Annual 'Gingerbread Lane' event held in Canada

Afghanistan has exported 645 tonnes of pine nuts valued at around 9 million U.S. dollars over the past eight months, local media reported on Sunday.The pine nuts, one of the country's most valuable export commodities, have primarily been shipped to key trading partners, including China, India, the

Holiday shopping, long anchored by Black Friday, has traditionally been a cornerstone of the retail sector, accounting for up to 40 percent of annual fourth-quarter sales.But this year, retailers entered the season locked in what analysts call a game of "discount chicken." Retailers are waiting for

Afghan police have arrested seven individuals on the charge of cutting trees and deforestation in the western Badghis province, provincial police spokesman Sediq Sediqi said Sunday.All the seven people were busy cutting pistachio trees in Bala Murghab district on Friday night when police arrested

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The United States' unprecedented military buildup near Venezuela, framed by Washington as a counter-narcotics mission, marks a sharp escalation that reflects the return of a more coercive new Monroe Doctrine, a Chinese expert said.

The Afghan authorities have initiated a significant road asphalting project in northern Balkh province, aimed at improving transportation infrastructure and supporting economic development, a local official said late Saturday.The project to pave an 18 km roadway is estimated to cost around 450

The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said on Friday that the Korean People's Army (KPA) air force "will be given new strategic military assets and entrusted with a new important duty," the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Center (DMC) said on Sunday that the death toll from Cyclone Ditwah, which has been affecting the country in recent days, has climbed to 159, with 203 still missing.Nearly 834,000 people have been affected across 25 districts, the center said.Sri Lankan President

A pilot has died after two light planes collided in mid-air on Sunday in southwest Sydney.A police statement said that emergency services responded to reports of a plane crash in the vicinity of an airfield in the suburb of Wedderburn, 50 km southwest of central Sydney, around 12:15 p.m. on

At least 4 dead, 10 wounded in birthday party shooting in central California -- U.S. media

At least six people were killed and five others injured early Saturday in an armed attack at a nightclub in Tula, a city in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo, local media reported.According to broadcaster Televisa, the incident occurred when a group of gunmen entered the "La Resaka" nightclub

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday reiterated his call for irreversible progress toward a two-state solution in a message on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

Exhibition 'Sculpting the Senses' held in Netherlands

Melbourne's new Metro Tunnel opened to passengers for the first time on Sunday following years of construction, marking a major expansion of the city's rail network.Limited services through the nine-kilometer twin tunnels and five new stations under Melbourne's central business district (CBD) began