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Atmospheric rivers boosts California's hydropower supplies
California [US], February 13: A pair of atmospheric rivers that drenched California in recent weeks will bolster the state's hydropower...
Biden's reelection campaign joins TikTok in push for...
Washington [US], February 13: U.S. President Joe Biden's reelection campaign joined short-form video app TikTok on Sunday, using the NFL's...
US judge blocks Ohio law restricting children's use...
Washington [US], February 13: A federal judge on Monday prevented Ohio from implementing a new law that requires social media...
IMF's Kristalina Georgieva at WGS: We expect global...
Dubai [UAE], February 13: On its first day, the World Governments Summit 2024 (WGS) hosted a plenary session featuring Kristalina...
UAE President receives President of Congo-Brazzaville
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 13: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received His Excellency Denis Sassou Nguesso,...
MBRSG launches 3rd 'Global Economic Diversification Index' at...
Dubai [UAE], February 13: The Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) has unveiled the third edition of the 'Global...
World Government Summit explores future challenges, pathways to...
Dubai [UAE], February 13: The World Governments Summit (WGS), which opened today in Dubai and runs until February 14, seeks...
Stubb narrowly wins Finnish presidential election
Helsinki [Finland], February 12: The presidential candidate for the National Coalition Alexander Stubb narrowly won the Finnish presidential election Sunday...
U.S. defense chief hospitalized, transferring duties to deputy
Washington [US], February 12: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized on Sunday "for symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder...
Cambodia logs 3 more cases of mpox
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], February 12: Cambodia recorded three more cases of mpox, also known as monkeypox, raising the total number...
Zelensky, continuing reshuffling, names new land forces commander
Kiev [Ukraine], February 12: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed the former deputy defence minister Oleksandr Pavliuk as the new...
Iran marks 45th anniversary of Islamic Revolution
Tehran [Iran], February 12: Tens of thousands of government supporters in Iran have celebrated the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic...
Rebels, horses, cow carts: Indonesia gets ready for...
Jakarta [Indonesia], February 12: Indonesia will hold one of the world's biggest one-day elections next week - a mind-boggling feat...
Russia is using Starlink in occupied areas, Ukraine...
Kiev [Ukraine], February 12: Russian forces in occupied Ukraine are using Starlink terminals produced by Elon Musk's SpaceX for satellite...
UK journalist says Malaysia sentence is 'political revenge'
London [UK], February 12: UK journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown has accused Malaysia of seeking "political revenge" for her reporting after...
Nato chief says Donald Trump comments 'undermine all...
Washington [US], February 12: Donald Trump's suggestion the US would not protect Nato allies by failing to spend enough on...
Netanyahu insists on Rafah offensive as warnings mount
Jerusalem [Israel], February 12: Israel is facing growing international warnings over its planned offensive in Rafah - the city in...
UAE President receives condolences from Emir of Qatar...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 12: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a call offering condolences from...
Mohammed bin Rashid meets with IMF Managing Director
Dubai [UAE], February 12: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai,...
Expo Centre Sharjah, World Trade Centre Istanbul discuss...
Sharjah [UAE], February 12: The Expo Centre Sharjah (ECS) and the World Trade Centre Istanbul (WTCI) have discussed ways of...
Lebanon to resume returning Syrian refugees to homeland:...
Beirut [Lebanon], February 11: Lebanon will soon resume returning Syrian refugees to their homeland, Lebanese Minister of the Displaced Issam...
1 wounded in armed attack during Istanbul mayor...
Istanbul [Turkey], February 11: A woman was injured in an armed attack on Saturday during the mayoral election campaign of...
Israel's finance minister defends economy outlook after Moody's...
Jerusalem [Israel], February 11: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Saturday brushed off Moody's downgrade of Israel's credit ratings for...
At least 25 killed in Israeli bombing on...
Gaza [Palestine], February 11: At least 25 Palestinians were killed in Israeli bombing of a house in the southern Gaza...
Chinese New Year festivities in Germany kick off...
Berlin [Germany], February 11: Chinese New Year celebrations in the German city of Duesseldorf kicked off here with a traditional...
No survivors found in California helicopter crash
California [US], February 11: No survivors have been found Saturday, 16 hours after a helicopter with six people on board...
Death toll climbs to 35 in Tuesday's landslide...
Manila [Philippines], February 11: The death toll in a massive landslide that crashed into villages in Davao de Oro province...