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Biden denounces racist shooting in Florida

Biden denounces racist shooting in Florida

Washington [USA], August 29: US President Joe Biden condemned a racist attack in which a white man shot and killed...

Paris bids adieu to love-or-hate electric scooters

Paris bids adieu to love-or-hate electric scooters

Paris [France], August 29: Paris will on Friday become the first European capital to ban floating electric scooters from its...

French school abaya ban sparks secularism row

French school abaya ban sparks secularism row

Paris [France], August 29: The French government's decision to ban schoolgirls wearing abayas - long, flowing dresses of Middle Eastern...

Iran inaugurates last phase of mega gas field

Iran inaugurates last phase of mega gas field

Tehran [Iran], August 29: Iranian President EbrahimRaisi inaugurated on Monday the last phase of the South Pars gas field, one...

Libya suspends FM for meeting Zionist minister

Libya suspends FM for meeting Zionist minister

Tripoli [Libya], August 29: Libya's internationally recognized prime minister has suspended his top diplomat after she met her Zionist counterpart,...

Crown Prince in Britain to mark 70th 'versary of investment office

Crown Prince in Britain to mark 70th 'versary...

London [UK], August 29: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrived in Britain on Monday to attend...

Ukraine says it has liberated southeastern village of Robotyne

Ukraine says it has liberated southeastern village of...

Kyiv [Ukraine], August 29: Ukraine said on Monday its troops had liberated the southeastern settlement of Robotyne and were trying...

Texas grid operator appeals for conservation as heat wave persists

Texas grid operator appeals for conservation as heat...

Washington [US], August 29: Texas' electric grid operator asked residents and businesses to conserve energy on Sunday as its reserves...

Finally reopening after Covid

Finally reopening after Covid

Pyongyang [North Korea], August 29: North Korea has announced it will allow its citizens living abroad to return home in...

Sharjah to host first Gulf-Iraq Business Forum 26-27 September

Sharjah to host first Gulf-Iraq Business Forum 26-27...

Sharjah [UAE], August 29: The emirate of Sharjah is gearing up to host the first-ever Gulf-Iraq Business Forum on 26th...

Greece battles wildfires, 146 arrests made for arson

Greece battles wildfires, 146 arrests made for arson

Athens [Greece], August 28: Greek firefighters are battling wildfires on Andros island in the Aegean Sea and the Evros region...

1 killed, 6 injured in shooting at Louisville restaurant

1 killed, 6 injured in shooting at Louisville...

Chicago [US], August 28: One was killed and six others injured in a shooting at a restaurant in downtown Louisville...

Myanmar police seize 6.6 kg of heroin in northern state

Myanmar police seize 6.6 kg of heroin in...

Yangon [Myanmar], August 28: Myanmar police have seized 6.6 kg of heroin worth over 160 million kyats (about 76,100 U.S....

Bangladesh, WB sign financing agreement to help rural youths get jobs

Bangladesh, WB sign financing agreement to help rural...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 28: The Bangladeshi government and the World Bank (WB) on Sunday signed a 300 million U.S. dollar...

New Zealand wastewater pipe dig reveals "fossil treasure trove"

New Zealand wastewater pipe dig reveals "fossil treasure...

Wellington [New Zealand], August 28: A new study published on Monday described the 266 fossil species, found in a wastewater...

Wagner mercenaries must swear allegiance to Russia: Putin

Wagner mercenaries must swear allegiance to Russia: Putin

Moscow [Russia], August 28: President Vladimir Putin has called on all employees of Wagner and other Russian private military contractors...

Two dead, dozens injured in explosions at Romanian fuel station

Two dead, dozens injured in explosions at Romanian...

Bucharest [Romania], August 28: At least two persons died and dozens more were injured in two successive explosions at a...

Ukrainian troops advancing south after taking Robotyne, army says

Ukrainian troops advancing south after taking Robotyne, army...

Kiev [Ukraine], August 28: The Ukrainian army says it is continuing to advance after breaking through the Russian defence line...

Austrian police arrest six suspected human smugglers in two incidents

Austrian police arrest six suspected human smugglers in...

Vienna [Austria], August 28: Authorities in Austria arrested six people suspected of human smuggling in two separate incidents over the...

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis protest after Arab sector deaths

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis protest after Arab...

Tel Aviv [Israel], August 28: Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday evening to protest against...

Zimbabwe leader commends 'mature democracy' after dubious re-election

Zimbabwe leader commends 'mature democracy' after dubious re-election

Harare [Zimbabwe], August 28: President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday called Zimbabwe a "mature democracy" after winning a second term in...

9/11 plea deal splits victims' families

9/11 plea deal splits victims' families

Washington [US], August 28: A proposal to allow alleged perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks to plead guilty and avoid the...

Wagner boss' death confirmed by Moscow

Wagner boss' death confirmed by Moscow

Moscow [Russia], August 28: Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was formally confirmed dead on Sunday following genetic analysis, investigators said,...

Hundreds flee as typhoon brushes past Philippines

Hundreds flee as typhoon brushes past Philippines

Manila [Philippines], August 28: More than a thousand people fled their homes as floods unleashed by Super Typhoon Saola swept...

Three US Marines killed in aircraft crash

Three US Marines killed in aircraft crash

Canberra [Australia], August 28: Three US Marines have been killed and several others seriously wounded after an Osprey aircraft crashed...

White Florida shooter who killed three Black victims bought guns legally

White Florida shooter who killed three Black victims...

Florida [US], August 28: The white gunman who shot and killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in...

Tropical Storm Idalia expected to hit Florida as hurricane

Tropical Storm Idalia expected to hit Florida as...

Florida [US], August 28: Tropical Storm Idalia has formed in the Caribbean and could strengthen into a hurricane, bringing high...