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Orban calls for quick ceasefire to speed up Ukraine peace talks

Orban calls for quick ceasefire to speed up...

Kyiv [Ukraine], July 3: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged Kyiv on Tuesday to work towards a "quick ceasefire" in...

China's Xi arrives in Kazakhstan for state visit, summit

China's Xi arrives in Kazakhstan for state visit,...

Beijing [China], July 3: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Kazakhstan on Tuesday for a state visit, during which he...

Japan issues new 3D banknotes after 20 years

Japan issues new 3D banknotes after 20 years

Tokyo [Japan], July 3: The Bank of Japan will start issuing new banknotes on July 3, redesigned with new historical...

First Democratic congressman calls on Biden to withdraw from US election

First Democratic congressman calls on Biden to withdraw...

Washington [US], July 3: On July 2, Mr. Lloyd Doggett became the first US Democratic congressman to publicly call on...

Canadian court allows police to clear pro-Palestinian campus encampment

Canadian court allows police to clear pro-Palestinian campus...

Ottawa [Canada], July 3: An Ontario judge ordered pro-Palestinian protesters to leave their two-month-old encampment at Canada's largest university by...

La Nina threatens Latin America with hurricanes and droughts, experts say

La Nina threatens Latin America with hurricanes and...

Washington [US], July 3: Latin America and the Caribbean should brace for the arrival of La Nina, the climate pattern...

Trump hush money sentencing delayed to September, weeks before US election

Trump hush money sentencing delayed to September, weeks...

Washington [US], July 3: Donald Trump's sentencing for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a...

Sixth EU-UAE Structural Dialogue on AML/CFT concludes in Brussels

Sixth EU-UAE Structural Dialogue on AML/CFT concludes in...

Brussels [Belgium], July 3: The sixth EU-UAE Structural Dialogue on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) was...

Souq Al Jubail Dates Festival launches its ninth edition

Souq Al Jubail Dates Festival launches its ninth...

Sharjah [UAE], July 3: Activities of the ninth annual Souq Al Jubail Dates Festival were launched in Sharjah, which will...

Alef Education, KICD, UNICEF sign landmark agreement on climate change education

Alef Education, KICD, UNICEF sign landmark agreement on...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 3: Alef Education, the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), and UNICEF today announced the signing...

Abdullah bin Zayed, Antony Blinken discuss regional developments, efforts to reach ceasefire in Gaza

Abdullah bin Zayed, Antony Blinken discuss regional developments,...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 3: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, during a phone...

US Supreme Court: Trump immune for official acts

US Supreme Court: Trump immune for official acts

Washington [US], July 2: The U.S. Supreme Court found that Donald Trump cannot be prosecuted for any actions that were...

Russia imposes entry ban on 99 Canadians

Russia imposes entry ban on 99 Canadians

Moscow [Russia], July 2: Russia issued a permanent entry ban on 99 Canadian citizens as a countermeasure, the Russian...

Finnish parliament approves defense pact with U.S.

Finnish parliament approves defense pact with U.S.

Helsinki [Finland], July 2: The Finnish parliament has approved the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the United States, announced the...

Taliban seeks sanctions relief and aid for farmers at UN Afghan meeting

Taliban seeks sanctions relief and aid for farmers...

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 2: The Taliban delegation outlined its priorities on Monday at a two-day UN conference on Afghanistan. The...

Opinion poll round-up with three days to go until UK general election

Opinion poll round-up with three days to go...

London [UK], July 2: Four opinion polls for Thursday's UK general election have been published in the last 24 hours,...

Poland's Tusk issues warning after far-right gains in France

Poland's Tusk issues warning after far-right gains in...

Warsaw [Poland], July 2: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk issued a warning on Monday following far-right gains in the first...

Biden's family urges him to stay in White House race

Biden's family urges him to stay in White...

Washington [US], July 2: Democratic President Joe Biden's family has urged him to ignore calls to step aside following his...

Emergency declared in Russia's Sakha

Emergency declared in Russia's Sakha

Moscow [Russia], July 2: The authorities in the Sakha (Yakutia) region in Russia's Far East have declared an emergency...

S Koreans surge to sign online petition to impeach president

S Koreans surge to sign online petition to...

Seoul [South Korea], July 2: An online petition calling for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to be impeached experienced...

UK govt, BA sued over 1990 Kuwait hostage crisis

UK govt, BA sued over 1990 Kuwait hostage...

London [UK], July 2: Passengers and crew of a British Airways flight who were taken hostage in Kuwait in 1990...

Rockets fired into Israel, tanks advance in Gaza

Rockets fired into Israel, tanks advance in Gaza

Gaza [Palestine], July 2: The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday as...

Rival French parties seek to build anti-far right front

Rival French parties seek to build anti-far right...

Paris [France], July 2: Opponents of France's far-right sought to build a united front to block the path to government...

Google to require disclosures for altered election ads

Google to require disclosures for altered election ads

California [US], July 2: Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab said on Monday it would make it mandatory for advertisers to...

Hurricane Beryl 'extremely dangerous' as it gains strength in Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl 'extremely dangerous' as it gains strength...

Washington [US], July 2: Hurricane Beryl unleashed powerful winds over the Eastern Caribbean on Monday, downing power lines and ripping...

AlQurm Protected Area in Khor Kalba joins IOSEA Marine Turtle MoU

AlQurm Protected Area in Khor Kalba joins IOSEA...

Sharjah [UAE], July 2: The Environment and Protected Areas Authority in Sharjah (EPAA) announced that the AlQurm Protected Area in...

Abdullah bin Zayed receives Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mali

Abdullah bin Zayed receives Minister of Foreign Affairs...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 2: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, received Abdoulaye Diop, Minister...