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Nearly two-thirds of Europe facing drought or drought risk 23 Aug 2022 - 02:45 pm

BRUSSELS: Nearly two-thirds of European territory is in a state of drought alert or warning due to heatwaves and low rainfall, reducing inland...

Storm forces school closures, evacuations in Philippines 23 Aug 2022 - 01:02 pm

MANILA, Philippines: A tropical storm lashed the northern Philippines with strong wind and rain Tuesday, injuring at least two people and prompting the...

Heads of Hungary weather service fired after wrong forecast 23 Aug 2022 - 12:59 pm

Budapest, Hungary: The two top officials of Hungary's meteorological service were fired Monday after an inaccurate rain forecast prompted the postponement of a...

Malaysia's top court upholds 12-yr jail sentence for Najib as ex-PM loses final appeal 23 Aug 2022 - 11:51 am

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's Federal Court on Tuesday upheld former prime minister Najib Razak's guilty conviction and a 12-year jail sentence on charges related...

Philippines warns inbound travellers of fake websites soliciting payments for One Health Pass 23 Aug 2022 - 11:46 am

Doha: The Department of Health (DOH) in the Philippines has reminded all inbound travellersgoing to the country to be cautious when accessing any...

Northern part of damaged Beirut grain silos collapses - media 23 Aug 2022 - 11:09 am

BEIRUT: The northern section of the grain silos damaged two years ago by a blast at the Beirut port collapsed early on Tuesday...

Apple plans to make iPhone 14 in India amid China woes 23 Aug 2022 - 09:07 am

AppleInc. plans to begin manufacturing the iPhone 14 in India about two months after the product’s initial release out of China, narrowing the...

Three Arkansas officers suspended after video captures beating 22 Aug 2022 - 11:41 pm

MULBERRY: Three Arkansas law enforcement officers were suspended, and state police launched an investigation after a video posted on social media showed two...

Liberty Medal to be awarded to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy 22 Aug 2022 - 08:39 pm

PHILADELPHIA: The 2022 Liberty Medal will be awarded this fall to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The National Constitution Center announced on Monday that...

Finnish PM tests negative for drugs in wake of leaked party video 22 Aug 2022 - 07:32 pm

Helsinki: A drug test taken by Sanna Marin was negative, bolstering the case that Finland’s 36-year-old prime minister will survive her latest partying...

No single cause for massive Oder River fish die-off: Germany 22 Aug 2022 - 07:16 pm

BERLIN: Several substances seem to have contributed to the massive fish die-off in the Oder River that forms much of Germany's border with...

Ukraine: 9,000 of its troops killed since Russia began war 22 Aug 2022 - 07:07 pm

NIKOPOL: Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which hits the half-year mark this week, has already killed some 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers, a general said, and...

Fauci, top infectious disease expert, to retire in December 22 Aug 2022 - 06:46 pm

Washington: Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who became a household name - and the subject of partisan attacks -...

Ex-Pakistan PM Khan's supporters vow to block his arrest on terrorism charges 22 Aug 2022 - 06:38 pm

ISLAMABAD: Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan gathered outside his home on Monday to stop police from arresting him on anti-terrorism...

UK to use lower dose of monkeypox vaccine to stretch supply 22 Aug 2022 - 06:20 pm

LONDON: British health authorities will begin offering eligible people just a fraction of the normal monkeypox vaccine dose to stretch supplies by about...

UK economy shrank record 11% in 2020, worst since 1709 22 Aug 2022 - 06:18 pm

London: Britain recorded its biggest fall in output in more than 300 years in 2020 when it faced the brunt of the COVID-19...

Floods kill 777 in Pakistan over last 2 months 22 Aug 2022 - 05:50 pm

QUETTA, Pakistan:Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains have killed 777 people across Pakistan over the last two months, officials said Monday,...

Maya village's water, future threatened by Mexican train 22 Aug 2022 - 05:36 pm

VIDA Y ESPERANZA, Mexico:Mexico’s ambitious Maya Train project is supposed to bring development to the Yucatan Peninsula, but along the country’s Caribbean coast...