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NZ backs Pacific Policing, commits to climate finance

NZ backs Pacific Policing, commits to climate finance

Wellington [New Zealand], August 31: New Zealand has decided to tip both for the Pacific Policing Initiative and the Pacific...

South Koreans' overseas card spending hits US$5.18 bln in Q2

South Koreans' overseas card spending hits US$5.18 bln...

Seoul [South Korea], August 31: South Koreans' overseas card spending remained unchanged in the second quarter from three months earlier...

Mpox vaccines to arrive in DR Congo in next few days, WHO says

Mpox vaccines to arrive in DR Congo in...

Geneva [Switzerland], August 31: The World Health Organisation chief said on Friday that mpox vaccines were set to arrive in...

Security Council condemns terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso

Security Council condemns terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso

New York [US], August 31: The United Nations Security Council has condemned the terrorist attack in Burkina Faso.

Shakhboot bin Nahyan attends 50th session of OIC Council of Foreign Ministers

Shakhboot bin Nahyan attends 50th session of OIC...

Yaounde [Cameroon], August 31: Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, led the UAE delegation participating in...

Ukrainian army confirms F16 crash

Ukrainian army confirms F16 crash

Kyiv [Ukraine], August 30: The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Thursday confirmed that an F16 fighter jet...

Japan's jobless rate climbs to 2.7 pct in July

Japan's jobless rate climbs to 2.7 pct in...

Tokyo [Japan], August 30: Unemployment rate in Japan increased in July from a month earlier, the government said in a...

Above average temperatures forecast for spring in Australia

Above average temperatures forecast for spring in Australia

Sydney [Australia], August 30: Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has forecast above average spring temperatures across the country following an...

Week of flooding kills over 50 in Bangladesh

Week of flooding kills over 50 in Bangladesh

Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 30: More than 50 people have been killed due to extensive flooding that lasted for more than...

Russia not ready to end war with Ukraine, says Poland's foreign minister

Russia not ready to end war with Ukraine,...

Warsaw [Poland], August 30: Russia is not ready for peace talks with Ukraine because it continues to demand that Ukraine...

US security adviser sees chance for Biden to meet Xi this year

US security adviser sees chance for Biden to...

Washington [US], August 30: US President Joe Biden could meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping again - possibly at an...

Almost 70 Palestinians killed as Gaza fighting continues

Almost 70 Palestinians killed as Gaza fighting continues

Tel Aviv [Israel], August 30: Dozens of people have been killed in ongoing fighting in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials...

Ukraine attacks deep inside Russian territory

Ukraine attacks deep inside Russian territory

Kyiv [Ukraine], August 30: The General Staff of the Ukrainian army confirmed on August 29 that its forces attacked an...

West Bank shaken by violence

West Bank shaken by violence

Tel Aviv [Israel], August 30: In parallel with the military campaign in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army is carrying...

Mr. Trump pledges free artificial insemination services for all people

Mr. Trump pledges free artificial insemination services for...

Washington [US], August 30: After a long history of avoiding issues related to abortion and reproductive rights, former President Donald...

US 'funds' more than 1,000 Chinese patents, including sensitive fields?

US 'funds' more than 1,000 Chinese patents, including...

Washington [US], August 30: Since 2010, the US Department of Defense, NASA and other government agencies have funded research that...

Ms. Harris promises to appoint Republicans to the cabinet if elected

Ms. Harris promises to appoint Republicans to the...

Washington [US], August 30: The pledge came as US Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first interview since running for...

New Zealand's Māori King Tuhetia dies

New Zealand's Māori King Tuhetia dies

Wellington [New Zealand], August 30: The Māori king in New Zealand - Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII - has...

Man charged with murder after two people found dead

Man charged with murder after two people found...

Brisbane [Australia], August 30: A man has been charged with murder after two people were found dead north of Brisbane.

Harris widens lead over Trump

Harris widens lead over Trump

Washington [US], August 30: Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 45% to 41% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on...

Smokers under 30 need photo IDs to buy tobacco products

Smokers under 30 need photo IDs to buy...

Washington [US], August 30: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has mandated more people show photo identification when buying tobacco...

Fighting rages in Gaza as Palestinians hope for a pause for polio vaccinations

Fighting rages in Gaza as Palestinians hope for...

Tel Aviv [Israel], August 30: Palestinians in Gaza were waiting on Thursday to see if there would be a pause...

Millions of evacuation orders issued across Japan

Millions of evacuation orders issued across Japan

Tokyo [Japan], August 30: Japan has issued its highest level alert to more than five million people after the country...

Paris 2024 set for record Paralympic coverage

Paris 2024 set for record Paralympic coverage

Paris [France], August 30: Paris 2024 will be the first Paralympics in history where the world's eight billion people have...

WHO announces upcoming polio vaccination campaign in Gaza

WHO announces upcoming polio vaccination campaign in Gaza

New York [US], August 30: Rik Peeperkorn, the World Health Organisation (WHO) representative for the occupied Palestinian territories, has announced...

Several killed as Israel launches major West Bank raid

Several killed as Israel launches major West Bank...

Washington [US], August 29: At least ten Palestinians have been killed after Israel launched a large-scale ground and air attack...

Strike on Gaza school kills eight

Strike on Gaza school kills eight

Tel Aviv [Israel], August 29: Israeli forces attacked a school sheltering displaced people in eastern Deir el-Balah in Gaza, killing...