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TikTok knew app posed mental health risks for children, lawsuit alleges 11 Oct 2024 - 10:16 pm

TikTok was aware of the short video app’s potential negative health effects on children as well as the ineffectiveness of some of its...

Ongoing Israeli bombardment of Gaza leaves 65 martyrs in 24 hours; death toll at 42,126 11 Oct 2024 - 10:00 pm

Gaza: The Israeli occupation forces have continued its attacks on residential areas and displacement tents in the Gaza Strip, claiming the lives of...

Climate change triggered intensified rain, wind in Hurricane Milton: experts 11 Oct 2024 - 09:15 pm

Washington: Experts said on Friday that human-induced climate change made Hurricane Milton, which lashed Florida this week, wetter and windier. "Heavy one-day rainfall...

China retrieves first reusable, returnable test satellite 11 Oct 2024 - 08:46 pm

BEIJING: Chinasuccessfully retrieved its first reusable and returnable test satellite, Shijian-19, at the Dongfeng landing site in northChina's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at...

Blinken to ASEAN leaders: US is worried about China's 'dangerous' actions in disputed sea 11 Oct 2024 - 08:08 pm

VIENTIANE, Laos: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Southeast Asian leaders on Friday that the US is concerned about China's "increasingly dangerous...

Lebanon to demand UN Security Council to issue a ceasefire resolution 11 Oct 2024 - 07:51 pm

Beirut: Caretaker Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati announced that the government has decided, upon the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...

Boeing faces relatives of passengers who died in Boeing Max crashes in court 11 Oct 2024 - 06:56 pm

Fort Worth, Texas: Relatives of some of the 346 people who died in two crashes involving Boeing 737 Max planes are in court...

Partial remains of British climber believed found 100 years after Everest ascent 11 Oct 2024 - 06:53 pm

London: Climbers believe they have found the partial remains of a British mountaineer who might - or might not - have been one...

Fire breaks out on an oil tanker off Germany's Baltic Sea coast. All 7 crew members are rescued 11 Oct 2024 - 06:45 pm

Berlin: A fire broke out on in the engine room of an oil tanker off Germany's Baltic Sea coast on Friday and all...

Air India flight lands safely after mid-air emergency 11 Oct 2024 - 06:33 pm

Doha, Qatar: An Air India Express flight bound for Sharjah experienced a tense situation today when it was forced to circle above Tiruchirappalli,...

Hurricane Milton leaves at least 16 dead as Florida cleans up 11 Oct 2024 - 05:41 pm

Fort Pierce, United States: The death toll from Hurricane Milton rose to at least 16 on Friday, officials in Florida said, as residents...

Second round of Gaza polio vaccination 'more complicated': UN 11 Oct 2024 - 03:34 pm

Geneva: A campaign starting next week to give hundreds of thousands of children in war-stricken Gaza the necessary second dose of polio vaccine...

1 person dies and 12 are rescued after elevator malfunctions at Colorado gold mine tourist site 11 Oct 2024 - 03:33 pm

DENVER: One person was killed and 12 people were rescued after being trapped for about six hours at the bottom of a former...

EU questions shopping app Temu over illegal products risk 11 Oct 2024 - 03:02 pm

Brussels, Belgium: The EU on Friday told Chinese-founded e-commerce platform Temu to hand over more information as it suspects the site is failing...

Han Kang's books sell out in South Korea after Nobel win 11 Oct 2024 - 02:07 pm

Seoul: Major South Korean bookstores sold out of author Han Kang's books Friday, as sales skyrocketed and the share price of local publishers...

Father of Tottenham star Son fined for violating child welfare law at football academy in South Korea 11 Oct 2024 - 01:51 pm

SEOUL, South Korea: A court in South Korea has fined Son Woong-jung, the father of English Premier League star Son Heung-min, 3 million...

Oil tanker on fire off Germany, crew rescued 11 Oct 2024 - 01:46 pm

Berlin: A fire broke out aboard a small oil tanker off Germany on Friday, and seven crew were rescued from the burning vessel...

Japanese atomic bomb survivor group Nihon Hidankyo wins Nobel Peace Prize 11 Oct 2024 - 01:42 pm

Oslo: The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to the Japanese anti-nuclear group Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors...