Huge Istanbul protests over Imamoglu's arrest, imprisonment in Turkiye
Ankara [Turkiye], March 30: Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Turkiye's Istanbul have taken to the streets again, rallying against the government's decision to imprison...
Hundreds of Muslim worshippers feared dead, mosques destroyed
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], March 30: Hundreds of Muslim worshippers are feared to be among the more than 1,600 people who died in a powerful earthquake which...
Hamas ready to release more hostages during 50-day ceasefire
Gaza [Palestine] / Tel Aviv [Israel], March 30: The Palestinian Hamas says it is prepared to release five hostages still being held in the Gaza...
Trump-wary Austrian chancellor elected as ÖVP leader
Vienna [Austria], March 30: The conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) gave a landslide endorsement to Chancellor Christian Stocker as party leader at its conference in...
Skygazers in some parts of world marvel at partial solar eclipse
New York [US], March 30: Skygazers in some parts of the world have been enthralled catching the Moon passing between the Sun and the Earth,...
Thailand buildings built before 2007 not earthquake-proof
Bangkok [Thailand], March 30: A structural engineering expert has told the BBC that fewer than 10% of buildings in Bangkok are quake-resistant.
Myanmar quake toll passes 1,600
Moscow accuses Kiev of stepping up attacks on energy facilities
Danish minister hits back at 'tone' of US Vice President JD Vance's Greenland criticism
Corsican mafia boss shot and killed in Bastia
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