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Temperatures in Middle East, North Africa to cause hundreds of deaths in 2100 08 Apr 2023 - 11:49 pm

Doha: Researchers predict that about 123 people out of every 100,000 in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) will die annually...

US urges 'restraint' as China launches Taiwan military drills 08 Apr 2023 - 11:32 pm

Washington: The United States on Saturday called on China to show restraint as Beijing launched military drills around Taiwan, stressing that Washington was...

Saudi foreign ministry says delegation arrives in Iran 08 Apr 2023 - 09:08 pm

Riyadh: A Saudi Arabian diplomatic delegation arrived on Saturday in Tehran to discuss the reopening of its diplomatic missions after a seven-year absence,...

Canada repatriates 14 citizens from Syria camps 08 Apr 2023 - 04:10 pm

Montreal: Canada repatriated four women and 10 children linked to Islamic State jihadists from camps for displaced people in northeastern Syria this week,...

Marathon race walk mixed relay to debut at Paris Olympics 08 Apr 2023 - 02:34 pm

Paris: World Athletics on Saturday released details of a new event, the marathon race walk mixed relay, to be staged at the Paris...

China launches three days of military drills in Taiwan Strait 08 Apr 2023 - 02:28 pm

Beijing: China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it called a "stern warning" to the self-ruled island's government following a...

As Colombian volcano rumbles to life, villagers resist evacuation 08 Apr 2023 - 02:06 pm

Murillo, Colombia: Smoke billows from the crater of a snow-capped Andean volcano, reminding local inhabitants of the threat of another potential deadly eruption....

Musician, 80, vows to play trombone in Kyiv 'until we win' 08 Apr 2023 - 01:26 pm

Kyiv, Ukraine: Every morning, Valentyn Dudkin picks up his trombone -- an instrument he hadn't touched in 30 years -- to play Ukraine's...

China applicants make up 95% of Hong Kong talent visa approvals 08 Apr 2023 - 12:08 pm

About 95% of applicants approved in Hong Kong’s program to attract top talent to the city were from mainland China, according to government...

Ukraine minister to visit India for talks 08 Apr 2023 - 11:57 am

New Delhi: A Ukrainian minister will visit India from Sunday in the first face-to-face talks between the two countries since Russia's invasion of...

Musk to visit China this weekend with possible Tesla Plant stop 08 Apr 2023 - 11:15 am

Elon Musk will be in China for a visit from Saturday, with a possible stop at Tesla Inc.’s Shanghai factory, according to people...

Biden condemns ‘shocking’ Tennessee expulsions over gun furor 07 Apr 2023 - 10:54 pm

US President Joe Biden condemned Tennessee Republicans’ expulsion of two lawmakers who protested a deadly Nashville school shooting last week, calling the episode...

Tunisia rescues over 14,000 illegal immigrants in first quarter of 2023 07 Apr 2023 - 10:32 pm

Tunis: The Tunisian authorities announced on Friday the rescuing of more than 14,000 illegal immigrants during the first quarter of 2023. In a...

Russia hits illegally annexed Ukraine areas from ground, air 07 Apr 2023 - 10:26 pm

KYIV: Russian forces used ground- and air-fired missiles, rocket launchers and weaponized drones to bombard the provinces of Ukraine it has illegally annexed...

Moose feasts on lobby plants in Alaska hospital building 07 Apr 2023 - 10:07 pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska: So this moose walks into a medical building... While that could be a setup for a bad joke, it actually happened...

Italy orders Philips to fast-track recall of sleep apnea devices 07 Apr 2023 - 09:30 pm

Rome: An Italian court has ordered Dutch multinational Philips to replace defective sleep apnea breathing devices by April 30, according to a ruling...