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Racism, colonialism 'driving Indigenous self-harm'

Racism, colonialism 'driving Indigenous self-harm'

Sydney [Australia], November 8: A Lancet Commission report released on Thursday reveals there are 14 million episodes of self-harm recorded...

Mexico's migrant caravan breaking up after Trump victory sows uncertainty

Mexico's migrant caravan breaking up after Trump victory...

Mexico City [Mexico], November 8: A caravan of thousands of migrants traveling through Mexico with the hope of reaching the...

Three of five children experience daily domestic violence: WHO

Three of five children experience daily domestic violence:...

Geneva [Switzerland], November 8: Hundreds of millions of children and adolescents around the world face daily violence in their homes,...

S Korea ready to supply weapons to Ukraine

S Korea ready to supply weapons to Ukraine

Seoul [South Korea], November 8: South Korea is not ruling out providing weapons directly to Ukraine, President Yoon Suk-yeol has...

Dozens of suspected Mafiosi detained in major crackdown in southern Italy

Dozens of suspected Mafiosi detained in major crackdown...

Rome [Italy], November 8: Dozens of suspected members of the Mafia have been detained in a major crackdown on organized...

Scholz resists growing pressure for election after coalition split

Scholz resists growing pressure for election after coalition...

Berlin [Germany], November 8: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz continued to resist calls on Thursday for an immediate vote of confidence...

Biden promises peaceful handover of power to Trump on Jan 20

Biden promises peaceful handover of power to Trump...

Washington [US], November 8: Following Donald Trump's election victory, US President Joe Biden has promised a peaceful handover of power...

Qatar condemns in strongest terms targeting of UN Interim Force in Lebanon

Qatar condemns in strongest terms targeting of UN...

Doha [Qatar], November 8: The State of Qatar condemned, in the strongest terms, the attack on the United Nations Interim...

California wildfire forces thousands to evacuate

California wildfire forces thousands to evacuate

California [US], November 8: Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate a part of California that has been savaged...

Cuba slowly restores power after Hurricane Rafael

Cuba slowly restores power after Hurricane Rafael

Artemisa [Cuba], November 8: Cuban authorities said they had begun restoring power to the eastern half of the island on...

2 dead, 12 missing after fishing boat sinks off Korea's Jeju Island

2 dead, 12 missing after fishing boat sinks...

Jeju [South Kore], November 8: Two people died and 12 others remained missing after a fishing boat sank off Korea's...

UAE sends two humanitarian aid convoys to Gaza for displaced Palestinian families

UAE sends two humanitarian aid convoys to Gaza...

Gaza [Palestine], November 8: Two convoys carrying various Emirati humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip this week via the Egyptian...

Nigeria's national flag to fly at half-mast following army chief's death

Nigeria's national flag to fly at half-mast following...

Abuja [Nigeria], November 7: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast for...

Aid group resumes activities at famine-hit camp in W. Sudan

Aid group resumes activities at famine-hit camp in...

Port Sudan [Sudan], November 7: The non-governmental medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced on Wednesday that it has...

Iranian, Finnish FMs discuss developments in West Asia

Iranian, Finnish FMs discuss developments in West Asia

Tehran [Iran], November 7: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Finnish counterpart Elina Valtonen on Wednesday exchanged views...

Albania fights bird flu with poultry import ban

Albania fights bird flu with poultry import ban

Tirana [Albania], November 7: Albania's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Wednesday took measures to prevent the spread of...

Trump's victory increases risks for global economy: governor of French central bank

Trump's victory increases risks for global economy: governor...

Paris [France], November 7: Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election "increases the risks for the global economy,"...

89 still missing after devastating floods in Spain

89 still missing after devastating floods in Spain

Madrid [Spain], November 7: The number of people who have died in the flash floods that devastated parts of eastern...

2024 poised to be hottest year on record: Copernicus

2024 poised to be hottest year on record:...

Brussels [Belgium], November 7: The year 2024 is on track to become the hottest on record, with annual global temperature...

New Zealand sees 1 in 16 households crowded

New Zealand sees 1 in 16 households crowded

Wellington [New Zealand], November 7: New Zealand sees more than 100,000 crowded households as household crowding has continued to increase...

Israeli opposition calls for protests

Israeli opposition calls for protests

Tel Aviv [Israel], November 7: Leading Israeli opposition lawmakers called for protests after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Defence Minister...

Egypt joins Turkey call for Israel arms embargo

Egypt joins Turkey call for Israel arms embargo

Cairo [Egypt], November 7: Egypt has joined a call led by Turkey and backed by dozens of countries, urging the...

Zelensky, Netanyahu lead global congratulations for Trump

Zelensky, Netanyahu lead global congratulations for Trump

Washington [US], November 7: Congratulations for Donald Trump poured in from leaders around the world on Wednesday as the former...

Head of UNRWA calls on UN General Assembly for support

Head of UNRWA calls on UN General Assembly...

Gaza [Palestine], November 7: Following the Israeli parliament's decision to ban the main UN agency helping Palestinians in the Middle...

German chancellor sacks finance minister, calls confidence vote on January 15

German chancellor sacks finance minister, calls confidence vote...

Berlin [Germany], November 7: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday he had sacked his Finance Minister Christian Lindner, adding...

Dems blame Biden for Harris' loss

Dems blame Biden for Harris' loss

Washington [US], November 7: Anger and soul-searching took hold of the Democratic Party early on Wednesday morning, after Vice President...

Five killed after jet crashes into vehicle in Phoenix

Five killed after jet crashes into vehicle in...

Phoenix [US], November 7: Five people have been killed after a small jet has crashed into a vehicle after taking...