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Russia attacks Ukraine geriatric centre and power grid
Moscow [Russia], September 20: Russian forces hit a geriatric centre in the Ukrainian city of Sumy and targeted its energy...
Harris and Trump neck-and-neck in national polls
Washington [US], September 20: Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump remain deadlocked less than seven weeks before...
Biden expects Fed to continue cutting interest rates
Washington [US], September 20: U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects the Federal Reserve to continue cutting interest...
Ukraine weakens Russian forces in East: Zelenskiy
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 20: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had reduced the potential of Russian troops...
Firefighters quell most of Portugal's worst wildfires, fight...
Lisbon [Portugal], September 20: Firefighters tackling deadly wildfires in central and northern Portugal had doused the flames in the Aveiro...
France nears new government as Barnier proposes cabinet...
Paris [France], September 20: France edged closer to having a new government, more than two months after a hung election.
Hunter Biden to be sentenced on Dec. 4
Washington [US], September 20: Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, will be sentenced on Dec. 4.
Portugal to combat school bullying
Lisbon [Portugal], September 19: The Portuguese government has formed a working group to address and prevent bullying in schools,...
Putin extends Western food import ban by 2...
Moscow [Russia], September 19: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree extending an embargo on agricultural products from...
Russian town evacuated after Ukrainian attack on munitions...
Moscow [Russia], September 19: The small Russian town of Toropets, some 400 kilometres north-west of Moscow, has been partially...
Seventh foreigner arrested in Venezuela for alleged plot...
Havana [Cuba], September 19: A seventh foreign national has been arrested in Venezuela on charges of conspiracy over what Caracas...
UN General Assembly calls for Israeli withdrawal from...
New York [US], September 19: With a clear majority of 124 votes on Wednesday, the UN General Assembly has called...
Half a million Mpox vaccine doses for Africa...
Geneva [Switzerland], September 19: The global vaccine group Gavi has ordered 500,000 Mpox vaccine doses from the German-Danish company Bavarian...
At least 14 dead, 450 injured as Lebanon...
Beirut [Lebanon], September 19: At least 14 people were killed and 450 others injured in the second wave of explosions...
UAE President to begin official visit to US...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 19: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will start an official visit...
Egypt stresses urgency of ending war, ensuring aid...
Cairo [Egypt], September 19: The Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Badr Abdelatty, has stressed the urgent need for an...
UN appeals for maximum restraint to avert further...
New York [US], September 19: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an end to the escalation in violence...
Chinese electric cars in the midst of a...
Beijing [China], September 19: China's electric vehicles (EVs) are looking to increase their competitiveness in the global market amid tariffs...
Vietnam's gas demand expected to triple by 2030
Hanoi [Vietnam], September 19: According to a recent study by Wood Mackenzie - a global provider of data, analysis and...
US interest rate cut: Ms. Harris optimistic, Mr....
Washington [US], September 19: The US Federal Reserve (Fed) cut interest rates for the first time in more than four...
Family 'devastated' as accused killer pleads not guilty
Washington [US], September 19: The supporters of a young woman allegedly killed by her former partner say they are "devastated"...
Hezbollah devices explode again in Lebanon, raising fears...
Beirut [Lebanon], September 19: Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated across Lebanon's south in the country's deadliest day...
'Miserable' GDP result as New Zealand shrinks again
Wellington [New Zealand], September 19: New Zealand's economy has again gone backwards, with new GDP data confirming the depths of...
Iran sent stolen Trump info to Biden campaign,...
Washington [US], September 19: Iranian hackers sought to interest US President Joe Biden's campaign in information stolen from rival Donald...
Shots fired outside Norway school, suspects apprehended
Oslo [Norway], September 19: Several shots were fired outside a school in Oslo and three suspects have since been...
Beset by wildfires, Portugal gets help from Spain,...
Lisbon [Portugal], September 19: A wave of deadly wildfires in Portugal has pushed emergency services to the limit and much-needed...
Central Europe flood deaths rise
Washington [US], September 19: Volunteers and emergency personnel raced to secure river banks and buildings in Poland and Hungary as...