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Germany: Ferris wheel catches fire at Leipzig music festival

Germany: Ferris wheel catches fire at Leipzig music...

Leipzig [Germany], August 18: A ferris wheel caught fire at a music festival on the outskirts of the city of...

Korea records COVID-19 surge in wastewater amid summer wave

Korea records COVID-19 surge in wastewater amid summer...

Seoul [South Korea], August 18: The Republic of Korea's disease control agency said Sunday the level of the COVID-19 virus...

Nearly 68 million suffering from drought in Southern Africa, says regional bloc

Nearly 68 million suffering from drought in Southern...

Harare [Zimbabwe], August 18: About 68 million people in Southern Africa are suffering the effects of an El Nino-induced drought...

UAE, United States, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UN and African Union issue joint statement on Sudan

UAE, United States, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UN...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 18: The United Arab Emirates, United States, Switzerland, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United...

Austrian authorities declare Hollabrunn disaster area

Austrian authorities declare Hollabrunn disaster area

Vienna [Austria], August 18: Following a thunderstorm on Friday evening, the Austrian town of Hollabrunn has now been declared a...

U.S. judge stops launch of sports streaming service

U.S. judge stops launch of sports streaming service

New York [US], August 17: A U.S. federal judge on Friday blocked a new sports streaming venture, Venu, from launching...

Biden says ceasefire deal in Middle East "closer than ever"

Biden says ceasefire deal in Middle East "closer...

Washington DC [US], August 17: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said a ceasefire deal in the Middle East is...

U.S. campus shootings rose dramatically last academic year

U.S. campus shootings rose dramatically last academic year

New York [US], August 17: There was a 31 percent rise in U.S. school shootings during the 2023-24 academic year...

Millions of kids facing extreme heat exposure

Millions of kids facing extreme heat exposure

Geneva [Switzerland], August 17: Nearly half a billion children are facing twice as many days of extreme heat each year...

South Africa on high alert following mpox declared public health emergency of int'l concern

South Africa on high alert following mpox declared...

Johannesburg [South Africa], August 17: Following the declaration of mpox as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) by...

Zambia to extend power cuts to 17 hours

Zambia to extend power cuts to 17 hours

Lusaka [Zambia], August 17: The Zambian government said Friday that it plans to increase the hours for power cuts from...

Hamas supports UN truce call to vaccinate children against polio

Hamas supports UN truce call to vaccinate children...

Gaza [Palestine], August 17: Hamas supports the UN's call today for a seven-day truce to vaccinate thousands of children against...

Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for deadly suicide attack in S. Yemen

Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for deadly suicide attack in...

Aden [Yemen], August 17: The Yemen-based al-Qaeda branch claimed responsibility on Friday for a deadly suicide attack on a military...

Israeli fighting in Gaza ended: state media

Israeli fighting in Gaza ended: state media

Jerusalem [Israel], August 17: The Israeli army's fighting in the Gaza Strip has ended, Israel's state-owned Kan TV news reported...

Nordic ministers discuss migration challenges, security concerns

Nordic ministers discuss migration challenges, security concerns

Oslo [Norway], August 17: Nordic ministers responsible for migration and immigration convened in Rosendal, western Norway on Thursday and Friday...

Experts say mpox epidemic is low-risk in Europe despite new variant

Experts say mpox epidemic is low-risk in Europe...

Helsinki [Finland], August 17: Europe will probably see more imported cases of mpox caused by the Clade I virus currently...

Czech Republic, Slovakia agree on cooperation in medicines policy

Czech Republic, Slovakia agree on cooperation in medicines...

Prague [Czech Republic], August 17: Czech Health Minister Vlastimil Valek and his Slovak counterpart Zuzana Dolinkova signed a memorandum of...

Builders of Malaysia's mega railway project join hands to rehabilitate mangrove forest

Builders of Malaysia's mega railway project join hands...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], August 17: In the sweltering heat of Malaysia's mangrove forest near Malaysia's Port Klang, a group of...

China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand agree to step up joint efforts to combat cross-border crimes

China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand agree to step up...

Bangkok [Thailand], August 17: China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand discussed cross-border crimes Friday at the Informal Discussion Between the Foreign...

Ukraine collapses bridge in Kursk, accused of plotting to attack nuclear facility with dirty bomb

Ukraine collapses bridge in Kursk, accused of plotting...

Kiev [Ukraine], August 17: TASS news agency quoted Russian officials as saying that Ukrainian forces destroyed a bridge over the...

WFP welcomes opening of Adra border crossing from Chad to Sudan

WFP welcomes opening of Adra border crossing from...

Geneva [Switzerland], August 17: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed news of the opening of the Adre...

Biden urges support for Gaza ceasefire efforts

Biden urges support for Gaza ceasefire efforts

New York [US], August 17: U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that no party in the Middle East should...

Harris vows to cut costs, build homes, lower taxes

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 Russia

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 level

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

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

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...