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Republicans, White House see progress in US debt ceiling talks

Republicans, White House see progress in US debt...

Washington [US], May 25: Negotiators for Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy held what both sides...

White House, advocates slam Florida school's 'censorship' of inauguration poem

White House, advocates slam Florida school's 'censorship' of...

Washington [US], May 25: The White House and advocates on Wednesday decried a Florida school's decision to remove the poem...

Japan firms feel 'sense of crisis' over falling birthrate

Japan firms feel 'sense of crisis' over falling...

Tokyo [Japan], May 25: More than nine out of 10 Japanese firms feel a sense of crisis about the country's...

Russia sees border attack as grounds for extended war

Russia sees border attack as grounds for extended...

Moscow [Russia]/ Kiev [Ukraine], May 24: The Kremlin on Tuesday said the attack on the western Russian border region of...

Iran appoints ambassador for Saudi Arabia as tense relations thaw

Iran appoints ambassador for Saudi Arabia as tense...

Tehran [Iran], May 24: Iran has appointed an ambassador to Saudi Arabia as part of a rapprochement between the two...

Prince Harry loses challenge to pay for police protection

Prince Harry loses challenge to pay for police...

London [UK], May 24: Britain's Duke of Sussex has lost a bid to bring a second legal challenge against the...

Italy unveils two-billion-euro package for flooded northeast

Italy unveils two-billion-euro package for flooded northeast

Rome [Italy], May 24: Italian Prime Minister GiorgiaMeloni on Tuesday announced a two-billion-euro ($2.2-billion) package to help northeastern areas affected...

Poland 'ready' to train Ukraine pilots on F-16 jets

Poland 'ready' to train Ukraine pilots on F-16...

Warsaw [Poland], May 24: Poland is ready to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets, the Polish defence minister...

Car crashes into White House fence, driver accused of threatening to kill President Biden

Car crashes into White House fence, driver accused...

Washington [US], May 24: A person has been arrested and charged with attempting to kill or harm US President Joe...

Germany finds it difficult to recruit spies in the post-Covid-19 era

Germany finds it difficult to recruit spies in...

Berlin [Germany], May 24: Reuters on May 23 reported that the director of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND) Bruno Kahl...

8 Thai parties sign coalition agreement

8 Thai parties sign coalition agreement

Bangkok [Thailand], May 24: The Bangkok Post yesterday reported that on the afternoon of May 22, an eight-party coalition led...

30 tons of explosive chemicals suddenly disappeared in the US

30 tons of explosive chemicals suddenly disappeared in...

Washington [US], May 24: Business Insider reported on May 22 that US officials were investigating the case that a shipment...

Republicans say little progress in debt ceiling talks with White House

Republicans say little progress in debt ceiling talks...

Washington [US], May 24: Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives said they were making little progress in negotiations with...

Boris Johnson referred to police over possible new COVID rule breaches

Boris Johnson referred to police over possible new...

London [UK], May 24: Britain's Boris Johnson has been referred to police over further potential breaches of lockdown rules during...

U.S. signs agreement to continue Micronesia assistance under strategic pact

U.S. signs agreement to continue Micronesia assistance under...

Washington [US], May 24: The United States said it signed agreements with Micronesia on Tuesday concluding negotiations to extend economic...

US lawmaker demands action against Chinese chip firm CXMT after Micron

US lawmaker demands action against Chinese chip firm...

Washington [US], May 24: The U.S. Commerce Department should put trade curbs on Chinese memory chip maker Changxin Memory Technologies...

Mercenary Prigozhin lays bare the strains of Putin's war

Mercenary Prigozhin lays bare the strains of Putin's...

Moscow [Russia], May 24: Yevgeny Prigozhin on Saturday delivered Vladimir Putin one of the few battlefield victories of the president's...

Italian government accused of 'relentless influence' on public service

Italian government accused of 'relentless influence' on public...

Rome [Italy], May 24: Sources from the Italian state television Rai accused the right-wing government of Giorgio Meloni of wanting...

Malaysia seizes rainbow-colored watches from the Pride collection in Swatch stores

Malaysia seizes rainbow-colored watches from the Pride collection...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], May 24: Malaysian police raided the stores of Swiss watch manufacturer Swatch and seized 164 watches from...

UAE, Russian Federation review parliamentary cooperation

UAE, Russian Federation review parliamentary cooperation

Moscow [Russia], May 24: SaqrGhobash, Speaker for the Federal National Council, held talks with Valentina Matvienko, Speaker of the Federation...

Mansoor bin Mohammed opens 2023 edition of Hotel Show and INDEX exhibition

Mansoor bin Mohammed opens 2023 edition of Hotel...

Dubai [UAE], May 24: H.H. Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Sports Council, today opened...

Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace, Pontifical Academy for Life sign MoU

Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace, Pontifical Academy for...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 24: The Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace signed an MoU with the Pontifical Academy for Life...

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians

Ramallah [Palestine], May 23: At least three Palestinians were killed during an Israeli military operation in Nablus in the occupied...

Greece looks set for new elections by June-end

Greece looks set for new elections by June-end

Athens [Greece], May 23: Fresh elections are likely to be held in Greece at the end of June after the...

Meta fined $1.29 bnover EU data law breach linked to mass surveillance

Meta fined $1.29 bnover EU data law breach...

Berlin [Germany], May 23: Facebook parent company Meta was on Monday hit with a record fine of ?1.2 billion ($1.29...

Real Madrid lodge formal legal complaint after Vinicius racially abused

Real Madrid lodge formal legal complaint after Vinicius...

Madrid [Spain], May 23: Real Madrid filed a criminal complaint Monday with Spanish prosecutors over the racist abuse its Brazilian...

UK interior minister denies impropriety over speeding ticket

UK interior minister denies impropriety over speeding ticket

London [UK], May 23: UK Home Secretary SuellaBraverman on Monday denied any impropriety over the handling of a speeding ticket...