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GCC welcomes Saudi Arabia's bid to host World Cup 2034 05 Oct 2023 - 11:21 am

Riyadh: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) welcomed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2034. Secretary-General of...

Philippine government pledges action on high food prices 05 Oct 2023 - 11:15 am

Manila: High food prices in the Philippines have pushed inflation to a five-month peak, officials said Thursday, increasing pressure on the government to...

At least 10 dead, 82 missing in India glacial lake burst 05 Oct 2023 - 11:04 am

Guwahati, India:The death toll from a devastating glacial lake burst that triggered a torrential flash flood in India has risen to at least...

Typhoon Koinu brings record winds, knocks out power in Taiwan 05 Oct 2023 - 10:47 am

Taitung, Taiwan: Typhoon Koinu grazed the southern edge of Taiwan on Thursday, lashing the island with the strongest winds it has ever recorded...

Second round of Fukushima wastewater release begins 05 Oct 2023 - 09:59 am

Tokyo: Japan began releasing the second batch of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday, an incremental step in a decades-long...

Ukrainian rockets not behind deadly Olenivka prison strike: UN 05 Oct 2023 - 09:51 am

Geneva: A deadly blast at a prison in occupied eastern Ukraine last year, which Kyiv and Moscow blamed on each other, was not...

More than 650 migrants arrive on Spanish Canary Islands in 2 days. One boat carried 280 people 04 Oct 2023 - 07:24 pm

Madrid: Emergency services on the Spanish Canary Islands said Wednesday that more than 650 migrants reached El Hierro island in five large wooden...

Russian 80-year-old woman found with needle in brain during CT scan 04 Oct 2023 - 06:14 pm

Moscow: An elderly woman in Russia's Far East was revealed on Wednesday to have lived for 80 years with an inch-long needle in...

Humans increasingly settling in high-risk flood zones, study warns 04 Oct 2023 - 06:03 pm

Bangkok: Humans are increasingly settling in areas highly exposed to dangerous flooding, a study warned Wednesday, with China helping drive the rise in...

Mexico president says 10,000 migrants a day head to US border; blames US sanctions on Cuba 04 Oct 2023 - 06:01 pm

Mexico City: Mexico’s president said Monday that about 10,000 migrants per day are heading to the U.S. border, and he blamed U.S. economic...

Warming beaches threaten Yemen sea turtles' future 04 Oct 2023 - 05:49 pm

Al Ghayah, Yemen: On a Yemeni beach, a sea turtle clambers ashore to lay eggs, which will likely be born female due to...

France hits back at hysteria over bedbug 'invasion' 04 Oct 2023 - 05:37 pm

Paris: The French government on Wednesday sought to calm growing public fears over a supposed bedbug invasion, saying there was no evidence of...

Imran Khan lawyers in Pakistan oppose closed-door trial over revealing state secrets 04 Oct 2023 - 05:27 pm

ISLAMABAD: Lawyers for Pakistan's imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday opposed his closed-door trial in a case in which he is...

Rishi Sunak 'changing Britain' plan includes railway cuts and crackdown on smoking 04 Oct 2023 - 05:21 pm

Manchester, England: Battling gloomy opinion polls and mounting doubts, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday promised skeptical voters, and his own Conservative...

Taiwan cancels flights, shuts schools ahead of typhoon 04 Oct 2023 - 02:32 pm

Taitung, Taiwan: Taiwan cancelled flights and closed schools in parts of its southern region on Wednesday ahead of Typhoon Koinu's expected landfall, the...

S. Korean migrant's tale to open Asia's biggest film festival 04 Oct 2023 - 02:00 pm

Busan, South Korea: The world premiere of Jang Kun-jae's "Because I Hate Korea" will open Asia's largest film festival Wednesday night as it...

Trio wins Nobel Chemistry Prize for nanocrystals work 04 Oct 2023 - 01:06 pm

Stockholm: French-born Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus of the United States and Russian-born Alexei Ekimov on Wednesday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for research...