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Area the size of Iceland burned in Canada's months-long forest fires

Area the size of Iceland burned in Canada's...

Ottawa [Canada], July 16: The fires that have been raging in Canada for months have destroyed a total of 100,000...

Wallace to quit UK govt at reshuffle

Wallace to quit UK govt at reshuffle

London [UK], July 16: British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has confirmed he plans to resign from the Cabinet at the...

Azerbaijan, Armenia hold talks as Russia proposes Moscow summit

Azerbaijan, Armenia hold talks as Russia proposes Moscow...

Baku [Azerbaijan], July 16: Azerbaijan and Armenia held a fresh round of EU-mediated peace talks Saturday, while Russia offered a...

Caffeine-heavy viral drink raises concerns for kids

Caffeine-heavy viral drink raises concerns for kids

Washington [US], July 16: With its extremely high levels of caffeine, a hip new soft drink is raising fears in...

Record heatwaves sweep world

Record heatwaves sweep world

Rome [Italy], July 16: Record heat is forecast around the world from the United States, where tens of millions are...

UK officially joins CPTPP, British Ambassador thanks Vietnam

UK officially joins CPTPP, British Ambassador thanks Vietnam

London [UK], July 16: Today (July 16) in New Zealand, Ms. Kemi Badenoch, UK Business and Trade Secretary, officially signed...

US judge lets Kentucky enforce ban on transgender youth care for now

US judge lets Kentucky enforce ban on transgender...

Washington [US], July 16: A federal judge in Kentucky ruled Friday that the state can enforce its law banning the...

Israel's Netanyahu suffers dehydration after holiday in heatwave

Israel's Netanyahu suffers dehydration after holiday in heatwave

Tel Aviv [Israel], July 16: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered hospital on Saturday with apparent dehydration after a coastal...

UK councils call for ban on disposable vapes by 2024

UK councils call for ban on disposable vapes...

London [UK], July 16: Councils in England and Wales have called on the UK government to ban the sale of...

Africa tour aims to boost Iran's "strategic depth": Iranian president

Africa tour aims to boost Iran's "strategic depth":...

Tehran [Iran], July 15: Iran's President EbrahimRaisi said Friday that his diplomatic tour of three African countries was primarily aimed...

Türkiye's Erdogan says ready to host Putin in August

Türkiye's Erdogan says ready to host Putin in...

Istanbul [Turkey], July 15: Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin may visit Türkiye next...

Iraqi PM, Turkish president hold phone talk on bilateral ties

Iraqi PM, Turkish president hold phone talk on...

Baghdad [Iraq], July 15: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani held a phone conversation with Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan on...

Ireland's 2022 GDP growth revised down to 9.4 pct

Ireland's 2022 GDP growth revised down to 9.4...

Dublin [Ireland], July 15: Ireland's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 9.4 percent in 2022, slightly less than the 12...

Ukraine gets 3.87 bln USD from partners for rapid recovery

Ukraine gets 3.87 bln USD from partners for...

Kyiv [Ukraine], July 15: Ukraine received 3.87 billion U.S. dollars from its partners for the country's rapid recovery, the Interfax-Ukraine...

Finnish climate report urges more action to meet emission reduction targets

Finnish climate report urges more action to meet...

Helsinki [Finland], July 15: Finland may miss its 2035 carbon neutrality target unless additional measures are implemented, according to the...

U.S. stocks close mixed amid strong bank earnings

U.S. stocks close mixed amid strong bank earnings

New York [US], July 15: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Friday as investors weighed strong earnings results from some of...

NATO not for global security, but a warfare alliance: PinkCode

NATO not for global security, but a warfare...

New York [US], July 15: America's NATO allies are not, as U.S. President Joe Biden would suggest, anchors in a...

1 officer killed, 2 injured in North Dakota shooting

1 officer killed, 2 injured in North Dakota...

Washington [US], July 15: One officer has died and two were critically injured in North Dakota shooting in which a...

Japan university admissions expected to fall by 130,000 by 2040s

Japan university admissions expected to fall by 130,000...

Tokyo [Japan], July 15: The annual number of students entering university in Japan from 2040 to 2050 is expected to...

US approves first over-the-counter birth control pill

US approves first over-the-counter birth control pill

Washington [US], July 15: The US government has approved the first-ever over-the-counter birth control pill.

US Republican 2024 hopefuls defend Ukraine support at Iowa conservative forum

US Republican 2024 hopefuls defend Ukraine support at...

Washington [US], July 15: Republican U.S. presidential contenders attending a forum of Christian conservatives in Iowa that typically focuses on...

One in four UK single-parent households unable to afford food

One in four UK single-parent households unable to...

London [UK], July 15: More than a quarter of Britain's single-parent households have recently run out of food and been...

Biden forgives $39 billion in US student debt using program tweak

Biden forgives $39 billion in US student debt...

Washington [US], July 15: U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will cancel $39 billion in student debt for more than 804,000...

Zelenskiy warns of Russian efforts to halt Kyiv's troops

Zelenskiy warns of Russian efforts to halt Kyiv's...

Kyiv [Ukraine], July 15: President VolodymyrZelenskiy warned Ukrainians that Russia was throwing all its resources into a campaign to stop...

Dubai attracts 4.791 volunteers in first half of 2023 to maintain clean and sustainable environment

Dubai attracts 4.791 volunteers in first half of...

Dubai [UAE], July 15: Dubai Municipality recruited 4,791 volunteers and activists during the first half of this year to ensure...

Tighter security for German airports after protests

Tighter security for German airports after protests

Hamburg [Germany], July 14: Germany will consider new security standards for airports after climate activists from the group Last Generation...

Railway strikes in Italy cause train cancellations, delays

Railway strikes in Italy cause train cancellations, delays

Rome [Italy], July 14: A nationwide strike of transport workers began in Italy on Thursday, with staff of two major...