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Expert warns of potential volcanic eruption in Iceland

Expert warns of potential volcanic eruption in Iceland

Reykjavik [Iceland], November 19: Kristin Jonsdottir, the head of the volcanic activity department at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, has expressed...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed after board says it lost confidence in him

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed after board says...

San Francisco [US], November 19: OpenAI, the company that launched ChatGPT, announced on Friday that it had dismissed CEO Sam...

74,664 tourists arrive in Sri Lanka in Nov. 1-15

74,664 tourists arrive in Sri Lanka in Nov....

Colombo [Sri Lanka], November 19:Altogether 74,664 foreign tourists arrived in Sri Lanka in the first 15 days of November, according...

Japan's longtimeSoka Gakkai lay Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda dies at 95

Japan's longtimeSoka Gakkai lay Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda...

Tokyo [Japan], November 19: Daisaku Ikeda, the longtime leader of Japan's major lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai, has died, local...

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree on key peace treaty principles

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree on key peace treaty principles

Yerevan [Armenia], November 19: Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed on the key principles of a peace treaty, Armenian Prime Minister...

'Forced evacuation of al-Shifa, Al Fakhoura School massacre crimes of genocide'

'Forced evacuation of al-Shifa, Al Fakhoura School massacre...

Ramallah [Palestine], November 19: The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced the successive mass massacres and crimes of ethnic cleansing...

More than 2,000 in Berlin protest against war in Gaza

More than 2,000 in Berlin protest against war...

Berlin [Germany], November 19: More than 2,000 demonstrators held a rally in central Berlin on Saturday to protest against attacks...

Kiev reports heavy clashes on bank of Dnipro River near Kherson

Kiev reports heavy clashes on bank of Dnipro...

Kyiv [Ukraine], November 19: There was heavy fighting on the left bank of the Dnipro River near Kherson in southern...

Pro-Palestinian protestors rally in France, UK

Pro-Palestinian protestors rally in France, UK

London [UK], November 19: Thousands of protesters took part in rallies across France and Britain on Saturday calling for a...

SpaceXStarship launch failed minutes after reaching space

SpaceXStarship launch failed minutes after reaching space

Washington [US], November 19: SpaceX'suncrewed spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, failed in space shortly...

Dozens of migrants wait at Finland-Russia border after Helsinki blocks crossings

Dozens of migrants wait at Finland-Russia border after...

Helsinki [Finland], November 19: Dozens of migrants stood behind barriers at two crossings on Finland's border with Russia on Saturday,...

Jailed Russian nationalist nominates himself for president

Jailed Russian nationalist nominates himself for president

Moscow [Russia], November 19:Igor Girkin, a prominent ultranationalist in custody in Russia awaiting trial on charges of inciting extremism, nominated...

Zelenskiy slaps sanctions on 108 people, 37 Russian groups

Zelenskiy slaps sanctions on 108 people, 37 Russian...

Kyiv [Ukraine], November 19: President VolodymyrZelenskiy has sanctioned 37 Russian groups and 108 people including a former prime minister and...

Trump vows to kill Asia trade deal being pursued by Biden if elected

Trump vows to kill Asia trade deal being...

Washington [US], November 19: Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, said on Saturday that he would kill...

UAE President directs treatment for 1,000 Palestinian cancer patients in UAE hospitals

UAE President directs treatment for 1,000 Palestinian cancer...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 19:UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has directed the provision of medical care for...

Spain sees mass rally against Catalan separatist amnesty

Spain sees mass rally against Catalan separatist amnesty

Madrid [Spain], November 19:Around 170,000 people marched through the streets of Madrid on Saturday in what authorities said was the...

Israel, Hamas reach tentative deal to pause figthing, free dozens of hostages - report

Israel, Hamas reach tentative deal to pause figthing,...

Jerusalem [Israel], November 19: Israel, the United States and Hamas are close to a deal that could see dozens of...

Gold prices rallied today, reaching their highest levels in two and a half months

Gold prices rallied today, reaching their highest levels...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], November 19: Gold prices rose during today's trading, gaining more than US$4 in spot trading to approach...

Helicopter crashes in Uzbekistan killing entire crew

Helicopter crashes in Uzbekistan killing entire crew

Tashkent [Uzbekistan], November 18: A Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Uzbekistan's Samarkand region during a training flight Friday night, killing the...

Forest fires rage in three of Bolivia's nine departments

Forest fires rage in three of Bolivia's nine...

La Paz [Bolivia], November 18: Forest fires are raging in three of Bolivia's nine departments, mostly sparked by field burning...

Ecuador deploys armored vehicles to combat organized crime

Ecuador deploys armored vehicles to combat organized crime

Quito [Ecuador], November 18: Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso Friday delivered 15 Turkish-built Otokararmored tactical vehicles to the armed forces to...

EU needs bold action to advance capital markets union, says ECB president

EU needs bold action to advance capital markets...

Frankfurt [Germany], November 18: European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde on Friday called for bold actions to advance the...

Italy gripped by strike over government's budget plan

Italy gripped by strike over government's budget plan

Rome [Italy], November 18: Italian trade unions on Friday mobilized tens of thousands of people in support of a national...

Philippines seeks to promote local small-scale sellers via TikTok

Philippines seeks to promote local small-scale sellers via...

Manila [Philippines], November 18: Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos has sought a partnership with popular video platform TikTok to promote...

Japan logs first drop in influenza cases in 3 months

Japan logs first drop in influenza cases in...

Tokyo [Japan], November 18: The average number of influenza patients per regularly monitored medical institution in Japan this week came...

38 injured in S. Korea's hospital fire

38 injured in S. Korea's hospital fire

Seoul [South Korea], November 18: Thirty-eight people were injured on Saturday from a hospital fire in southeastern South Korea, according...

At APEC, Biden touts workers' rights, stable Chinese relations

At APEC, Biden touts workers' rights, stable Chinese...

San Francisco [US], November 18: U.S. President Joe Biden said he would keep working to advance a Pacific trade pact,...