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