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NASA, SpaceX target Aug. 18 to launch crew rotation mission

NASA, SpaceX target Aug. 18 to launch crew...

New York [US], July 28: SpaceX and NASA said on Friday they planned to launch the SpaceX Crew-9 mission, a...

Park Fire explodes in size, among largest in California's history

Park Fire explodes in size, among largest in...

California [US], July 28: A massive wildfire torching Northern California, known as Park Fire, has quickly grown to nearly 1,400...

Knife-armed man shot dead by police in Sydney's southwestern suburb

Knife-armed man shot dead by police in Sydney's...

Sydney [Australia], July 28: A 34-year-old man armed with a knife was shot dead by police on Saturday night in...

Central Tokyo condo prices down 16 pct in Jan.-June

Central Tokyo condo prices down 16 pct in...

Tokyo [Japan], July 28: The average price of a new condominium in central Tokyo in the first half of 2024...

11 injured after leisure fishing boat hits breakwater in western Japan

11 injured after leisure fishing boat hits breakwater...

Tokyo [Japan], July 28: A leisure fishing boat in Tottori Prefecture in western Japan hit the breakwater on Sunday, with...

Coastguard says oil leak detected from sunken tanker in the Philippines

Coastguard says oil leak detected from sunken tanker...

Manila [Philippines], July 28: The Philippine coastguard reported on Saturday that a portion of the 1.4 million litres of industrial...

Paris-Germany trains back on schedule after arson attacks

Paris-Germany trains back on schedule after arson attacks

Paris [France], July 28: Train services between Paris and Germany have resumed their normal schedule following recent arson attacks on...

Eight dead as car hits pedestrians in central Chinese city of Changsha

Eight dead as car hits pedestrians in central...

Beijing [China], July 28: A car driver has ploughed into a crowd of people in the central Chinese city...

Former presidents looking to observe Venezuela election denied entry

Former presidents looking to observe Venezuela election denied...

Caracas [Venenzuela], July 28: A plane carrying four former Latin American presidents planning to observe Sunday's presidential election in Venezuela...

President Zelensky says situation on Ukraine's eastern front is difficult

President Zelensky says situation on Ukraine's eastern front...

Kyiv [Ukraine], July 28: The Ukrainian armed forces are under heavy pressure from Russian attacks in the east of the...

Bangladesh authorities detain protest leaders

Bangladesh authorities detain protest leaders

Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 28: Bangladeshi authorities have taken three student leaders, who helped coordinate rallies against government job quotas, from...

Korean War victory anniversary

Korean War victory anniversary

Pyongyang [North Korea], July 28: A photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean...

South Africa police arrest Libyans

South Africa police arrest Libyans

Johannesburg [South Africa], July 28: Ninety-five Libyan nationals have been arrested on suspicion of receiving training at an "illegal" military...

French bishops, Russian Church criticize Olympic opening ceremony

French bishops, Russian Church criticize Olympic opening ceremony

Paris [France], July 28: The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris has been criticized by the Catholic Church...

Leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel arrested in Texas

Leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel arrested in...

Dallas (Texas) [US], July 28: One of the world's most powerful drug lords, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, leader of Mexico's...

At least 30 dead in Gaza school airstrike, Israel says targeted militants

At least 30 dead in Gaza school airstrike,...

Tel Aviv [Israel], July 28: At least 30 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced...

Israel says Hezbollah rocket kills 11 at football ground, vows response

Israel says Hezbollah rocket kills 11 at football...

Tel Aviv [Israel], July 28: A rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 11 people...

Trump tells Christians they won't have to vote after this election

Trump tells Christians they won't have to vote...

Washington [US], July 28: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Christians on Friday that if they vote for him this...

Australia signs $1.4 billion deal to upgrade navy submarines

Australia signs $1.4 billion deal to upgrade navy...

Sydney [Australia], July 28: Australia said on Saturday it had signed a A$2.2 billion ($1.4 billion) four-year contract with state-owned...

Fourth UAE aid ship bound for Gaza arrives at Al Arish Port carrying 5,340 tonnes of supplies

Fourth UAE aid ship bound for Gaza arrives...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], July 28: The fourth UAE aid ship bound for Gaza arrived on Thursday at the port of...

French rail sabotage causes chaos as Paris Olympics open

French rail sabotage causes chaos as Paris Olympics...

Paris [France], July 27: Streets in the centre of Paris have been blocked off, metro stations closed and thousands of...

Norway closes embassy in Uganda

Norway closes embassy in Uganda

Kampala [Uganda], July 27: Norway has officially closed its embassy in Uganda, marking the end of 19 years of diplomatic...

Finland probes suspected violation of territorial waters by Russian vessel

Finland probes suspected violation of territorial waters by...

Helsinki [Finland], July 27: Finland suspects a Russian vessel to have violated Finnish territorial waters in the Gulf of Finland...

EU takes action against 7 states for violating budget regulations

EU takes action against 7 states for violating...

Brussels [Belgium], July 27: The European Council on Friday placed France and six other European Union (EU) member states under...

Severe water shortages threaten central and southern Italy

Severe water shortages threaten central and southern Italy

Rome [Italy], July 27: Central and southern Italy are grappling with a severe water shortage, with agricultural supplies projected to...

Harris narrows gap with Trump in presidential race: WSJ poll

Harris narrows gap with Trump in presidential race:...

Washington [US], July 27: U.S. presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is incredibly close, showed a new Wall...

Biden to announce Supreme Court reform plans next week: report

Biden to announce Supreme Court reform plans next...

Washington [US], July 27: U.S. President Joe Biden intends to present a significant proposal aimed at reforming the Supreme...