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Police: Man stabs 2 workers at New York’s MoMA and flees 13 Mar 2022 - 02:03 pm

NEW YORK: A man stabbed two employees multiple times inside the Museum of Modern Art in New York on Saturday afternoon, leaping over...

Bus full of Ukrainian refugees overturns in Italy; 1 dead 13 Mar 2022 - 01:55 pm

ROME: A bus carrying about 50 Ukrainian refugees overturned on a major highway in northern Italy at dawn on Sunday, killing one person,...

Invasion jolts Russia's friends in tiny West-leaning Moldova 13 Mar 2022 - 01:46 pm

COMRAT, Moldova: Across the border from war-engulfed Ukraine, tiny, impoverished Moldova - an ex-Soviet republic now looking eagerly Westward - has watched with...

Hong Kong reports 32,430 COVID cases, 264 deaths 13 Mar 2022 - 01:17 pm

HONG KONG: Hong Kong health authorities reported 32,430 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, as the city's leader said her government was trying build...

Supplies and a smile: Kharkiv resident delivers aid to besieged city 13 Mar 2022 - 12:31 pm

GDANSK: Somehow Teimur Aliev manages to smile. A lot. The 23-year-old musician is in Kharkiv, a city in northeastern Ukraine that has suffered...

Thailand lays out buffet for elephants in national celebration 13 Mar 2022 - 12:23 pm

CHONBURI, Thailand: Nearly 60 elephants enjoyed a huge fruit banquet at a Thai botanical park on Sunday as the Southeast Asian country marked...

China's virus cases rise, access to Shanghai tightened 13 Mar 2022 - 11:25 am

BEIJING: The number of new coronavirus cases in an outbreak in China’s northeast tripled Sunday and authorities stepped up anti-disease controls by suspending...

France to launch fourth COVID shot for over-80s, PM says 13 Mar 2022 - 11:24 am

Paris: France is to start offering a fourth COVID-19 vaccination shot to people over 80 years old who had their previous booster dose...

US: 12 Missiles fired from Iran hit near US consulate in Iraq 13 Mar 2022 - 11:22 am

BAGHDAD: As many as 12 missiles struck near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil on Sunday, in...

Palestinian Presidency condemns Occupation Authorities' Decision to build 730 new settlement units 13 Mar 2022 - 10:58 am

The Palestinian Presidency condemned the decision of the Israeli occupation authorities to build 730 new housing units in the settlement of Pesgat Ze'ev...

Russia pounds military range in Ukraine's west 13 Mar 2022 - 09:37 am

LVIV: Russian forces carried out an air strike on a military range near Lviv in western Ukraine, expanding its offensive closer to the...

Air strike launched on Ukraine military base near Polish border 13 Mar 2022 - 09:03 am

An air strike was launched on a Ukrainian military base Yavoriv in the west of the country near the Polish border, the Lviv...

US ends asylum restrictions for children traveling alone 12 Mar 2022 - 07:17 pm

ATLANTA:Unaccompanied child migrants trying to enter the United States will no longer be denied a chance to seek asylum under new guidance announced...

Russia says weapons convoys ‘Legitimate Targets’ 12 Mar 2022 - 07:15 pm

A Russian official said convoys of military aid from the West are "legitimate targets” as the U.S. and Europe steps up the movement...

Russia strikes near Ukraine's capital; mosque reported hit 12 Mar 2022 - 05:31 pm

LVIV, Ukraine:Russian forces pounding the port city of Mariupol shelled a mosque sheltering more than 80 people, including children, the Ukrainian government said...

Putin briefed French and German leaders on Russia-Ukraine talks: Kremlin 12 Mar 2022 - 05:15 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz about the state of negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv...

China tightens controls as more virus cases reported 12 Mar 2022 - 03:49 pm

BEIJING: Hong Kong on Saturday reported 27,647 new coronavirus cases while Shanghai closed schools and parks and authorities in Beijing suspended access to...