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Football and falls as first humanoid robot games launch in China 16 Aug 2025 - 10:32 am

Beijing: The first WorldhumanoidRobot Games began on Friday in Beijing with over 500 androids alternating between jerky tumbles and glimpses of real power...

Pakistan monsoon death toll rises to over 320 in past 48 hours: Authorities 16 Aug 2025 - 09:47 am

Peshawar, Pakistan: The death toll from heavy monsoon rains that have triggered flash floods across northern pakistan has risen to at least 321...

Trump and Putin end summit without Ukraine deal 16 Aug 2025 - 08:33 am

Anchorage: DonaldTrumpand Vladimir Putin made no breakthrough on Ukraine at their high-stakes summit on Friday, pointing to areas of agreement and rekindling a...

Air Canada set to shut down over flight attendants strike 16 Aug 2025 - 08:19 am

Toronto, Canada: Air Canada's flight attendants were poised to strike on Saturday as the carrier cancelled hundreds of flights impacting more than 100,000...

31 Arab, Islamic countries, Arab League, OIC, GCC condemn so-called 'Greater Israel Vision' 16 Aug 2025 - 01:59 am

Doha, Qatar: The foreign ministers of 31 Arab and Islamic countries, and the secretaries-general of the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation,...

Australia opens facility to protect 13 million biodiversity specimens 15 Aug 2025 - 11:59 pm

CANBERRA: Australia's national science agency has opened a biodiversity center to safeguard over 13 million specimens. The new building, named Diversity, in the...

Monsoon rains kill 200 in northern Pakistan 15 Aug 2025 - 11:40 pm

Islamabad: The death toll in seasonal floods in northern Pakistan has risen to 200, amid expectations of increased human and material losses in...

Ethiopia's famous fossils of Lucy, Selam to be displayed in Czech Republic 15 Aug 2025 - 11:18 pm

Addis Ababa: Ethiopia's famous hominid fossils, Lucy and Selam, have left for Central Europe for display in an upcoming exhibition on human origins...

Vietnamese rice grower helps tackle Cuba's food shortage 15 Aug 2025 - 11:15 pm

Los Palacios, Cuba: Outside Havana, a combine belonging to a private Vietnamese company is harvesting rice, directly farming Cuban land -- in a...

Putin lands in Alaska; shake hands with Trump ahead of high-stakes summit 15 Aug 2025 - 10:36 pm

Anchorage: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived at a military base in Alaska on Friday for a summit with his US counterpart Donald Trump...

Trump lands in Alaska for summit with Putin 15 Aug 2025 - 10:20 pm

Anchorage: Donald Trump landed in Alaska on Friday for a high-risk summit with Vladimir Putin that poses a stern test of the US...

African leaders adopt Cape Town Declaration to boost water, sanitation investment 15 Aug 2025 - 10:01 pm

Cape Town: African heads of state and government on Friday adopted the Cape Town Declaration at the conclusion of the inaugural Africa Water...

US President announces tariffs on steel, chips soon 15 Aug 2025 - 09:22 pm

Washington: US President DonaldTrumphas announced that he will soon impose tariffs on imported steel and semiconductor chips. "I'll be setting tariffs next week...

Ghana holds state funeral for helicopter crash victims 15 Aug 2025 - 09:19 pm

Accra: Ghana held a state funeral on Friday at the Black Star Square in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, for the eight victims of...

IN PHOTOS: Portugal reports first death from heatwave fires 15 Aug 2025 - 09:08 pm

Lisbon: The fires raging acrossPortugalclaimed their first victim on Friday, when the former mayor of the eastern town of Planta died fighting fires...