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Despite differences, Paris sees no rift with Berlin over Ukraine

Despite differences, Paris sees no rift with Berlin...

Paris [France], March 3: Despite differing positions on support for Ukraine, French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne sees no rift between...

Europe risks losing credibility over silence on Israel's war on Gaza: MP

Europe risks losing credibility over silence on Israel's...

Gaza [Palestine], March 3: Europe risked any credibility to speak on Russia's actions in Ukraine if it remained silent on...

Zelensky appeals to West over deadly Russian drone attack on Odesa

Zelensky appeals to West over deadly Russian drone...

Kyiv [Ukraine], March 3: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had called on Western allies to deliver more air defence systems after...

Bangladesh fire toll rises to 46; safety lapses to blame

Bangladesh fire toll rises to 46; safety lapses...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 3: Bangladesh firefighters said Friday that glaring safety lapses were responsible for a Dhaka restaurant blaze that...

Iran counts votes as reports suggest low turnout

Iran counts votes as reports suggest low turnout

Tehran [Iran], March 3: Iran began counting ballots on Saturday after a vote for parliament and a key clerical body,...

US makes its first Gaza aid airdrop as mediators to seek truce deal

US makes its first Gaza aid airdrop as...

Gaza [Palestine], March 3: The United States on Saturday carried out the first of what it said would be a...

Spain braces for wildfires as beef farmers battle red tape

Spain braces for wildfires as beef farmers battle...

Madrid [Spain], March 3: Across Europe, farmers have jammed roads, burned tyres and dumped manure in protest at a host...

Gaza truce talks expected as offensive and aid crisis rage on

Gaza truce talks expected as offensive and aid...

Gaza [Palestine], March 3: Mediators expected to reconvene in Cairo as soon as Sunday and search for a formula acceptable...

UN helps Zambian gov't tackle humanitarian crisis

UN helps Zambian gov't tackle humanitarian crisis

United Nations, March 2: UN humanitarians said Friday that they are supporting the Zambian government-led response to a worsening...

Ethiopia secures 46 mln USD grant to improve water access, sanitation

Ethiopia secures 46 mln USD grant to improve...

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 2: The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced a 46 million U.S. dollars grant to improve...

German public transport paralyzed amid strikes

German public transport paralyzed amid strikes

Berlin [Germany], March 2: The week-long strike in the German local public transport reached its climax on Friday with a...

19 injured as car strikes crowd in Poland

19 injured as car strikes crowd in Poland

Warsaw [Poland], March 2: A car struck a crowd at a tram stop in the northwestern Polish city of Szczecin...

Ukraine, Netherlands sign deal on security cooperation

Ukraine, Netherlands sign deal on security cooperation

Kyiv [Ukraine], March 2: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte signed an agreement on security...

NASA, SpaceX target Saturday for launching 8th crew mission to space station

NASA, SpaceX target Saturday for launching 8th crew...

Los Angeles [US], March 2: NASA and SpaceX are targeting Saturday to launch the eighth crew mission to the...

Biden signs stopgap spending bill to avert government shutdown hours before deadline

Biden signs stopgap spending bill to avert government...

Washington [US], March 2: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed into law a short-term stopgap spending bill to...

Canada announces additional ban on imports of Russian diamonds

Canada announces additional ban on imports of Russian...

Ottawa [Canada], March 2: Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly announced on Friday that Canada is imposing additional import...

Services, commerce leading advancement of Mexican economy in 2024

Services, commerce leading advancement of Mexican economy in...

Mexico City [Mexico], March 2: Mexico's economy is advancing at a differentiated pace at the beginning of 2024, with the...

Australians warned to beware of deep fake scams

Australians warned to beware of deep fake scams

Canberra [Australia], March 2: Australians lost millions of dollars to scams promoted in deep fake videos and fake news articles...

Teenager charged over stabbing in Australia's Victoria

Teenager charged over stabbing in Australia's Victoria

Sydney [Australia], March 2: Australian police reported on Saturday that a teenager has been charged in Victoria after a stabbing...

GETEX 2024 to commence in Dubai on April 24

GETEX 2024 to commence in Dubai on April...

Dubai [UAE], March 2: GETEX, the Global Education and Training Exhibition, returns to Dubai with its spring edition from April...

Brazil logs $2.17 trillion in GDP in 2023, ninth globally

Brazil logs $2.17 trillion in GDP in 2023,...

Sao Paulo [Brazil], March 2: Brazil's gross domestic product (GDP) reached US$2.17 trillion in 2023, placing the South American...

Thailand attracts nearly 6 million foreign tourists in first eight weeks of 2024

Thailand attracts nearly 6 million foreign tourists in...

Bangkok [Thailand], March 2: Thailand welcomed nearly six million foreign visitors between 1st January and 25th February, Minister of Tourism...

Germany: 4 shot dead overnight, soldier turns himself in

Germany: 4 shot dead overnight, soldier turns himself...

Lower Saxony [Germany], March 2: A Bundeswehr soldier is suspected of killing four people overnight in the northern German state...

Nicaragua accuses Germany of helping 'genocide' in Gaza in ICJ case

Nicaragua accuses Germany of helping 'genocide' in Gaza...

The Hague [Netherlands], March 2: Nicaragua on Friday accused Germany of facilitating "genocide" in Gaza in a case started...

Biden says US military to airdrop food and supplies into Gaza

Biden says US military to airdrop food and...

Washington [USA], March 2: U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Friday plans to carry out a first military airdrop of...

Gaza aid seekers: 100 plus dead, total toll exceeds 30,000

Gaza aid seekers: 100 plus dead, total toll...

Gaza [Palestine], March 2: Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces on Thursday shot dead more than 100 Palestinians as they...

WTO 13th Ministerial Conference approves extension to TRIPS Waiver

WTO 13th Ministerial Conference approves extension to TRIPS...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 2: The WTO 13th Ministerial Conference today approved an extension to the TRIPS Waiver, enabling developing...