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Canada announces new support for global polio eradication

Canada announces new support for global polio eradication

Ottawa [Canada], September 21: The Canadian federal government Friday announced new funding for the eradication of polio worldwide.

14 people killed, 66 injured in Israeli attack on southern Beirut

14 people killed, 66 injured in Israeli attack...

Beirut [Lebanon], September 21: The Lebanese Helath Ministry said that at least 14 people have been killed, and 66 others...

UAE scoops 9 medals during 2024 IFMA Youth World Championships

UAE scoops 9 medals during 2024 IFMA Youth...

Bangkok [Thailand], September 21: The UAE National Youth Muay Thai Team won nine medals during its participation in the 2024...

TRENDS launches 9th global office in Tokyo

TRENDS launches 9th global office in Tokyo

Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 21: TRENDS Research and Advisory has launched its virtual office in Japan. This move aims to...

Sri Lankans commence voting to elect new president

Sri Lankans commence voting to elect new president

Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 21: Voting to elect Sri Lanka's new president kicked off on Saturday.

China's financial institutions report 7% asset growth

China's financial institutions report 7% asset growth

Beijing [China], September 21: Total assets of China's financial institutions rose to CN„480.64 trillion (about US$68.03 trillion) as of the...

Six out of ten children in Gaza suffering speech problems due to war-triggered anxiety, UN reports

Six out of ten children in Gaza suffering...

Gaza [Palestine], September 21: The ongoing war in Gaza is causing a range of fear- and anxiety-induced speech problems, including...

UN warn violence in Middle East risks devastating conflict

UN warn violence in Middle East risks devastating...

New York [US], September 21: A top United Nations official has warned the UN Security Council that further violence...

UN calls for "transparent" investigation into footage of Israeli troops throwing Palestinian bodies

UN calls for "transparent" investigation into footage of...

New York [US], September 21: The United Nations has condemned as "grotesque and inhumane" the video footage showing Israeli forces...

Ukrainian parliament renames more than 300 localities

Ukrainian parliament renames more than 300 localities

Kiev [Ukraine], September 20: The Ukrainian parliament has renamed a total of 327 localities in the country, one of the...

Iran flies ambassador and 95 patients out of Lebanon after explosions

Iran flies ambassador and 95 patients out of...

Tehran [Iran], September 20: Iran has evacuated its ambassador out of Lebanon and 95 other patients following injuries sustained in...

Iran hackers offered Biden's campaign stolen Trump info: US

Iran hackers offered Biden's campaign stolen Trump info:...

Washington [US], September 20: US intelligence agencies on Wednesday said that Iran offered US President Joe Biden's campaign information stolen...

Venezuela opp leader pressured to recognise Maduro win

Venezuela opp leader pressured to recognise Maduro win

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], September 20: Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez said he was put under pressure to sign a...

Sweden charges Islamic State supporter with genocide, war crimes

Sweden charges Islamic State supporter with genocide, war...

Copenhagen [Denmark], September 20: In Sweden, a supporter of the extremist militia Islamic State has been charged with genocide, crimes...

Judge in Brazil orders X to obey ban or face fine

Judge in Brazil orders X to obey ban...

Brasilia [Brazil], September 20: Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the social media platform X to remove access to its website...

Evacuations as tail of Storm Boris floods NE Italy

Evacuations as tail of Storm Boris floods NE...

Rome [Italy], September 20: Italian authorities evacuated some 1,000 people from their homes as the tail end of Storm Boris...

Spanish premier, Palestinian leader urge de-escalation

Spanish premier, Palestinian leader urge de-escalation

Madrid [Spain], September 20: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday called for a de-escalation of the conflict in the...

Hezbollah slams 'act of war'

Hezbollah slams 'act of war'

Beirut [Lebanon], September 20: The leader of Hezbollah acknowledged on Thursday that his group had suffered a "major and unprecedented"...

UN Special Coordinator for ME Peace calls for establishing political, security frameworks to address humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza

UN Special Coordinator for ME Peace calls for...

New York [US], September 20: UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, has called for establishing...

Earth is about to have a second moon

Earth is about to have a second moon

Washington [US], September 20: From September 29 to November 25, astronomers calculate that the " mini moon " will...

Harris: 'If anyone breaks into my house, they will be shot'

Harris: 'If anyone breaks into my house, they...

Washington [US], September 20: US Vice President Kamala Harris on September 19 issued a warning to anyone who intends to...

Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon as US, UK urge restraint

Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon as US,...

Tel Aviv [Israel], September 20: Israeli warplanes carried out late on Thursday their most intense strikes on southern Lebanon in...

Russia attacks Ukraine geriatric centre and power grid

Russia attacks Ukraine geriatric centre and power grid

Moscow [Russia], September 20: Russian forces hit a geriatric centre in the Ukrainian city of Sumy and targeted its energy...

Harris and Trump neck-and-neck in national polls

Harris and Trump neck-and-neck in national polls

Washington [US], September 20: Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump remain deadlocked less than seven weeks before...

Biden expects Fed to continue cutting interest rates

Biden expects Fed to continue cutting interest rates

Washington [US], September 20: U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects the Federal Reserve to continue cutting interest...

Ukraine weakens Russian forces in East: Zelenskiy

Ukraine weakens Russian forces in East: Zelenskiy

Kyiv [Ukraine], September 20: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had reduced the potential of Russian troops...

Firefighters quell most of Portugal's worst wildfires, fight still on

Firefighters quell most of Portugal's worst wildfires, fight...

Lisbon [Portugal], September 20: Firefighters tackling deadly wildfires in central and northern Portugal had doused the flames in the Aveiro...