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Spain among top destinations for China's outbound National Day holiday tourists

Spain among top destinations for China's outbound National...

Barcelona [Spain], October 4: Spain has emerged as one of the most popular destinations for Chinese tourists traveling abroad during...

Dutch supreme court orders gov't to reassess F-35 parts exports to Israel

Dutch supreme court orders gov't to reassess F-35...

The Hague [Netherlands], October 4: The Dutch Supreme Court on Friday ordered the government to reassess within six weeks a...

Dutch police arrest 205 at pro-Palestinian protest in The Hague

Dutch police arrest 205 at pro-Palestinian protest in...

The Hague [Netherlands], October 4: Dutch police said Friday they arrested 205 people during a pro-Palestinian protest at The Hague's...

Rain-triggered flood hits Bulgaria, at least one dead

Rain-triggered flood hits Bulgaria, at least one dead

Sofia [Bulgaria], October 4: Torrential rains caused severe flooding in Bulgaria on Friday, leaving at least one person dead and...

Baltic region's largest art fair opens in Vilnius

Baltic region's largest art fair opens in Vilnius

Vilnius [Lithuania], October 4: ArtVilnius'25, the largest contemporary art fair in the Baltic states, opened Friday at the LITEXPO exhibition...

Cameroon minister pledges security in restive Anglophone regions ahead of election

Cameroon minister pledges security in restive Anglophone regions...

Yaounde [Cameroon], October 4: Cameroonian Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji on Friday assured that security forces have heightened...

Floods kill 19, affect nearly 640,000 in South Sudan: UN

Floods kill 19, affect nearly 640,000 in South...

Juba [South Sudan], October 4: Widespread flooding caused by heavy rains in South Sudan has killed 19 people and affected...

Uganda, AU destroy illicit firearms to curb proliferation of small weapons

Uganda, AU destroy illicit firearms to curb proliferation...

Kampala [Uganda], October 4: Uganda and the African Union (AU) on Friday destroyed more than 100 illicit firearms, marking the...

AU launches 10-year initiative to improve education in Africa

AU launches 10-year initiative to improve education in...

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], October 4: The African Union (AU) has launched a decade-long initiative to improve learning across Africa and...

Mozambique's Coral North FLNG project reaches final investment decision

Mozambique's Coral North FLNG project reaches final investment...

Maputo [Mozambique], October 4: The Coral North Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project in Mozambique reached its Final Investment Decision...

Trump sets Sunday deadline for Hamas to accept 20-point peace plan on Gaza

Trump sets Sunday deadline for Hamas to accept...

Gaza City [Gaza], October 4: U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Hamas must accept the 20-point peace plan on...

Trump administration reverses homeland security funding cuts targeting New York

Trump administration reverses homeland security funding cuts targeting...

Olympia [Washington], October 4: U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he had reversed 187 million U.S. dollars of cuts...

U.S. government shutdown drags into weekend as Senate Democrats block GOP plan

U.S. government shutdown drags into weekend as Senate...

Olympia [Washington], October 4: U.S. Senate Democrats on Friday blocked a Republican bill to temporarily fund the government, which means...

Trump administration freezes 2.1 bln USD in Chicago infrastructure projects

Trump administration freezes 2.1 bln USD in Chicago...

Olympia [Washington], October 4: The Trump administration on Friday put on hold 2.1 billion U.S. dollars in Chicago infrastructure projects,...

Trump administration prepares for mass firing of federal workers amid gov't shutdown

Trump administration prepares for mass firing of federal...

Olympia [Washington], October 4: On the first day of a federal government shutdown, Russell Vought, the White House budget director,...

Massive fire erupts at Chevron refinery in Los Angeles

Massive fire erupts at Chevron refinery in Los...

Los Angeles [California], October 4: A massive fire broke out Thursday night at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, Los...

Premature baby dies of measles in Canada amid national outbreak

Premature baby dies of measles in Canada amid...

Ottawa [Canada], October 4: A premature baby infected with measles has died in Alberta, marking the province's first measles-related death...

Mexico demands release of activists detained by Israel

Mexico demands release of activists detained by Israel

Mexico City [Mexico], October 4: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday demanded the "immediate repatriation" of six Mexicans Israeli authorities...

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo shows decline but challenges remain: WHO

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo shows decline but...

Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of the Congo], October 3: The Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province of the Democratic Republic of the...

Protests sweep South Africa following Israel's interception of Gaza-bound flotilla

Protests sweep South Africa following Israel's interception of...

Cape Town [South Africa], October 3: Protests were held on Thursday at several healthcare facilities in South Africa against Israel's...

Severe flooding, aid cuts deepen hunger crisis in South Sudan: charity

Severe flooding, aid cuts deepen hunger crisis in...

Juba [South Sudan], October 3: Widespread flooding for the sixth consecutive year in South Sudan, combined with aid cuts, is...

Kenya rallies Africa to create resilient tourism

Kenya rallies Africa to create resilient tourism

Nairobi [Kenya], October 3: Kenyan Deputy President Kithure Kindiki on Thursday called on African countries to diversify tourism products that...

Death toll from Lassa fever outbreak hits 166 in Nigeria

Death toll from Lassa fever outbreak hits 166...

Abuja [Nigeria], October 3: The death toll from the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, has risen...

Feature: Jane Goodall, whose Tanzania research reshaped primatology, dies at 91

Feature: Jane Goodall, whose Tanzania research reshaped primatology,...

Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], October 3: The world is mourning Jane Goodall, the renowned ethologist, primatologist, and conservationist, who died...

Ghanaian president inaugurates joint national cyber security committee

Ghanaian president inaugurates joint national cyber security committee

Accra [Ghana], October 3: Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has inaugurated an 18-member Joint Cyber Security Committee at a ceremony...

AU meeting on voluntary surrender of illicit arms opens in Uganda

AU meeting on voluntary surrender of illicit arms...

Kampala [Uganda], October 3: An African Union (AU) meeting on the voluntary surrender of illicit arms opened Thursday in Kampala,...

Feature: Kenya embraces digital health to expand access, improve healthcare

Feature: Kenya embraces digital health to expand access,...

Nairobi [Kenya], October 3: Over a year ago, while working as a midwife at a hospital in Kakamega County, western...