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"Expected during winter," WHO official on HMPV virus

"Expected during winter," WHO official on HMPV virus

Geneva [Switzerland], January 9: Amid concerns surrounding the Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) virus, WHO official, Margaret Harris, said that the rise...

10 patients evacuated for treatment in Jordan, US

10 patients evacuated for treatment in Jordan, US

New York [US], January 9: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said his organisation and partners facilitated the...

Ukrainian prisoners executed by Russia: UN

Ukrainian prisoners executed by Russia: UN

Geneva [Switzerland], January 9: The UN Human Rights Office says it has credible reports of the execution of 62 Ukrainian...

Israel bombs women, children in Gaza's 'safe zone'

Israel bombs women, children in Gaza's 'safe zone'

Gaza [Palestine], January 9: Many women and young children have been reported killed in Israel's latest attacks on Gaza, with...

Palisades fire in Los Angeles destroys 1,000 structures; no containment

Palisades fire in Los Angeles destroys 1,000 structures;...

Los Angeles [US], January 9: The worst-case scenario has been realized in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles, where...

Trudeau says not 'a snowball's chance in hell' Canada will join US

Trudeau says not 'a snowball's chance in hell'...

New York [US], January 9: There is not "a snowball's chance in hell" that Canada will become the 51st US...

Germany and France warn Trump over threat to take over Greenland

Germany and France warn Trump over threat to...

Berlin [Germany] / Paris [France], January 9: Germany and France have warned Donald Trump against threatening Greenland, after the US...

Romania's ruling coalition agrees to hold presidential election on May 4

Romania's ruling coalition agrees to hold presidential election...

Bucharest [Romania], January 9: Romania's ruling coalition has agreed to have the first round of the presidential elections on May...

Wildfires rage out of control near Los Angeles, killing at least two

Wildfires rage out of control near Los Angeles,...

Los Angeles [California], January 9: At least two people were killed as a trio of fast-growing wildfires raged out of...

Urgency mounts in search for survivors of powerful Tibet earthquake

Urgency mounts in search for survivors of powerful...

Lhasa [Tibet], January 9: More than 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet have been rescued.

Russian strike kills 13 in Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia

Russian strike kills 13 in Ukrainian city of...

Moscow [Russia], January 9: A Russian guided bomb attack killed at least 13 people and injured 29 others in Ukraine's...

Italian journalist Sala freed from Iran prison, returns home

Italian journalist Sala freed from Iran prison, returns...

Rome [Italy], January 9: Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was freed by Iran and returned home, three weeks after she was...

WHO says respiratory virus HMPV in China is 'common,' not a threat

WHO says respiratory virus HMPV in China is...

Geneva [Switzerland], January 8: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday offered reassurance about HMPV, a respiratory infection that is...

Bangladesh revokes passport of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh revokes passport of ousted prime minister Sheikh...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 8: Bangladesh's interim administration has revoked the passport of its ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and 74...

US authorities seek to identify bodies found in JetBlue wheel well

US authorities seek to identify bodies found in...

Florida [US], January 8: Authorities in the United States have been working to identify two bodies discovered in the wheel...

Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers

Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers

New York [US], January 8: Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them...

German couple confess to killing Ukrainian refugee and her mother to steal baby

German couple confess to killing Ukrainian refugee and...

Mannheim [Germany], January 8: A German couple on Tuesday confessed to killing a Ukrainian refugee and her mother in March...

Thai elephant centres criticized after death of tourist

Thai elephant centres criticized after death of tourist

Bangkok [Thailand], January 8: Animal rights activists on Tuesday lashed out at elephant sanctuaries in Thailand after a Spanish holidaymaker...

Airport in Damascus resumes international operations

Airport in Damascus resumes international operations

Damascus [Syria], January 8: Syria's main airport in Damascus resumed full operations on Tuesday after they were halted following the...

Iran starts air defence drills at Natanz nuclear facility

Iran starts air defence drills at Natanz nuclear...

Tehran [Iran], January 8: Amid rising tensions with Israel and with less than two weeks left before the inauguration of...

US transfers 11 Yemeni inmates from Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman

US transfers 11 Yemeni inmates from Guantanamo Bay...

Washington [US], January 8: The United States has sent 11 Yemeni detainees of the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman,...

Aid efforts in Gaza at breaking point: UN

Aid efforts in Gaza at breaking point: UN

Gaza [Palestine], January 8: The efforts of United Nations agencies to supply humanitarian aid in Gaza are at "breaking point",...

Hungarian officials criticize U.S. sanctions on gov't minister

Hungarian officials criticize U.S. sanctions on gov't minister

Budapest [Hungary], January 8: Hungary's foreign minister criticized the outgoing U.S. administration and its ambassador on Tuesday for imposing sanctions...

Two killed, one injured in shooting in Germany

Two killed, one injured in shooting in Germany

Berlin [Germany], January 8: Two men were shot dead and one got injured on Tuesday evening at a company in...

Slovenia's 2024 budget deficit lowest in 5 yrs

Slovenia's 2024 budget deficit lowest in 5 yrs

Ljubljana [Slovenia], January 8: Slovenia's budget deficit fell to 1.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024, according to...

News Analysis: Experts expect gradual ECB rate cuts despite rising eurozone inflation

News Analysis: Experts expect gradual ECB rate cuts...

Brussels [Belgium], January 8: Eurozone inflation, as Eurostat reported, hit 2.4 percent in December, the highest since July, but experts...

Earthquake in Tibet kills more than 120

Earthquake in Tibet kills more than 120

Lhasa [Tibet], January 8: A strong earthquake, opens new tab struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's...