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5 people wounded in U.S. Seattle shooting

5 people wounded in U.S. Seattle shooting

Washington [US], July 30: Five people were wounded in a late Friday shooting in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood, in the...

Plane crash in Canadian Rocky Mountains kills 6

Plane crash in Canadian Rocky Mountains kills 6

Ottawa [Canada], July 30: A small plane crashed in the Rocky Mountains west of Calgary, Canada on Friday night, killing...

Fourth firefighter dies battling record wildfires this year in Canada

Fourth firefighter dies battling record wildfires this year...

Ottawa [Canada], July 30: A firefighter battling the wildfire in British Columbia, Canada, has been confirmed dead, the fourth such...

Bangladesh police clash with opposition protestors demanding PM's resignation for fair polls

Bangladesh police clash with opposition protestors demanding PM's...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 30: Police in Bangladesh capital Dhaka Saturday fought with opposition protestors with teargas and rubber bullets.

Myanmar's border trade surges 37.83 pct year-on-year in Q1 of 2023-24 FY

Myanmar's border trade surges 37.83 pct year-on-year in...

Yangon [Myanmar], July 30: Myanmar's border trade surged 37.83 percent year-on-year to over 2.75 billion U.S. dollars during the first...

Blinken defends prosecution of Assange

Blinken defends prosecution of Assange

Washington [US], July 30: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday defended his country's ongoing efforts to prosecute Wikileaks...

Zelensky visits Bakhmut front line; more fighting seen in south

Zelensky visits Bakhmut front line; more fighting seen...

Kyiv [Ukraine], July 30: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he has visited the front line near Bakhmut in the east...

Hezbollah leader calls for punishment for those who burn the Koran

Hezbollah leader calls for punishment for those who...

Beirut [Lebanon], July 30: The leader of Hezbollah's armed forces in Lebanon called on Muslims to punish those who blaspheme...

President Putin: Russia does not want but is always ready for any conflict

President Putin: Russia does not want but is...

Moscow [Russia], July 30: President Vladimir Putin stressed that Russia does not want to cause a conflict, but if it...

Singapore Prime Minister's brother challenged after being threatened with lawsuits

Singapore Prime Minister's brother challenged after being threatened...

Singapore, July 30: Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, younger brother of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said that the two...

Colombian President Petro's son arrested

Colombian President Petro's son arrested

New York [US], July 30: Nicolas Petro, son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, has been arrested as part of an...

Saudi Arabia summons Danish envoy over Quran desecration

Saudi Arabia summons Danish envoy over Quran desecration

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 29: The Saudi Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that it summoned the Danish charge d'affaires over...

Yemen welcomes new Saudi aid for Safer tanker salvage operations

Yemen welcomes new Saudi aid for Safer tanker...

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 29: The Yemeni government has expressed gratitude to Saudi Arabia for its additional 8-million-U.S. dollar assistance...

Lower energy and food prices drive inflation down in France

Lower energy and food prices drive inflation down...

Paris [France], July 29: The year-on-year consumer price index (CPI) in France was 4.3 percent in July, thus continuing a...

German economy stagnates after short recession

German economy stagnates after short recession

Berlin [Germany], July 29: After two quarters of economic contraction, Germany's gross domestic product stagnated in the second quarter of...

WHO urges action to eliminate viral hepatitis

WHO urges action to eliminate viral hepatitis

Copenhagen [Denmark], July 29: The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe highlighted the urgent need on Friday to...

France's GDP up by 0.5 pct in Q2: INSEE

France's GDP up by 0.5 pct in Q2:...

Paris [France], July 29: France's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.5 percent in volume terms in the second quarter...

Wildfires, extreme weather grip Italy

Wildfires, extreme weather grip Italy

Rome [Italy], July 29: Wildfires raging in Southern Italy began to spread North on Friday as the country remained in...

Ireland's GDP up by 3 pct in Q2: CSO

Ireland's GDP up by 3 pct in Q2:...

Dublin [Ireland], July 29: The gross domestic product (GDP) of Ireland increased by nearly 3 percent in the second quarter...

Canada's wildfires release 1 blntonnes of CO2 equivalent, global collaboration urgently needed

Canada's wildfires release 1 blntonnes of CO2 equivalent,...

Beijing [China], July 29: As record-breaking wildfires in Canada are devouring lands, threatening human health, and shrinking wildlife habitats,...

U.S. stocks close higher after encouraging inflation data

U.S. stocks close higher after encouraging inflation data

New York [US], July 29: U.S. stocks ended higher on Friday after fresh inflation data closely watched by the Federal...

Number of active U.S. drilling rigs down this week

Number of active U.S. drilling rigs down this...

Houston [US], July 29: The number of active drilling rigs in the United States dropped to 664 this week, down...

U.S. agencies lack coordination regarding drug cartels, says Mexican president

U.S. agencies lack coordination regarding drug cartels, says...

Mexico City [Mexico], July 29: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday criticized U.S. agencies for lacking coordination regarding...

California's beverage container recycling program loopholed by fraudsters

California's beverage container recycling program loopholed by fraudsters

Sacramento [US], July 29: California's beverage container recycling program has been constantly taken advantage of by scammers who have...

4 military personnel missing after Australian helicopter crashes

4 military personnel missing after Australian helicopter crashes

Sydney [Australia], July 29: Four military personnel are missing after an Australian military helicopter crashed into the waters near Lindeman...

Japan's average life expectancy falls for 2nd straight year

Japan's average life expectancy falls for 2nd straight...

Tokyo [Japan], July 29: The average life expectancy fell for both Japanese men and women for the second consecutive year...

Cambodia's old-term political officials to be reappointed: PM

Cambodia's old-term political officials to be reappointed: PM

Phnom Pehn [Cambodia], July 29: Cambodian Prime Minister SamdechTecho Hun Sen said on Saturday that all political officials in the...