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Typhoon Yagi hits Vietnam killing dozens

Typhoon Yagi hits Vietnam killing dozens

Ho Chi Minh City [Vietnam], September 10: Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, left dozens dead in northern...

Biden finalizes rule to strengthen mental health law

Biden finalizes rule to strengthen mental health law

Washington [US], September 10: The Biden Administration on Monday said it had finalized regulations to help ensure the 175 million...

Fears of 'Lost Generation' as Gaza schools remain closed

Fears of 'Lost Generation' as Gaza schools remain...

Gaza Border [Israel], September 10: The new school year in the Palestinian territories officially began on Monday, with all schools...

Ex-US military leaders back Harris, call Trump a danger

Ex-US military leaders back Harris, call Trump a...

Washington [US], September 10: A group of 10 retired top U.S. military officials endorsed U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in...

Gaza war leaves over 600,000 students without education for second year: UN

Gaza war leaves over 600,000 students without education...

New York [US], September 10: Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, stated that the new school year, which was...

4 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Syrian military sites

4 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Syrian military...

Damascus [Syria], September 9: At least four people were killed and 15 others injured late Sunday after Israel launched airstrikes...

Artistic performances highlight China-Serbia cultural exchange

Artistic performances highlight China-Serbia cultural exchange

Belgrade [Serbia], September 9: An artistic performance themed "Hospitable Shandong, Eternal Friendship on the Silk Road" was staged Sunday at...

Tokyo stocks lose ground at opening over tech losses

Tokyo stocks lose ground at opening over tech...

Tokyo [Japan], September 9: Tokyo stocks saw significant losses on Monday morning as tech shares plunged tracking Wall Street declines,...

3 children hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after Melbourne house fire

3 children hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after Melbourne...

Sydney [Australia], September 9: Three children have been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following a house fire in the suburbs of...

Japan books 22 bln USD current account surplus in July

Japan books 22 bln USD current account surplus...

Tokyo [Japan], September 9: Japan logged a current account surplus of 3.19 trillion yen (about 22.4 billion U.S. dollars) in...

Blinken travelling to London to discuss crisis in Middle East and Ukraine

Blinken travelling to London to discuss crisis in...

Washington [US], September 9: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was set to travel to London to discuss issues including...

Heavy fighting continues in strategically important Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine

Heavy fighting continues in strategically important Pokrovsk in...

Kiev [Ukraine], September 9: Ukraine said on Sunday that Russian troops have continued their relentless assault on Ukrainian defence lines...

World Jewish Congress lauds Gaza mediator efforts

World Jewish Congress lauds Gaza mediator efforts

Gaza Border [Israel], September 9: The head of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) has expressed his support for the mediators...

Algeria's Abdelmadjid Tebboune re-elected president with 94.7% vote

Algeria's Abdelmadjid Tebboune re-elected president with 94.7% vote

Algiers [Algeria], September 9: Algeria's incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, 78, has been re-elected to the position with an emphatic vote,...

Boeing reaches preliminary deal to prevent more than 30,000 workers from striking

Boeing reaches preliminary deal to prevent more than...

Washington [US], September 9: Boeing agreed on September 8 to a new preliminary contract with union leaders on wage increases,...

Yagi is the strongest autumn typhoon to hit China in 75 years, causing great damage

Yagi is the strongest autumn typhoon to hit...

Beijing [China], September 9: The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) on September 8 identified super typhoon Yagi as the strongest autumn...

Test across the Taiwan Strait

Test across the Taiwan Strait

Washington [US], September 9: A German magazine first reported the news and foreign media outlets quoted it, but the German...

Israeli strikes on Syria kill at least four, injure 13

Israeli strikes on Syria kill at least four,...

Tel Aviv [Israel], September 9: Multiple Israeli strikes on Syria's Hama countryside have killed at least four civilians, Syrian state...

Germany's Scholz calls for renewed push for peace in Ukraine

Germany's Scholz calls for renewed push for peace...

Berlin [Germany], September 9: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for a renewed effort to bring peace to Ukraine, adding that...

Greece to tax cruise ships to curb over-tourism

Greece to tax cruise ships to curb over-tourism

Athens [Greece], September 9: Greece plans to impose a 20-euro levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini...

Russia captures Ukrainian town near Pokrovsk

Russia captures Ukrainian town near Pokrovsk

Moscow [Russia], September 9: Russia said on Sunday its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine...

Venezuelan opposition leader Gonzalez seeks asylum in Spain

Venezuelan opposition leader Gonzalez seeks asylum in Spain

Caracas [Venezuela], September 9: Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez flew into Spain on Sunday to seek asylum, Madrid said,...

Trump and Harris vie for black voters in Georgia

Trump and Harris vie for black voters in...

Washington [US], September 9: Vivian Childs, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, schooled a roomful of Republicans on how to...

Eleven dead, nine missing in Morocco following severe flooding

Eleven dead, nine missing in Morocco following severe...

Rabat [Morocco], September 9: The death toll from severe flooding in Morocco rose to eleven on Sunday, with nine still...

Emir of Kuwait issues decree accepting resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil

Emir of Kuwait issues decree accepting resignation of...

Kuwait City [Kuwait], September 9: His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, issued an...

Algeria votes in presidential poll with incumbent Tebboune set to win

Algeria votes in presidential poll with incumbent Tebboune...

Algiers [Algeria], September 8: Algerians on Saturday were voting in a presidential election that incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is widely...

Thousands rally in France against new Prime Minister Barnier

Thousands rally in France against new Prime Minister...

Paris [France], September 8: Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in France on Saturday to protest the appointment of...