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Biden calls Chinese President Xi a dictator

Biden calls Chinese President Xi a dictator

Washington[US], June 21: U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator, adding that Xi was...

Squeeze on UK tenants tightens as rents outpace incomes

Squeeze on UK tenants tightens as rents outpace...

London [UK], June 21: Britain's housing market strains are spreading to the rental sector with the proportion of household income...

Hamdan bin Zayed praises ERC's efforts during Year of Sustainability

Hamdan bin Zayed praises ERC's efforts during Year...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 21: H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in Al Dhafra Region, and Chairman...

US, Netherlands win IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Dubai

US, Netherlands win IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships...

Dubai [UAE], June 21: The United States of America defeated Great Britain in men's final Group D game at the...

Local Press: Consistency is what unpins the UAE's desirability for young Arabs

Local Press: Consistency is what unpins the UAE's...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 21: A local newspaper has said that this year's Arab Youth Survey has once again named...

Sweden says cannot rule out Russian attack

Sweden says cannot rule out Russian attack

Stockholm [Sweden], June 20: In light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, defence experts in NATO candidate country Sweden say...

Sunak talks to Zelensky about war, weapons

Sunak talks to Zelensky about war, weapons

London [UK], June 20: Ukraine's counteroffensive against the Russian invasion is clearly making "good progress," British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

Five killed in Israeli raid on Jenin refugee camp

Five killed in Israeli raid on Jenin refugee...

Ramallah/Tel Aviv [Israel], June 20: At least five Palestinians have been killed, including a 15-year-old, and 91 injured after Israeli...

Yemen prisoner exchange talks end with focus on political detainees

Yemen prisoner exchange talks end with focus on...

Sanaa [Yemen], June 20: The latest round of talks between the Yemeni government and the Houthi movement to exchange prisoners...

Biden visits California to talk climate, raise cash

Biden visits California to talk climate, raise cash

Los Angeles [US], June 20: President Joe Biden planed to unveil more than $600 million in federal spending to fight...

Tension on the Ukrainian battlefield amid Kyiv's counter-offensive

Tension on the Ukrainian battlefield amid Kyiv's counter-offensive

Kyiv [Ukraine], June 20: Yesterday (June 19), TASS reported that Alexey Polishchuk, an official of the Russian Foreign Ministry, confirmed...

Japan's cabinet approval rating declines

Japan's cabinet approval rating declines

Tokyo [Japan], June 20: Support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet has dropped 12 percentage points to 33 percent,...

Flying cars flooded the Paris Air Show

Flying cars flooded the Paris Air Show

Paris [France], June 20: Nikkei Asia newspaper reported on June 20 that many flying car models were brought to...

Ukraine prepares 'biggest blow' as it claims recapture of eight villages from Russia

Ukraine prepares 'biggest blow' as it claims recapture...

Kyiv [Ukraine], June 20: Ukraine said it had driven Russian forces out of an eighth village in its two-week-old counteroffensive...

Ships, planes search for sub that went missing on trip to Titanic wreckage

Ships, planes search for sub that went missing...

Washington [US], June 20: U.S. and Canadian ships and planes searched for a submarine that went missing more than a...

Rome to open ancient square where Julius Caesar was killed

Rome to open ancient square where Julius Caesar...

Rme [Italy], June 20: History buffs will be able to stroll close to the spot where legend says Julius Caesar...

US judge orders Trump lawyers not to release evidence in documents probe

US judge orders Trump lawyers not to release...

Washington [US], June 20: A U.S. judge in Florida ordered defence lawyers for former President Donald Trump not to release...

Voters back carbon cuts as glaciers melt

Voters back carbon cuts as glaciers melt

Geneva [Switzerland], June 20: Voters in Switzerland have backed a new climate bill designed to cut fossil fuel use and...

Islamic banks' assets up to AED650 bn by end of March 2023: CBUAE

Islamic banks' assets up to AED650 bn by...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 20: Gross assets of the Sharia-compliant banks operating in the UAE grew to AED650 billion by...

Kuwait forms new gov't

Kuwait forms new gov't

Kuwait City [Kuwait], June 19: A new Kuwaiti government led by Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was formed on Sunday,...

Twelve dead and others missing as cyclone hits southern Brazil

Twelve dead and others missing as cyclone hits...

Brasilia [Brazil], June 19: At least 12 people have died, five are missing and nearly 3,000 have been left homeless...

Prince William: Young royals 'will definitely be exposed' to homelessness

Prince William: Young royals 'will definitely be exposed'...

London [UK], June 19: The Prince of Wales has said his children "will definitely be exposed" to homelessness as he...

Woman who knocked on coffin at her funeral dies after week in hospital

Woman who knocked on coffin at her funeral...

Quito [Ecuador], June 19: An Ecuadorean woman has died days after mourners at her funeral were shocked to find her...

Taliban dismiss US watchdog report

Taliban dismiss US watchdog report

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 19:The Taliban on Sunday rejected the latest report by a US watchdog claiming that foreign armed groups...

Tunisia bars TV, radio reports of opposition

Tunisia bars TV, radio reports of opposition

Tunis [Tunisia], June 19: Radio and TV programmes in Tunisia have been banned from reporting on the cases ofprominent opposition...

Mali's military rulers hold constitutional referendum

Mali's military rulers hold constitutional referendum

Bamako [Mali], June 19: Malians were voting on Sunday in a referendum on changing the constitution that the military rulers...

Oman Embassy hosts 2nd GCC coordination meeting

Oman Embassy hosts 2nd GCC coordination meeting

Kuwait City [Kuwait], June 19: The Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman in Kuwait hosted at its headquarters on Sunday...