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Atmospheric rivers boosts California's hydropower supplies

Atmospheric rivers boosts California's hydropower supplies

California [US], February 13: A pair of atmospheric rivers that drenched California in recent weeks will bolster the state's hydropower...

Biden's reelection campaign joins TikTok in push for young voters

Biden's reelection campaign joins TikTok in push for...

Washington [US], February 13: U.S. President Joe Biden's reelection campaign joined short-form video app TikTok on Sunday, using the NFL's...

US judge blocks Ohio law restricting children's use of social media

US judge blocks Ohio law restricting children's use...

Washington [US], February 13: A federal judge on Monday prevented Ohio from implementing a new law that requires social media...

IMF's Kristalina Georgieva at WGS: We expect global interest rates to decline by mid 2024

IMF's Kristalina Georgieva at WGS: We expect global...

Dubai [UAE], February 13: On its first day, the World Governments Summit 2024 (WGS) hosted a plenary session featuring Kristalina...

UAE President receives President of Congo-Brazzaville

UAE President receives President of Congo-Brazzaville

Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 13: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received His Excellency Denis Sassou Nguesso,...

MBRSG launches 3rd 'Global Economic Diversification Index' at WGS 2024

MBRSG launches 3rd 'Global Economic Diversification Index' at...

Dubai [UAE], February 13: The Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) has unveiled the third edition of the 'Global...

World Government Summit explores future challenges, pathways to shared visions

World Government Summit explores future challenges, pathways to...

Dubai [UAE], February 13: The World Governments Summit (WGS), which opened today in Dubai and runs until February 14, seeks...

Stubb narrowly wins Finnish presidential election

Stubb narrowly wins Finnish presidential election

Helsinki [Finland], February 12: The presidential candidate for the National Coalition Alexander Stubb narrowly won the Finnish presidential election Sunday...

U.S. defense chief hospitalized, transferring duties to deputy

U.S. defense chief hospitalized, transferring duties to deputy

Washington [US], February 12: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized on Sunday "for symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder...

Cambodia logs 3 more cases of mpox

Cambodia logs 3 more cases of mpox

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], February 12: Cambodia recorded three more cases of mpox, also known as monkeypox, raising the total number...

Zelensky, continuing reshuffling, names new land forces commander

Zelensky, continuing reshuffling, names new land forces commander

Kiev [Ukraine], February 12: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed the former deputy defence minister Oleksandr Pavliuk as the new...

Iran marks 45th anniversary of Islamic Revolution

Iran marks 45th anniversary of Islamic Revolution

Tehran [Iran], February 12: Tens of thousands of government supporters in Iran have celebrated the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic...

Rebels, horses, cow carts: Indonesia gets ready for mega polls

Rebels, horses, cow carts: Indonesia gets ready for...

Jakarta [Indonesia], February 12: Indonesia will hold one of the world's biggest one-day elections next week - a mind-boggling feat...

Russia is using Starlink in occupied areas, Ukraine says

Russia is using Starlink in occupied areas, Ukraine...

Kiev [Ukraine], February 12: Russian forces in occupied Ukraine are using Starlink terminals produced by Elon Musk's SpaceX for satellite...

UK journalist says Malaysia sentence is 'political revenge'

UK journalist says Malaysia sentence is 'political revenge'

London [UK], February 12: UK journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown has accused Malaysia of seeking "political revenge" for her reporting after...

Nato chief says Donald Trump comments 'undermine all of our security'

Nato chief says Donald Trump comments 'undermine all...

Washington [US], February 12: Donald Trump's suggestion the US would not protect Nato allies by failing to spend enough on...

Netanyahu insists on Rafah offensive as warnings mount

Netanyahu insists on Rafah offensive as warnings mount

Jerusalem [Israel], February 12: Israel is facing growing international warnings over its planned offensive in Rafah - the city in...

UAE President receives condolences from Emir of Qatar over Emirati martyrs

UAE President receives condolences from Emir of Qatar...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 12: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a call offering condolences from...

Mohammed bin Rashid meets with IMF Managing Director

Mohammed bin Rashid meets with IMF Managing Director

Dubai [UAE], February 12: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai,...

Expo Centre Sharjah, World Trade Centre Istanbul discuss boosting cooperation

Expo Centre Sharjah, World Trade Centre Istanbul discuss...

Sharjah [UAE], February 12: The Expo Centre Sharjah (ECS) and the World Trade Centre Istanbul (WTCI) have discussed ways of...

Lebanon to resume returning Syrian refugees to homeland: minister

Lebanon to resume returning Syrian refugees to homeland:...

Beirut [Lebanon], February 11: Lebanon will soon resume returning Syrian refugees to their homeland, Lebanese Minister of the Displaced Issam...

1 wounded in armed attack during Istanbul mayor election campaign

1 wounded in armed attack during Istanbul mayor...

Istanbul [Turkey], February 11: A woman was injured in an armed attack on Saturday during the mayoral election campaign of...

Israel's finance minister defends economy outlook after Moody's downgrade

Israel's finance minister defends economy outlook after Moody's...

Jerusalem [Israel], February 11: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Saturday brushed off Moody's downgrade of Israel's credit ratings for...

At least 25 killed in Israeli bombing on southern Gaza

At least 25 killed in Israeli bombing on...

Gaza [Palestine], February 11: At least 25 Palestinians were killed in Israeli bombing of a house in the southern Gaza...

Chinese New Year festivities in Germany kick off with traditional concert

Chinese New Year festivities in Germany kick off...

Berlin [Germany], February 11: Chinese New Year celebrations in the German city of Duesseldorf kicked off here with a traditional...

No survivors found in California helicopter crash

No survivors found in California helicopter crash

California [US], February 11: No survivors have been found Saturday, 16 hours after a helicopter with six people on board...

Death toll climbs to 35 in Tuesday's landslide in Philippines, with 77 missing

Death toll climbs to 35 in Tuesday's landslide...

Manila [Philippines], February 11: The death toll in a massive landslide that crashed into villages in Davao de Oro province...