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Americans to celebrate Fourth of July with parades, cookouts - and lots of fireworks 04 Jul 2024 - 06:02 pm

The hamburgers aren't the only things sizzling this Fourth of July: Millions of people are under heat warnings as large numbers of Americans...

Pakistan blocks 210,000 SIM cards over unfiled income tax returns 04 Jul 2024 - 05:19 pm

Karachi: Pakistan's tax authority said on Thursday it has blocked 210,000 SIM cards of users who have not filed tax returns in a...

Sudan activists say about 25 people drown fleeing fighting 04 Jul 2024 - 05:11 pm

Port Sudan, Sudan: Pro-democracy activists in Sudan on Thursday said around 25 people drowned in the Nile while trying to flee fighting between...

The questions about Biden's age and fitness are reminiscent of another campaign: Reagan's in 1984 04 Jul 2024 - 04:42 pm

The age question for presidential candidates is more than four decades old. President Ronald Reagan answered it with a pledge to resign if...

Erdogan to attend Turkiye-Netherlands Euro 2024 quarterfinal 04 Jul 2024 - 03:42 pm

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to travel to Berlin to attend the 2024 European Championship quarterfinal game between Turkiye and the...

Indian mother delivers baby on boat surrounded by raging floodwaters 04 Jul 2024 - 03:23 pm

Morigaon, India: A blue tarp covered a mother and her newborn daughter from the incessant rain on their boat journey. Jahanara Khatoon, 25,...

Palestinian death toll surges past 38,000: Gaza Health Ministry 04 Jul 2024 - 02:03 pm

Deir Al-Balah: The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Thursday that the Palestinian death toll from nearly nine months of war has surged...

Chemical leak sickens 20 people at Malaysia airport facility 04 Jul 2024 - 01:38 pm

Kuala Lumpur: A chemical leak Thursday at an engineering section of Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur International Airport sickened at least 20 people, an emergency...

Air pollution drives 7% of deaths in big Indian cities: study 04 Jul 2024 - 01:27 pm

Paris: More than seven percent of all deaths in 10 ofIndia's biggest cities are linked to air pollution, a large study said Thursday,...

EU slaps Chinese electric cars with tariffs of up to 38% 04 Jul 2024 - 01:22 pm

Brussels, Belgium: The European Union on Thursday slapped extra provisional duties of up to 38 percent on Chinese electric car imports because of...

Pro-Palestinian group scales Australia's parliament 04 Jul 2024 - 12:47 pm

Sydney:Palestine supporters scaled Australia's national parliament on Thursday, unfurling banners reading "Palestine will be free", and accusing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of complicity...

Seattle plastic surgery provider accused of posting fake positive reviews must pay $5M 04 Jul 2024 - 12:18 pm

Seattle: A Seattle-area plastic surgery provider accused of threatening patients over negative reviews and posting fake positive ones must pay $5 million to...

Jubilant Indian cricketers return home after winning Twenty20 World Cup 04 Jul 2024 - 12:02 pm

New Delhi: India's T20 World Cup winners returned home to a heroes' welcome Thursday, greeted by euphoric fans in New Delhi before skipper...

Floods kill nine in India and Bangladesh, millions affected 04 Jul 2024 - 10:46 am

Guwahati, India: Torrential rains and surging rivers across northeast India and neighbouring Bangladesh have killed at least nine people, disaster officials said Thursday,...

Labour tipped for historic win as UK voters go to the polls 04 Jul 2024 - 10:02 am

London: Britons headed to the polls Thursday in a general election widely expected to emphatically return the opposition Labour party to power and...

White House says zero chance Biden will withdraw 04 Jul 2024 - 09:44 am

Washington: Joe Biden is "absolutely not" pulling out of the US presidential race, his spokeswoman said Wednesday, as pressure mounted following his disastrous...

Music festivals seek greener footprint 04 Jul 2024 - 09:39 am

Paris: Three planes, 270 tonnes of equipment, 800 square metres of stage: the figures from Madonna's massive free concert in Rio in May...

Malaysia rescues hundreds of tortoises from 'Ninja Turtle Gang' 04 Jul 2024 - 09:04 am

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian authorities have rescued hundreds of smuggled tortoises meant for sale in Southeast Asia, disrupting an international crime ring called the...