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Bangladesh students decry surge in violence against women 22 Oct 2024 - 08:10 pm

Dhaka, Oct 22, 2024 (AFP) -Crowds of Bangladeshi female students marched in Dhaka with burning torches late Tuesday, demanding the government stem a...

Rwandan genocide survivors describe the 1994 mass killings at a Paris trial 22 Oct 2024 - 07:56 pm

Paris: Bullets flew. Then men with machetes and clubs burst into a convent where people had found refuge, killing almost all the boys...

Activists say over 70 dead in two days of Sudan fighting 22 Oct 2024 - 07:26 pm

Kassala, Sudan: Sudanese volunteer rescuers reported four children were among 20 people killed in an army air strike in the capital Khartoum Tuesday,...

Giant fish thought to be extinct is spotted in the Mekong River 22 Oct 2024 - 06:50 pm

Cambodia: A huge fish in the Mekong River thought to be extinct has been spotted three times in recent years. "The giant salmon...

'Blade Runner 2049' producers sue Elon Musk and Tesla over AI image at robotaxi event 22 Oct 2024 - 06:28 pm

Los Angeles:A film production company that helped make "Blade Runner 2049” has sued Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk for using an AI-generated...

Putin hosts Global South leaders at BRICS summit meant to counterbalance Western clout 22 Oct 2024 - 05:56 pm

Kazan, Russia: China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi and other world leaders arrived Tuesday in the Russian city of Kazan for a summit...

Over 1,000 UK prisoners get early release to ease prison crisis 22 Oct 2024 - 05:23 pm

London: The UK on Tuesday began the early release of a second tranche of 1,000 prisoners, causing embarrassment for the government as convicts...

Over a dozen killed in Israeli strikes near one of Beirut's main hospitals 22 Oct 2024 - 04:36 pm

Beirut, Lebanon: Israeli airstrikes in and around Beirut caused significant damage to the country's largest public hospital and killed more than a dozen...

New mpox variant detected in Germany: health authority 22 Oct 2024 - 03:21 pm

Berlin: An infection with the new mpox variant clade 1b has been detected in Germany for the first time, the Robert Koch Institute...

India pharma tycoon buys $119m stake in Bollywood film house 22 Oct 2024 - 01:23 pm

Mumbai: Indian pharmaceutical tycoon Adar Poonawalla has invested $119 million into one of Bollywood's biggest production companies, a boost to a film industry...

Ukraine population 10 million less since Russia invasion: UN 22 Oct 2024 - 01:14 pm

Geneva: Ukraine's population has declined by more than 10 million since Russia invaded in February 2022, sparking an exodus and sending birth rates...

US condemns killings of Mozambique opposition figures after election 22 Oct 2024 - 11:55 am

Washington: The United States on Monday condemned the killings of two associates ofMozambique's leading opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane, who were gunned down on...

$\Supporters of the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS) run from tear gas lobbed at them by units of the Mozambican anti-riot police during a strike called in Maputo, on October 21, 2024. (Photo by ALFREDO ZUNIGA / AFP)$

Death toll from Israeli raid near Hariri hospital rises to 13, 57 injured 22 Oct 2024 - 11:19 am

Beirut: Death toll from the Israeli airstrike near the Hariri Hospital in Beirut has climbed to 13, Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health said....

‘Xinhua seeks to work with peers for transnational AI media lab’ 22 Oct 2024 - 10:08 am

Urumqi, Xinjiang:The media leaders and journalists from around the globe gathered in Urumqi to explore challenges posed by the artificial intelligence to media...

Death toll from Israeli aggression on Lebanon surges to 2,483 21 Oct 2024 - 11:39 pm

Beirut: The death toll from the Israeli aggression on Lebanon since October 2023 has risen to 2,483 dead and 11,628 injured. In a...

India says reach deal with China on contested border patrols: foreign ministry 21 Oct 2024 - 10:45 pm

New Delhi: India said on Monday it had struck an agreement with neighbour China for military patrols in highly contested border zones, aiming...

New President Subianto swears in Indonesia's largest Cabinet since 1966, with 109 members 21 Oct 2024 - 10:14 pm

JAKARTA: Newly inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto swore in Indonesia's largest Cabinet since 1966 on Monday, with 109 members representing his pledge for a...

Israeli forces bomb Rafah, Jabalia, murder many civilians 21 Oct 2024 - 09:53 pm

Gaza: The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) targeted and bombed central and northern Rafah City, and a school sheltering displaced civilians in Jabalia today,...