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UK police charge two women after soup thrown at van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' 15 Oct 2022 - 12:19 pm

London: Two women have been charged with criminal damage after climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s painting "Sunflowers" at London's...

Gambia says child deaths linked to cough syrup have risen to 70 15 Oct 2022 - 11:46 am

Gambia's government on Friday said the number of child deaths from acute kidney injury, thought to be linked to Indian-made cough syrups, has...

Three Palestinians injured by Israeli gunfire in anti-settlement protest near Qalqilya 15 Oct 2022 - 11:42 am

Three Palestinians were Friday injured with rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli forces during an anti-settlement protests in the village of Kafr Qaddum,...

Death toll rises to 28 in Turkey coal mine explosion 15 Oct 2022 - 11:25 am

The death toll from a coal mine explosion in northernTurkeyrose to at least 28 people Saturday, officials said. Rescue efforts continued as a...

Saudi Arabia announces $400 mln humanitarian aid to Ukraine 15 Oct 2022 - 09:06 am

Saudi Arabia will provide $400 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine, Saudi state news agency SPA said, adding that Crown Prince Mohammed bin...

Musk seeks US funding of Ukraine satellite network 14 Oct 2022 - 09:36 pm

WASHINGTON: The Defense Department has gotten a request from SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk to take over funding for his satellite network...

Dutch govt to spend up to $3.02bn to support small businesses hit by energy prices 14 Oct 2022 - 09:30 pm

AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government on Friday said it will spend up to 3.1 billion euros ($3.02 billion) to support small businesses such as...

Expired drug kills 10 child leukemia patients in Yemen 14 Oct 2022 - 06:50 pm

CAIRO: At least 10 child leukemia patients in Yemen have died, and dozens more left seriously ill, after being administered expired doses of...

Can Liz Truss outlast a lettuce, UK tabloid asks in Twitter post 14 Oct 2022 - 05:53 pm

LONDON: A British newspaper on Friday pitted Liz Truss in a race against a lettuce, asking readers if they thought the under-fire prime...

Putin: Call-up of Russian reservists to finish in 2 weeks 14 Oct 2022 - 04:24 pm

KYIV, Ukraine: Russian President Vladimir Putin says he thinks a mobilization of army reservists he ordered last month to bolster his country's troops...

Jeremy Hunt replaces Kwarteng as Britain's finance minister 14 Oct 2022 - 04:08 pm

LONDON: Former foreign minister Jeremy Hunt has been appointed Britain's finance minister, Prime Minister Liz Truss's office said on Friday, following Kwasi Kwarteng's...

Death toll from widespread Nigeria floods tops 500: Ministries 14 Oct 2022 - 04:06 pm

LOKOJA, Nigeria: Widespread flooding has killed more than 500 people in Nigeria, left around 90,000 homes under water and blocked food and fuel...

Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' 14 Oct 2022 - 03:52 pm

LONDON: Climate protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s "Sunflowers” in London’s National Gallery on Friday to protest fossil fuel extraction. The group...

Japan PM Kishida pledges to ease burden of higher energy costs 14 Oct 2022 - 03:43 pm

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday that he broadly confirmed with the head of coalition partner Komeito measures to ease...

UK finance minister Kwarteng confirms he has been sacked 14 Oct 2022 - 03:25 pm

LONDON: British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed on Friday he had been sacked by Prime Minister Liz Truss, becoming the third chancellor to...

German health minister urges stepped-up COVID-19 measures 14 Oct 2022 - 02:43 pm

BERLIN: Germany's health minister on Friday urged the country's 16 states to consider stepping up their measures against the coronavirus amid a rise...

Musk says SpaceX cannot fund Ukraine's Starlink internet indefinitely 14 Oct 2022 - 01:53 pm

Elon Musk said on Friday SpaceX cannot "indefinitely" fund the Starlink internet service in Ukraine and send it several thousands more terminals after...