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Foreign workers in Korea increase by 25.5% in 2023

Foreign workers in Korea increase by 25.5% in...

Seoul [South Korea], July 13: The number of foreigners who came to the Republic of Korea to get a job...

At least 22 dead after school building collapse in central Nigeria

At least 22 dead after school building collapse...

Lagos [Nigeria], July 13: At least 22 people have died in central Nigeria after a school building collapsed as lessons...

Over 41% of news teams employs AI to create illustrative art, 39% for social media content, 38% for writing, generating articles: UN Creative Economy Outlook 2024

Over 41% of news teams employs AI to...

Geneva [Switzerland], July 13: AI is enhancing content creation, distribution and consumption as it generates scripts, movies, music, images, captions,...

EU invests €126.9 million into 26 new projects to protect and restore health of ocean and water by 2030

EU invests €126.9 million into 26 new projects...

Brussels [Belgium], July 13: European Commission announced today a €126.9 million investment in 26 new projects contributing to the EU...

UNRWA is a backbone of humanitarian operations in Gaza: UN chief

UNRWA is a backbone of humanitarian operations in...

New York [US], July 13: Without the necessary support and financing to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for...

After long break, Ukraine targets Russian capital in overnight drone attack

After long break, Ukraine targets Russian capital in...

Moscow [Russia], July 12: For the first time in weeks, the Russian capital was targeted in an overnight Ukrainian drone...

Taiwan reports record 66 Chinese warplanes in its airspace in one day

Taiwan reports record 66 Chinese warplanes in its...

Taipei [Taiwan], July 12: Taiwan's Defence Ministry on Thursday said it registered 66 Chinese warplanes operating around the self-governing island...

French president calls on mainstream parties to form coalition government

French president calls on mainstream parties to form...

Paris [France], July 12: French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the country's mainstream parties to form a coalition government following...

US cruise missiles to return to Germany, angering Moscow

US cruise missiles to return to Germany, angering...

New York [US], July 12: Long-range US missiles are to be deployed periodically in Germany from 2026 for the first...

US provides $100mn in aid to Palestine, 227kg bombs to Israel

US provides $100mn in aid to Palestine, 227kg...

Washington [US], July 12: The United States has announced it's providing $100mn in additional aid for Palestinians in the war-battered...

Biden complicit in Israeli 'war crimes': Erdogan

Biden complicit in Israeli 'war crimes': Erdogan

Ankara [Turkey], July 12: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said US President Joe Biden and his administration are complicit...

French firefighters rush to put out blaze at Rouen cathedral

French firefighters rush to put out blaze at...

Paris [France], July 12: The spire of a medieval cathedral in the city of Rouen in northern France is mostly...

Biden mistakenly refers to Zelenskiy as Putin before correcting himself

Biden mistakenly refers to Zelenskiy as Putin before...

Washington [US], July 12: U.S. President Joe Biden today mistakenly referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as Russian President Vladimir...

Pfizer moves forward with once-daily weight-loss pill

Pfizer moves forward with once-daily weight-loss pill

Washington [US], July 12: Pfizer (PFE.N), opens new tab plans to move a reworked, once-a-day version of its weight-loss pill...

Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Belgorod region injures five children, governor says

Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Belgorod region injures...

Kyiv [Ukraine], July 12: A Ukrainian drone strike on a courtyard outside a multi-storey apartment block on a border town...

Israel bombards Gaza City in one of the fiercest weeks of war, killing 26

Israel bombards Gaza City in one of the...

Tel Aviv [Israel], July 12: Israel rained bombs on Gaza City during a week that residents described as comparable to...

First Israeli military report on Oct. 7 attack finds army failed to protect civilians

First Israeli military report on Oct. 7 attack...

Tel Aviv [Israel], July 12: The Israeli military published on Thursday the findings of a first probe into its own...

Desperate for food, Gazans turn to mulberry leaves to survive

Desperate for food, Gazans turn to mulberry leaves...

Tel Aviv [Israel], July 12: Struggling through rubble and buildings shattered by Gaza's war, Ahmed Al-Shanbari and three of his...

NATO to back Ukraine as Biden faces growing pressure

NATO to back Ukraine as Biden faces growing...

Washington [US], July 12: Ukraine on Thursday urged NATO allies to lift restrictions on its use of long-range weapons against...

Speaker of Indonesian House of Representatives receives Chairman of Muslim Council of Elders

Speaker of Indonesian House of Representatives receives Chairman...

Jakarta [ Indonesia], July 12: Puan Maharani, Speaker of Indonesia's House of Representatives, received His Eminence Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb,...

Saudi Foreign Minister receives French President's Advisor for Middle East and North Africa

Saudi Foreign Minister receives French President's Advisor for...

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 12: Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi...

Backers of Arizona abortion rights amendment sue over language in voter pamphlet

Backers of Arizona abortion rights amendment sue over...

Arizona [US], July 11: Supporters of a ballot measure that would amend Arizona's constitution to establish a right to abortion...

Registered Afghan refugees can stay another year, says Pakistan

Registered Afghan refugees can stay another year, says...

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 11: Pakistan on Wednesday extended for a year the stay of Afghan refugees who live in the...

We will continue fighting until needed, says Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah

We will continue fighting until needed, says Hezbollah...

Beirut [Lebanon], July 11: In a televised address Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the armed Lebanese group Hezbollah has said...

More than 40 political activists jailed for life in UAE for 'terror' offences

More than 40 political activists jailed for life...

Abu Dhabi [United Arab Emirates], July 11: A court in the United Arab Emirates has handed life sentences to more...

Rains pound South Korea causing landslides, bullet trains slowed

Rains pound South Korea causing landslides, bullet trains...

Seoul [South Korea], July 11: South Korea's national rail company on Wednesday suspended some regular routes and slowed bullet trains...

Bird flu response in Michigan sparks COVID-era worry on farms

Bird flu response in Michigan sparks COVID-era worry...

Michigan [US], July 11: Some dairy farmers are resisting Michigan's nation-leading efforts to stop the spread of bird flu for...