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Paris trash strike ends, smaller pension protest turnout 29 Mar 2023 - 12:19 pm

Paris: Sanitation workers in Paris are set to return to work Wednesday amid heaps of trash that piled up over their weekslong strike...

Italy government seeks to ban synthetic meat 28 Mar 2023 - 11:15 pm

Rome: The Italian government on Tuesday introduced legislation to ban the production and sale of synthetic foods, including artificial meat. The new parliamentary...

Senegal arrests four ahead of opposition leader trial 28 Mar 2023 - 10:33 pm

Dakar: Senegalese authorities said on Tuesday they had arrested four members of a group that sought to prevent the trial of opposition leader...

US urges restraint, respect for protests in Kenya 28 Mar 2023 - 10:26 pm

Washington: The United States on Tuesday urged restraint from all sides in ally Kenya and called for respect for peaceful demonstrations as opposition...

'Close to home': Nashville residents reel from school shooting 28 Mar 2023 - 10:05 pm

Nashville: Robin Wolfenden was practicing yoga on her balcony on a spring morning in Nashville when she heard the sirens -- the sound...

Harris, in Africa, confronts painful past, envisions future 28 Mar 2023 - 09:42 pm

Accra: Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday stepped through the black doors of a colonial-era seaside fort and down into the dungeons, touring...

Biden says most of US thinks owning military style guns 'bizarre' 28 Mar 2023 - 08:30 pm

Washington: President Joe Biden said on Tuesday in the wake of the latest school shooting that most Americans think owning the types of...

Muslim leader for Scotland a sign of UK political diversity 28 Mar 2023 - 08:29 pm

LONDON: Humza Yousaf was confirmed as the first minister of Scotland on Tuesday, becoming the first person of color to head the Scottish...

Two dead in knife attack at Lisbon Islamic centre 28 Mar 2023 - 08:13 pm

Lisbon: Portuguese police accused an Afghan refugee of stabbing two women to death on Tuesday at an Islamic centre in Lisbon before being...

Myanmar junta dissolves Suu Kyi party 28 Mar 2023 - 06:37 pm

Yangon: Myanmar's junta-stacked election commission on Tuesday announced Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party would be dissolved for failing to...

Hundreds of thousands lost their jobs in Turkiye-Syria quake: UN 28 Mar 2023 - 06:36 pm

Geneva: Hundreds of thousands of workers in Turkiye and Syria have lost their livelihoods due to the earthquake, the United Nations said on...

India's warm weather plans can't take the heat, report says 28 Mar 2023 - 06:20 pm

BENGALURU: With temperatures set to soar next month, Indian authorities need more resources and better preparation to deal with searing heat particularly for...

Germany plans hike in military aid for Ukraine 28 Mar 2023 - 05:40 pm

Berlin: Germany is planning to boost its military aid spending for Ukraine, a member of the parliamentary budget committee told AFP on Tuesday....

Philadelphia: Still no sign of chemicals from upriver spill 28 Mar 2023 - 05:36 pm

PHILADELPHIA: Philadelphia water officials say they continue to see no sign of contamination following a chemical spill into the Delaware River upstream of...

Founder of Afghan girls' school project arrested in Kabul 28 Mar 2023 - 05:33 pm

Kabul: The founder of a project that campaigned for girls' education in Afghanistan has been detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul, his brothers...

Prince Harry returns to court in tabloid phone hacking case 28 Mar 2023 - 05:20 pm

LONDON: Prince Harry returned to a London court on Tuesday for a second day of hearings to see if the phone hacking lawsuit...

Damaged Russian Soyuz capsule returns to Earth: space agency 28 Mar 2023 - 03:59 pm

Astana, Kazakhstan: Russia's unmanned Soyuz MS-22 capsule returned to Earth on Tuesday from the International Space Station (ISS), landing in Kazakhstan three months...