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Portugal to combat school bullying

Portugal to combat school bullying

Lisbon [Portugal], September 19: The Portuguese government has formed a working group to address and prevent bullying in schools,...

Putin extends Western food import ban by 2 years

Putin extends Western food import ban by 2...

Moscow [Russia], September 19: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree extending an embargo on agricultural products from...

Russian town evacuated after Ukrainian attack on munitions depot

Russian town evacuated after Ukrainian attack on munitions...

Moscow [Russia], September 19: The small Russian town of Toropets, some 400 kilometres north-west of Moscow, has been partially...

Seventh foreigner arrested in Venezuela for alleged plot to kill President Maduro

Seventh foreigner arrested in Venezuela for alleged plot...

Havana [Cuba], September 19: A seventh foreign national has been arrested in Venezuela on charges of conspiracy over what Caracas...

UN General Assembly calls for Israeli withdrawal from occupied areas

UN General Assembly calls for Israeli withdrawal from...

New York [US], September 19: With a clear majority of 124 votes on Wednesday, the UN General Assembly has called...

Half a million Mpox vaccine doses for Africa ordered by Gavi Alliance

Half a million Mpox vaccine doses for Africa...

Geneva [Switzerland], September 19: The global vaccine group Gavi has ordered 500,000 Mpox vaccine doses from the German-Danish company Bavarian...

At least 14 dead, 450 injured as Lebanon hit by 2nd wave of blasts

At least 14 dead, 450 injured as Lebanon...

Beirut [Lebanon], September 19: At least 14 people were killed and 450 others injured in the second wave of explosions...

UAE President to begin official visit to US on Monday

UAE President to begin official visit to US...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 19: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will start an official visit...

Egypt stresses urgency of ending war, ensuring aid delivery in Gaza

Egypt stresses urgency of ending war, ensuring aid...

Cairo [Egypt], September 19: The Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Badr Abdelatty, has stressed the urgent need for an...

UN appeals for maximum restraint to avert further escalation in region

UN appeals for maximum restraint to avert further...

New York [US], September 19: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an end to the escalation in violence...

Chinese electric cars in the midst of a tense battle

Chinese electric cars in the midst of a...

Beijing [China], September 19: China's electric vehicles (EVs) are looking to increase their competitiveness in the global market amid tariffs...

Vietnam's gas demand expected to triple by 2030

Vietnam's gas demand expected to triple by 2030

Hanoi [Vietnam], September 19: According to a recent study by Wood Mackenzie - a global provider of data, analysis and...

US interest rate cut: Ms. Harris optimistic, Mr. Trump says 'political trick'

US interest rate cut: Ms. Harris optimistic, Mr....

Washington [US], September 19: The US Federal Reserve (Fed) cut interest rates for the first time in more than four...

Family 'devastated' as accused killer pleads not guilty

Family 'devastated' as accused killer pleads not guilty

Washington [US], September 19: The supporters of a young woman allegedly killed by her former partner say they are "devastated"...

Hezbollah devices explode again in Lebanon, raising fears of wider Israel conflict

Hezbollah devices explode again in Lebanon, raising fears...

Beirut [Lebanon], September 19: Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated across Lebanon's south in the country's deadliest day...

'Miserable' GDP result as New Zealand shrinks again

'Miserable' GDP result as New Zealand shrinks again

Wellington [New Zealand], September 19: New Zealand's economy has again gone backwards, with new GDP data confirming the depths of...

Iran sent stolen Trump info to Biden campaign, FBI says

Iran sent stolen Trump info to Biden campaign,...

Washington [US], September 19: Iranian hackers sought to interest US President Joe Biden's campaign in information stolen from rival Donald...

Shots fired outside Norway school, suspects apprehended

Shots fired outside Norway school, suspects apprehended

Oslo [Norway], September 19: Several shots were fired outside a school in Oslo and three suspects have since been...

Beset by wildfires, Portugal gets help from Spain, Morocco

Beset by wildfires, Portugal gets help from Spain,...

Lisbon [Portugal], September 19: A wave of deadly wildfires in Portugal has pushed emergency services to the limit and much-needed...

Central Europe flood deaths rise

Central Europe flood deaths rise

Washington [US], September 19: Volunteers and emergency personnel raced to secure river banks and buildings in Poland and Hungary as...

Death toll from 23 Portuguese forest fires rises to four with 40 injured

Death toll from 23 Portuguese forest fires rises...

Madrid [Spain], September 18: Four people have lost their lives in the 23 forest fires raging in Portugal since Sunday,...

Chinese researchers' report reveals varied soil composition on the moon

Chinese researchers' report reveals varied soil composition on...

Beijing [China], September 18: The first tests of soil samples from the far side of the moon show it has...

Why could pagers be detonated en masse across Lebanon?

Why could pagers be detonated en masse across...

Beirut [Lebanon], September 18: After a series of pager explosions in Lebanon, many people wonder if pagers and cell phones...

NATO lets members decide to remove arms barriers for Ukraine

NATO lets members decide to remove arms barriers...

Moscow [Russia], September 18: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said it would be up to individual members to decide whether...

Unpredictable amid political violence in the US

Unpredictable amid political violence in the US

Washington [US], September 18: Analysts worry that the suspected assassination of former US President Donald Trump has made political violence...

South Korea, Japan warn North Korea over ballistic missile launch

South Korea, Japan warn North Korea over ballistic...

Seoul [South Korea], September 18: This morning (September 18), the Democratic People's Republic of Korea launched a series of short-range...

WHO Director-General Accuses Israeli Tanks of Opening Fire on Aid Convoy

WHO Director-General Accuses Israeli Tanks of Opening Fire...

Washington [US], September 18: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on September 17 that Israeli tanks fired...