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