Realme unveils the realme 9 Pro+ 5G for Nepali consumers

Kathmandu: Realme has unvieled its latest Flagship smartphone, the realme 9 Pro+ 5G. The realme 9 Pro+ 5G, powered by MediaTek Dimensity 920 offering optical image stabilization, supercharging, light shift design, and heart-rate sensors. Featuring a 90Hz Super AMOLED Display, it is also one of the first smartphones to feature an in-display fingerprint with a… Continue reading Realme unveils the realme 9 Pro+ 5G for Nepali consumers

Chinese airliner crashes with 132 aboard in country’s south

File Photo Residents watch as a China Eastern passenger jet prepares to take off on a test flight from the new Beijing Daxing International Airport on Monday, May 13, 2019. Photo Courtesy: AP

BEIJING (AP): A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in a remote mountainous area of southern China on Monday, officials said, setting off a forest fire visible from space in the country’s worst air disaster in nearly a decade. More than seven hours after communication was lost with the plane, there… Continue reading Chinese airliner crashes with 132 aboard in country’s south

Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol

File Photo A man walks in his apartment ruined after the Russian shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. Photo Courtesy: AP

LVIV, Ukraine (AP): Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down their arms and raise white flags Monday in exchange for safe passage out of the besieged port city. As Russia intensified its effort to pound Mariupol into submission, its ground offensive in other parts of Ukraine has become… Continue reading Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol

211 foreign nationals deported in last 8 months

Kathmandu: In the first eight months of the current fiscal year, Nepal has deported 211 foreign nationals. According to the Department of Immigration, foreign nationals living in Nepal till the expiration of their visa and involved in various criminal activities have been deported from Nepal. According to the department, 13 foreign nationals have been deported… Continue reading 211 foreign nationals deported in last 8 months

Ukraine’s leader warns war will cost Russia for generations

In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, early Saturday, March 18, 2022. Photo Courtesy: Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP

LVIV, Ukraine (AP): Ukraine’s president said Russia is trying to starve his country’s cities into submission but warned Saturday that continuing the invasion would exact a toll on Russia for “generations.” The remarks came after Moscow held a mass rally in support of its bogged-down forces. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the Kremlin in an… Continue reading Ukraine’s leader warns war will cost Russia for generations

China reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year

File Photo A worker takes a swab sample for a COVID-19 test at a mobile testing site on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in Beijing. Photo Courtesy: AP

BEIJING (AP): China’s health authorities reported two COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, the first since January 2021, as the country battles its worst outbreak in two years driven by a surge in the highly transmissible omicron variant. The deaths, both in northeastern Jilin province, bring the country’s coronavirus death toll to 4,638. Both fatalities occurred in… Continue reading China reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year

Russia destroys aircraft repair plant near western city of Lviv

Three loud explosions were heard early on Friday, before a thick plume of black smoke rose above Lviv. Photo Courtesy: Reuters

(BBC): Russian missiles have hit an aircraft repair plant near Lviv in western Ukraine, a city that has become a safe haven for people fleeing the war. Emergency vehicles raced to the site of the strike, just 6km (four miles) from the city centre, after three loud explosions were heard early on Friday. No-one was… Continue reading Russia destroys aircraft repair plant near western city of Lviv

Space telescope’s image of star gets photobombed by galaxies

This image made available by NASA on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 shows star 2MASS J17554042+6551277 used to align the mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope, with galaxies and stars surrounding it. Photo Courtesy: NASA via AP

(AP): NASA’s new space telescope has gazed into the distant universe and shown perfect vision: a spiky image of a faraway star photobombed by thousands of ancient galaxies. The image released Wednesday from the James Webb Space Telescope is a test shot — not an official science observation — to see how its 18 hexagonal… Continue reading Space telescope’s image of star gets photobombed by galaxies

Ukraine war ups pressure for US oil; industry faces hurdles

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP): In the oil fields of northern Montana, industry veteran Mac McDermott watched crude prices whipsaw from $75 a barrel in January to more than $120 as Russia pressed its war in Ukraine, then down again when coronavirus worries in China raised the specter of a global slowdown. McDermott said his family-owned company… Continue reading Ukraine war ups pressure for US oil; industry faces hurdles