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19 dead in boat accident in northern Ethiopia
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 29: Nineteen people have died after the boat carrying them capsized in a river in the...
NASA, SpaceX target Aug. 18 to launch crew...
New York [US], July 28: SpaceX and NASA said on Friday they planned to launch the SpaceX Crew-9 mission, a...
Park Fire explodes in size, among largest in...
California [US], July 28: A massive wildfire torching Northern California, known as Park Fire, has quickly grown to nearly 1,400...
Knife-armed man shot dead by police in Sydney's...
Sydney [Australia], July 28: A 34-year-old man armed with a knife was shot dead by police on Saturday night in...
Central Tokyo condo prices down 16 pct in...
Tokyo [Japan], July 28: The average price of a new condominium in central Tokyo in the first half of 2024...
11 injured after leisure fishing boat hits breakwater...
Tokyo [Japan], July 28: A leisure fishing boat in Tottori Prefecture in western Japan hit the breakwater on Sunday, with...
Coastguard says oil leak detected from sunken tanker...
Manila [Philippines], July 28: The Philippine coastguard reported on Saturday that a portion of the 1.4 million litres of industrial...
Paris-Germany trains back on schedule after arson attacks
Paris [France], July 28: Train services between Paris and Germany have resumed their normal schedule following recent arson attacks on...
Eight dead as car hits pedestrians in central...
Beijing [China], July 28: A car driver has ploughed into a crowd of people in the central Chinese city...
Former presidents looking to observe Venezuela election denied...
Caracas [Venenzuela], July 28: A plane carrying four former Latin American presidents planning to observe Sunday's presidential election in Venezuela...
President Zelensky says situation on Ukraine's eastern front...
Kyiv [Ukraine], July 28: The Ukrainian armed forces are under heavy pressure from Russian attacks in the east of the...
Bangladesh authorities detain protest leaders
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 28: Bangladeshi authorities have taken three student leaders, who helped coordinate rallies against government job quotas, from...
Korean War victory anniversary
Pyongyang [North Korea], July 28: A photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean...
South Africa police arrest Libyans
Johannesburg [South Africa], July 28: Ninety-five Libyan nationals have been arrested on suspicion of receiving training at an "illegal" military...
French bishops, Russian Church criticize Olympic opening ceremony
Paris [France], July 28: The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris has been criticized by the Catholic Church...
Leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel arrested in...
Dallas (Texas) [US], July 28: One of the world's most powerful drug lords, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, leader of Mexico's...
At least 30 dead in Gaza school airstrike,...
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 28: At least 30 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced...
Israel says Hezbollah rocket kills 11 at football...
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 28: A rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 11 people...
Trump tells Christians they won't have to vote...
Washington [US], July 28: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Christians on Friday that if they vote for him this...
Australia signs $1.4 billion deal to upgrade navy...
Sydney [Australia], July 28: Australia said on Saturday it had signed a A$2.2 billion ($1.4 billion) four-year contract with state-owned...
Fourth UAE aid ship bound for Gaza arrives...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 28: The fourth UAE aid ship bound for Gaza arrived on Thursday at the port of...
French rail sabotage causes chaos as Paris Olympics...
Paris [France], July 27: Streets in the centre of Paris have been blocked off, metro stations closed and thousands of...
Norway closes embassy in Uganda
Kampala [Uganda], July 27: Norway has officially closed its embassy in Uganda, marking the end of 19 years of diplomatic...
Finland probes suspected violation of territorial waters by...
Helsinki [Finland], July 27: Finland suspects a Russian vessel to have violated Finnish territorial waters in the Gulf of Finland...
EU takes action against 7 states for violating...
Brussels [Belgium], July 27: The European Council on Friday placed France and six other European Union (EU) member states under...
Severe water shortages threaten central and southern Italy
Rome [Italy], July 27: Central and southern Italy are grappling with a severe water shortage, with agricultural supplies projected to...
Harris narrows gap with Trump in presidential race:...
Washington [US], July 27: U.S. presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is incredibly close, showed a new Wall...