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Nintendo Creator Masayuki Uemura at an event in 2004. (Photo Credit: Reuters)

Creator of Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES dies at 78

Dec 11, 2021

Tokyo [Japan], December 11 : Masayuki Uemura, the lead architect for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and the Super NES, has died, local media reported.

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Worn-out currency notes add to Afghanistan's growing economic woes

Dec 11, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 11 : Amid the financial crisis in Afghanistan, the use of worn-out Afghan currency is an added problem to the larger issues of the collapsing country's economy.
Religious scholars addressing a seminar on persecution of Shia, Hazara minorities in Islamic countries

Religious scholars condemn persecution of Shia, Hazara minorities in Islamic countries

Dec 11, 2021
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US reaffirms, elevates its strategic alliance with Taiwan

Dec 11, 2021

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IS takes responsibility for Friday's Kabul blasts: Reports

Dec 11, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 11 : The Islamic State has claimed the responsibility for the two recent explosions in...
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Vietnam to resume international commercial flights from Jan next year

Dec 11, 2021

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The Vietnamese government has approved the resumption of regular commercial flights between Vietnam...
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Sialkot lynching: Killing over 'unsubstantiated blasphemy claims' not permissible, say Pak religious scholars

Dec 11, 2021

Islamabad [Pakistan], December 11 : Muslim scholars in Pakistan speaking about the Sialkot lynching said the killing of...
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'China grabbing neighbouring territories including Bhutan'

Dec 11, 2021
Human Rights Day: Activists in Bangladesh raise concern over human rights violations in China

Human Rights Day: Activists in Bangladesh raise concerns over human rights violations in China

Dec 11, 2021
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US announces first sale of 18mn barrels from strategic oil reserve to reduce prices

Dec 11, 2021
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Massive rally in Pakistan's Gwadar for demands acceptance

Dec 11, 2021
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Swiss medical agency approves Pfizer vaccine for children over 5

Dec 11, 2021
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CIA shifts attention to 'complex nation-states' like China after 20 years of focus on counterterrorism

Dec 11, 2021
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Netherlands approves vaccination of children aged 5-11 against COVID-19

Dec 11, 2021
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4.3 magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan's Fayzabad

Dec 11, 2021
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India dispatches consignment of medical supplies to Afghanistan

Dec 11, 2021
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13 Chinese warplanes enter Taiwan air defence zone

Dec 11, 2021
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UN raises alarm over 'continuing' expulsions of asylum seekers from Libya

Dec 11, 2021
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Pakistan intensifies digital crackdown on minorities like Ahmadiyyas

Dec 11, 2021