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Greece to tax cruise ships to curb over-tourism

Greece to tax cruise ships to curb over-tourism

Athens [Greece], September 9: Greece plans to impose a 20-euro levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini...

Russia captures Ukrainian town near Pokrovsk

Russia captures Ukrainian town near Pokrovsk

Moscow [Russia], September 9: Russia said on Sunday its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine...

Venezuelan opposition leader Gonzalez seeks asylum in Spain

Venezuelan opposition leader Gonzalez seeks asylum in Spain

Caracas [Venezuela], September 9: Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez flew into Spain on Sunday to seek asylum, Madrid said,...

Trump and Harris vie for black voters in Georgia

Trump and Harris vie for black voters in...

Washington [US], September 9: Vivian Childs, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, schooled a roomful of Republicans on how to...

Eleven dead, nine missing in Morocco following severe flooding

Eleven dead, nine missing in Morocco following severe...

Rabat [Morocco], September 9: The death toll from severe flooding in Morocco rose to eleven on Sunday, with nine still...

Emir of Kuwait issues decree accepting resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil

Emir of Kuwait issues decree accepting resignation of...

Kuwait City [Kuwait], September 9: His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, issued an...

Algeria votes in presidential poll with incumbent Tebboune set to win

Algeria votes in presidential poll with incumbent Tebboune...

Algiers [Algeria], September 8: Algerians on Saturday were voting in a presidential election that incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is widely...

Thousands rally in France against new Prime Minister Barnier

Thousands rally in France against new Prime Minister...

Paris [France], September 8: Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in France on Saturday to protest the appointment of...

5.1-magnitude quake hits 59 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala: USGS

5.1-magnitude quake hits 59 km S of Iztapa,...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 59 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala, at 15:52:39 GMT on Friday, the...

Kenyan fresh produce exporters urge end to Red Sea tensions amid rising costs

Kenyan fresh produce exporters urge end to Red...

Nairobi [Kenya], September 8: Fresh produce exporters from Kenya on Friday called for urgent resolution of the Red Sea tensions,...

Africa CDC warns of rising mpox cases, launches response plan with WHO

Africa CDC warns of rising mpox cases, launches...

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], September 8: Africa is witnessing an "upward trend" in mpox cases, the Africa Centers for Disease Control...

Trucks carry 100 metric tons of food relief from Chad to famine-risk Sudan communities: UN

Trucks carry 100 metric tons of food relief...

Geneva [Switzerland], September 8: Trucks using the recently opened Adre crossing from Chad carried 100 metric tons of food aid...

At least 10 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombings in Gaza

At least 10 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombings...

Gaza [Palestine], September 8: At least 10 Palestinians were killed in Israeli bombings targeting two residential houses in central and...

5 injured in bomb blast in Syria's Daraa

5 injured in bomb blast in Syria's Daraa

Damascus [Syria], September 8: Five people, including a child and a woman, were injured Friday evening when an explosive device...

Europe endures hottest summer on record, devastating crops, lives

Europe endures hottest summer on record, devastating crops,...

Brussels [Belgium], September 8: Europe experienced its hottest summer on record in 2024, as intense heatwaves and severe droughts crippled...

Promotion event in Munich boosts China-Germany cooperation

Promotion event in Munich boosts China-Germany cooperation

Munich [Germany], September 8: The "Hello, Shenyang" global promotion event took place in Munich on Friday, drawing over 100 attendees,...

Azerbaijan ready to participate in resolving Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Aliyev

Azerbaijan ready to participate in resolving Russia-Ukraine Conflict:...

Baku [Azerbaijan], September 8: Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has expressed a willingness to participate in resolving the ongoing conflict between...

Canada's unemployment rate increases to 6.6 pct in August

Canada's unemployment rate increases to 6.6 pct in...

Ottawa [Canada], September 8: Canada's unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to 6.6 percent in August, after holding steady in...

ASEAN calls for global cooperation for green economy

ASEAN calls for global cooperation for green economy

Jakarta [Indonesia], September 8: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is advancing global cooperation between developed and developing countries...

Clues help Indonesian police arrest former Philippine mayor suspected of being Chinese

Clues help Indonesian police arrest former Philippine mayor...

Jakarta [Indonesia], September 8: GMA News today, September 7, quoted Mr. Rendel Sy, Head of the Fugitive Search Unit of...

Tearful account of victim's daughter in rape case that shocked France

Tearful account of victim's daughter in rape case...

Paris [France], September 8: The French public was abuzz this week about the shocking trial of Dominique Pelicot, 71, who...

Former Republican Vice President says Trump is a threat

Former Republican Vice President says Trump is a...

New York [US], September 8: The Guardian newspaper on September 7 quoted former US Vice President Dick Cheney declaring that...

Typhoon Yagi heads for Vietnam after battering China

Typhoon Yagi heads for Vietnam after battering China

Beijing [China], September 8: Super Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, is churning towards the northern coast of...

US: Kamala Harris' campaign raises $361 million in August; thrice more than Donald Trump

US: Kamala Harris' campaign raises $361 million in...

Washington [US], September 8: US Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has so far raised a massive $361 million, which is...

Pakistani national charged with plotting terrorist attack in New York City, arrested in Canada

Pakistani national charged with plotting terrorist attack in...

New York [US], September 8: A Pakistani national residing in Canada was arrested after being charged with attempting to provide...

Nepal formally ends ban on TikTok, ISPs ordered to lift embargo

Nepal formally ends ban on TikTok, ISPs ordered...

Kathmandu [Nepal], September 8: The Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has ordered all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to lift the ban...

Brutal heat wave scorches Southern California, triggering health alerts

Brutal heat wave scorches Southern California, triggering health...

Los Angeles [US], September 7: An unrelenting heat wave has engulfed Southern California this week with temperatures in some areas...