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Harris vows to cut costs, build homes, lower...
New York [US], August 17: Kamala Harris outlined proposals to cut taxes for most Americans, ban "price gouging" by grocers...
Kremlin accuses the West of helping Ukraine attack...
Moscow [Russia], August 17: An influential aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the West and the...
EU public health body raises mpox risk alert...
Brussels [Belgium], August 17: The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on Friday raised its risk level for...
Philippines poverty rate at 15.5% in 2023
Manila [Philippines], August 16: The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food...
Biden, Harris celebrate medicare drug price cuts
New York [US], August 16: The United States has negotiated down the prices of 10 top-selling prescription drugs used by...
WHO confirms first mpox case outside Africa
Geneva [Switzerland], August 16: Global health officials on Thursday confirmed an infection with a new strain of the mpox virus...
US wants 'El Mayo' tried in Brooklyn
New York [US], August 16: Federal prosecutors are seeking to move alleged Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada from...
US backs Australia's, UK's export controls in AUKUS
New York [US], August 16: The U.S. State Department told the U.S. Congress on Thursday that Australia, Britain and the...
Trump tackles Harris' economic record at rambling press...
New York [US], August 16: Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump sought to tie his Democratic rival Kamala Harris to...
Kim and Putin pledge stronger ties on Korean...
Pyongyang [North Korea], August 16: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed a pledge to deepen cooperation with Russia in...
Gaza ceasefire talks extended amid rising death toll
Gaza [Palestine], August 16: Negotiators were to meet in the Qatari capital Doha again on Friday in an effort to...
Record 39 candidates to run in Sri Lanka's...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 16: A record number of candidates are contesting Sri Lanka's presidential election next month as the...
Columbia University president Shafik resigns after Gaza protests
New York [US], August 16: The president of New York's renowned Columbia University, Nemat 'Minouche' Shafik, resigned on Wednesday, effective...
Two pilots killed in France as military jets...
Paris [France], August 16: Two French pilots died when their military jets collided mid-flight in eastern France, the nation's air...
Sicily's Mount Etna volcano erupts, closing airport at...
Rome [Italy], August 16: Mount Etna erupted overnight causing the nearby airport at Catania on Sicily's eastern coast to close,...
Thai ruling party names its leader, daughter of...
Bangkok [Thailand], August 16: Thailand's ruling Pheu Thai party has announced that it will nominate party head Paetongtarn Shinawatra for...
UN to probe atrocities in Bangladesh
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 16: A United Nations fact-finding mission is expected to arrive in Dhaka next week, according to information...
British Challenger 2 tanks 'used in Ukraine's Russian...
Kiev [Ukraine], August 16: British Challenger 2 tanks are thought to have been used in Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia.
52,000 global cholera cases reported in July amid...
Geneva [Switzerland], August 16: Almost 52,000 cases of cholera were reported from 17 countries around the world in July, up...
'Ukraine now controls 80 Russian settlements, including key...
Kiev [Ukraine]/ Moscow [Russia], August 16: Ukrainian troops have taken control of the small Russian town of Sudzha and will...
British police 'well prepared' for Taylor Swift's concerts
London [UK], August 16: The Metropolitan Police in London have said they are "well prepared" ahead of Taylor Swift's run...
'Blood is on our hands,' US peace group...
New York [US], August 16: The US-based peace organisation Fellowship of Reconciliation has criticised the Biden administration for paying "lip...
Lebanese PM hopes for de-escalation
Beirut [Lebanon], August 16: Lebanon's acting Prime Minister Najib Mikati expressed hope on Thursday for de-escalation at the Lebanese border...
Thai Constitutional Court removes prime minister from office
Bangkok [Thailand], August 15: In a 5-4 vote, the Constitutional Court in Bangkok on Wednesday removed Thai Prime Minister Srettha...
New round of Gaza ceasefire talks begins today
Doha [Qatar], August 15: A new round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations are set to take place in Doha, involving officials...
Russia's Belgorod region in state of emergency amid...
Moscow [Russia], August 15: The Russian border region of Belgorod declared a state of emergency on Wednesday as Ukrainian forces...
Poland receives arrest warrant in Nord Stream case
Warsaw [Poland], August 15: Poland on Wednesday received a European arrest warrant for a Ukrainian man believed to have been...