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European medicines watchdog rejects new Alzheimer's drug 26 Jul 2024 - 05:44 pm

The Hague: Europe's medicines watchdog on Friday rejected a marketing request for a new Alzheimer's disease treatment, saying the risks of the medicine's...

Russian birth rate 'disastrous', Kremlin says 26 Jul 2024 - 05:39 pm

Moscow: The Kremlin said Friday that it was "working hard" to reverse declining birth rates in Russia, warning that "disastrous" demographic trends were...

Stock markets climb as US inflation rate drops 26 Jul 2024 - 05:07 pm

London: Major stock markets mainly rose Friday as traders welcomed data showing US inflation is slowing, firming expectations for the Federal Reserve to...

Oman oil prices rise to $81.7 a barrel 26 Jul 2024 - 04:42 pm

Muscat: The official price of Omani oil, for delivery in September, today, was recorded at $81.70 per barrel. The price of Omani oil...

Bangladesh protest leaders taken from hospital by police 26 Jul 2024 - 04:34 pm

Dhaka: Bangladeshi police detectives on Friday forced the discharge from hospital of three student protest leaders blamed for deadly unrest, taking them to...

Mali bus crash kills 16, injures 48 26 Jul 2024 - 03:53 pm

Bamako: Sixteen people were killed and 48 injured, six seriously, when two buses collided in central Mali, the transport ministry said Friday in...

One in four Eurostar trains cancelled 26 Jul 2024 - 03:47 pm

Paris: Around 25 percent of trains on the Eurostar network, whose routes include Paris-London, were cancelled Friday following massive sabotage against the French...

Thousands evacuated as record rains pound northern Japan 26 Jul 2024 - 03:16 pm

Tokyo: Record heavy rain forced the evacuation of thousands of people across parts of northern Japan and killed at least two, as rivers...

Spain train driver jailed 2.5 years over deadly 2013 crash 26 Jul 2024 - 02:39 pm

Madrid: A Spanish court on Friday sentenced a train driver and ex-safety director to 2.5 years in prison over a 2013 crash that...

Philippines races to avoid 'environmental catastrophe' from oil spill 26 Jul 2024 - 01:22 pm

Limay, Philippines: The Philippine Coast Guard on Friday raced to offload 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil from a sunken tanker and...

Four sailors still missing from capsized freighter off Taiwan's coast 26 Jul 2024 - 12:48 pm

Taipei: Four sailors from a cargo ship that sank off the coast of Taiwan during Typhoon Gaemi were still missing on Friday, authorities...

One killed, two missing in Bulgaria fireworks blasts 26 Jul 2024 - 11:52 am

Sofia, Bulgaria: A series of blasts at six fireworks warehouses near Bulgaria's capital Sofia killed one person and severely injured another, the interior...

Arab League welcomes Yemeni parties' agreement on economic de-escalation 25 Jul 2024 - 11:20 pm

Cairo: The Arab League has welcomed the announcement issued by the Office of the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Yemen, regarding the agreement...

US rejects plan for G20 deal to tax super-rich 25 Jul 2024 - 11:16 pm

Rio de Janeiro: The United States sees no need to negotiate an international agreement on taxing the super-wealthy, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen...

NASA says no return date yet for astronauts and troubled Boeing capsule at space station 25 Jul 2024 - 11:12 pm

Already more than a month late getting back, two NASA astronauts will remain at the International Space Station until engineers finish working on...

UN calls on Bangladesh to investigate violations during protest crackdown 25 Jul 2024 - 06:50 pm

Geneva: The UN rights chief, Volker Turk called Thursday on Bangladesh to urgently disclose the details of last week's crackdown on protests amid...

OIC welcomes Palestinian factions' signing of Beijing Declaration 25 Jul 2024 - 06:03 pm

Jeddah: The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the signing, in Beijing, of the Declaration on Ending Division and...