World Bank provides US$125 million in emergency support to flood-hit Rio Grande...
Brasilia [Brazil], May 12: The World Bank is providing emergency support to the state of Rio Grande do Sul, heavily impacted by recent rains and...
Teleworking in Japan shrinks after COVID, hybrid working on rise: Government survey
Tokyo [Japan], May 12: The ratio of teleworkers in Japan continued to fall as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes while more turn to "hybrid work" combining...
Solar storm puts on brilliant light show across the globe, no serious...
Washington [DC], May 12: A powerful solar storm put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe overnight but has caused what appeared to...
Pogačar prevails in Perugia time trial at Giro D'Italia
Italy [Spain], May 12: The pink jersey of Tadej Pogačar is shining even brighter after the individual time trial of 40,6 km from Foligno to...
Paris Summit aims to secure commitments toward $4 billion needed to close...
Abidjan [Cote d'Ivoire], May 12: Development partners gathering in Paris on 14 May are expected to pledge towards the $4 billion needed to provide clean...
J20 convenes global judicial leaders to deliberate on climate change, its legal...
Brasilia [Brazil], May 12: The J20 Summit, overseen and coordinated by Brasil's Federal Supreme Court (STF), bought together presidents from the Supreme and Constitutional Courts...
Several students kidnapped as gunmen attack university in central Nigeria
Abuja [Nigeria], May 11: Several students were reported missing after a group of gunmen stormed their school in Nigeria's central state of Kogi late Thursday,...
WHO warns of food-borne diseases in Kenya amid flood crisis
Nairobi [Kenya], May 11: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday warned of a possible surge in food-borne diseases in Kenya due to the ongoing...
German electrical industry records sharpest order slump in 4 yrs
Berlin [Germany], May 11: Germany's electrical and digital industry recorded its sharpest decline in incoming orders in almost four years in March, it emerged on...
Putin re-appoints Mishustin as Prime Minister
Moscow [Russia], May 11: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a decree, re-appointing Mikhail Mishustin as the Prime Minister, according to the Kremlin press...
Polish government reshuffles as EU elections draw closer
Warsaw [Poland], May 11: Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday announced a partial government reshuffle, after accepting the resignations of four ministers who will...
Death toll of bus crash in Russia's St. Petersburg rises to 7
St. Petersburg [Russia], May 11: The number of fatalities as a result of a passenger bus falling into a river in St. Petersburg has increased...
April 2024 marks warmest April on record: NASA
Los Angeles [US], May 11: April 2024 marks the warmest April on record, according to new data released by NASA on Friday.
At least 50 killed as storms, flash floods lash north Afghanistan province
Pul-e-Khumri [Afghanistan], May 11: At least 50 people were killed as storms and flash floods lashed north Afghanistan's Baghlan province on Friday, a local official...
Cambodia warns of health hazards from smoking e-cigarettes
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], May 11: Cambodia's Ministry of Health (MoH) on Saturday called on people, especially youths, to avoid smoking e-cigarettes, which contain high levels...
The Biden administration is worried that Israel is violating international law with...
Washington [US], May 11: The US State Department believes that weapons aid to Israel may be used inconsistently with international human rights law, but there...
Japan is worried because UAVs secretly filmed aircraft carriers in the base
Tokyo [Japan], May 11: Japanese Ministry of Defense officials said that a video of an unlicensed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) filming close-ups of a moored...
Iraq wants the UN mission to end its mission after 2025
Baghdad [Iraq], May 11: The Iraqi government has asked the United Nations to end the mission's mission in the country by 2025, according to AFP.
British commander says air drops a lifesaver
London [UK], May 11: Air drops through Jordan by a coalition of Western and Arab states are a lifesaver for starving Palestinians in Gaza struggling...
Strongest solar storm in 20 years puts on a light show
Washington [US], May 11: The strongest solar storm in more than two decades struck Earth on Friday, triggering spectacular auroras worldwide.
UAE, Iran hold 10th meeting of Joint Consular Committee
Abu Dhabi[UAE], May 11: The UAE and Iran held the tenth meeting of the Joint Consular Committee between the two countries in Abu Dhabi, with...
Train collision in Argentina injures at least 30
Buenos Aires [Argentina], May 11: At least 30 people have been injured in a collision between two trains in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires,...
UN General Assembly backs Palestinian bid for membership
New York [US], May 11: The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly backed a Palestinian bid to become a full U.N. member by recognising...
Abdullah bin Zayed congratulates Marko Đurić, discusses UAE-Serbian cooperation, strategic partnership
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 11: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, congratulated Marko Đurić on the occasion of his appointment...
Special Envoy of Minister of Foreign Affairs discusses enhancing bilateral relations with...
Port of Spain [Trinidad and Tobago], May 11: Omar Shehadeh, Special Envoy of the UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, concluded his visit to Trinidad and...
Macron plays political games with nuclear weapons: British peer
London [UK], May 10: French President Emmanuel Macron has been accused of "playing little political games with nuclear weapons" by a former Royal Navy top...
Plane skids off runway in Senegal; tyre bursts in Turkey
Dakar [Senegal], May 10: Two Boeing 737 passenger planes have been involved in accidents in Senegal and Turkey on takeoff and landing, raising further questions...