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NASA's Webb space telescope finds most distant known galaxy

NASA's Webb space telescope finds most distant known...

Los Angeles [US], June 1: Astronomers using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found what appears to be...

Canada's electricity imports soar due to prolonged dry conditions

Canada's electricity imports soar due to prolonged dry...

Ottawa [Canada], June 1: Canada, generally a net electricity exporter, imported 3.3 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity, a jump of...

Malaysia's median monthly wages up 4.9 pct in December 2023

Malaysia's median monthly wages up 4.9 pct in...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 1: The median monthly wages for the formal sector in Malaysia increased by 4.9 percent year-on-year...

The situation of US-China defense talks

The situation of US-China defense talks

Singapore, June 1: On the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue taking place in Singapore, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin...

World Bank approves 250 mln USD loan to support Ghana's financial stability

World Bank approves 250 mln USD loan to...

Accra [Ghana], June 1: The World Bank Group has approved a 250-million-U.S. dollar loan to support Ghana's financial sector stability...

4 killed, 19 injured in traffic accident in Tunisia

4 killed, 19 injured in traffic accident in...

Tunis [Tunisia], June 1: Four immigrants from sub-Saharan African countries were killed and 19 others injured in a traffic accident...

One South African soldier killed, 13 injured in DRC

One South African soldier killed, 13 injured in...

Goma [DR Congo], June 1: One South African soldier was killed and 13 others injured Thursday in fighting against rebels...

Serial killer died after being attacked by fellow inmates

Serial killer died after being attacked by fellow...

Washington [US], June 1: Serial killer Robert Pickton, nicknamed the 'pig farm killer', died after being attacked by a fellow...

Pointing a gun at his subordinate's head, the British Ambassador was dismissed

Pointing a gun at his subordinate's head, the...

Mexico City [Mexico], June 1: Many media outlets reported that British Ambassador to Mexico Jon Benjamin was dismissed for pointing...

UAE bags 17 diverse awards at 16th edition of GCC Radio & Television Festival

UAE bags 17 diverse awards at 16th edition...

Manama [Bahrain], June 1: The UAE media institutions participating in the 16th edition of the GCC Radio and Television Festival,...

Alef Education increases number of shares allocated to First Tranche in its Initial Public Offering

Alef Education increases number of shares allocated to...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 1: Alef Education Holding plc ("Alef Education" or "Company" or "Group") today announced that following the...

UAE Ambassador visits Gulf Radio & Television Festival in Bahrain

UAE Ambassador visits Gulf Radio & Television Festival...

Manama [Bahrain], June 1: Fahd Mohamed Al Amri, the UAE Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, visited the UAE Pavilion...

Biden proposes Gaza truce, Hamas agrees

Biden proposes Gaza truce, Hamas agrees

New York [US], June 1: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday laid out what he described as a three-phase Israeli...

After Trump's conviction, the jury is still out on political damage

After Trump's conviction, the jury is still out...

New York [US], June 1: Donald Trump made history on Thursday as the first former U.S. president convicted of a...

China promises aid for Gaza

China promises aid for Gaza

Beijing [China], May 31: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday promised help for the Gaza Strip and spoke in favour...

'Dire conditions': 16,000 displaced people from Rafah crammed into one UN school

'Dire conditions': 16,000 displaced people from Rafah crammed...

Tel Aviv [Israel], May 31: A UN-run school in Deir el-Balah is now housing 16,000 people, as overcrowding worsens due...

Jabalia refugee camp in ruins after Israeli withdrawal

Jabalia refugee camp in ruins after Israeli withdrawal

Gaza border [Israel], May 31: Israeli forces appear to have now left Jabalia refugee camp after a military operation that...

20 arrested in latest West Bank raids

20 arrested in latest West Bank raids

Tel Aviv [Israel], May 31: Israeli forces have rounded up 20 people across the occupied West Bank since last (Wednesday)...

Spanish parliament passes law on Catalan amnesty

Spanish parliament passes law on Catalan amnesty

Madrid [Spain], May 31: The Spanish parliament on Thursday passed a controversial amnesty for Catalan separatists after months of political...

Seoul accuses North Korea of launching missile test and GPS jamming

Seoul accuses North Korea of launching missile test...

Seoul [South Korea], May 31: South Korea on Thursday accused North Korea of launching a missile test and jamming attacks...

Short registration period opens for Iran's presidential elections

Short registration period opens for Iran's presidential elections

Tehran [Iran], May 31: The registration period has begun for candidates hoping to run in Iran's presidential election in just...

Global cybercrime crackdown delivers 'significant blow' to criminals

Global cybercrime crackdown delivers 'significant blow' to criminals

Frankfurt [Germany], May 31: One of the largest crackdowns on cybercriminals has led to the seizure of more than 100...

Mayoral candidate in Mexican state shot dead

Mayoral candidate in Mexican state shot dead

Mexico City [Mexico], May 31: A mayoral candidate in the Mexican state of Guerrero has been shot dead in the...

NATO's top diplomats meet as Ukraine seeks long-range weapons

NATO's top diplomats meet as Ukraine seeks long-range...

Prague [Czech Republic], May 31: NATO foreign ministers were set to meet in Prague in the face of growing calls...

The US reconsiders the red line in Ukraine

The US reconsiders the red line in Ukraine

Washington [US], May 31: Russia's recent advances in Ukraine are pushing the administration of US President Joe Biden to consider...

New developments on the Korean peninsula

New developments on the Korean peninsula

Seoul [South Korea], May 31: South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) yesterday informed that the Democratic People's Republic of...

The risk of Gaza sinking deeper into chaos

The risk of Gaza sinking deeper into chaos

Tel Aviv [Israel], May 31: Israel declared control of the Gaza border with Egypt and denied the possibility of the...