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Black smoke after first conclave vote

Black smoke after first conclave vote

Washington DC [US], May 8: Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signalling an...

Wildfire destroys 12,500 acres of land on England's Dartmoor

Wildfire destroys 12,500 acres of land on England's...

London [UK], May 7: A wildfire has destroyed about 12,500 acres (50.6 square kilometres) of moorland on Dartmoor in south-west...

Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia returns home after medical treatment

Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia returns home after medical...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 7: Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia returned to Dhaka on Tuesday after undergoing medical treatment in...

Global AI spending to increase by 60% to $360bn in 2025

Global AI spending to increase by 60% to...

New York [US], May 7: Global artificial intelligence (AI) spending is projected to rise significantly in the coming years, with...

Dollar dips, gold soars in Trump 2.0's first 100 days

Dollar dips, gold soars in Trump 2.0's first...

New York [US], May 7: The first 100 days of US President Donald Trump's second term has seen the US...

Carney tells Trump Canada will 'never' be for sale

Carney tells Trump Canada will 'never' be for...

Washington [US], May 7: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney humorously but unequivocally rejected any territorial ambitions on the part of...

No sense in Gaza talks amid Israel's 'hunger war': Hamas

No sense in Gaza talks amid Israel's 'hunger...

Gaza [Palestine], May 7: Hamas will no longer engage in ceasefire negotiations with Israel, seeing no point in doing so...

Germany's Merz elected chancellor on second try after historic defeat

Germany's Merz elected chancellor on second try after...

Berlin [Germany], May 7: German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected by lawmakers as the country's new chancellor on Tuesday,...

U.S., Canadian leaders disagree on "51st state" and trade issues

U.S., Canadian leaders disagree on "51st state" and...

Ottawa [Canada], May 7: U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met in the White House on...

2nd Amazon boycott happens May 6 to 12

2nd Amazon boycott happens May 6 to 12

New York [US], May 7: A second boycott against Amazon and its affiliated businesses will be held from May 6...

Magnitude 4.7 earthquake strikes western Indonesia

Magnitude 4.7 earthquake strikes western Indonesia

Jakarta [Indonesia], May 7: A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck west of Tobelo, Indonesia, on Tuesday, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency...

48 Palestinians martyred in Gaza in past 24 hours

48 Palestinians martyred in Gaza in past 24...

Gaza [Palestine], May 7: A total of 48 Palestinians were martyred and 142 injured in Israeli airstrikes across various areas...

Saudi Crown Prince, Iraqi Prime Minister discuss enhancing bilateral relations

Saudi Crown Prince, Iraqi Prime Minister discuss enhancing...

Riyadh [Saudi], May 7: His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister...

Drone strikes on Port Sudan puts aid deliveries at risk

Drone strikes on Port Sudan puts aid deliveries...

Khartoum [Sudan], May 7: Explosions and fires rocked Sudan's wartime capital, Port Sudan, on Tuesday, a witness said, part of...

Cardinals enter seclusion ahead of secret conclave to elect new pope

Cardinals enter seclusion ahead of secret conclave to...

Washington DC [US], May 7: Cardinals who will take part in the secret conclave to elect a new Catholic pope...

Israel hits Yemen's main airport in airstrike

Israel hits Yemen's main airport in airstrike

Jerusalem [Israel], May 7: The Israeli military carried out an airstrike on Yemen's main airport in Sanaa on Tuesday, its...

Russia and Ukraine exchange 205 prisoners of war each

Russia and Ukraine exchange 205 prisoners of war...

Moscow [Russia], May 7: Russia and Ukraine swapped 205 prisoners of war each in an exchange mediated by the United...

Almost half of Gazans willing to leave

Almost half of Gazans willing to leave

Gaza Strip [Palestine], May 7: Almost half of Gazans may be willing to apply to Israel to help them leave...

All 133 cardinals to elect new pope gather, Vatican cuts off phone signal

All 133 cardinals to elect new pope gather,...

Rome [Italy], May 6: In a statement on May 5, the Vatican confirmed that the cardinals eligible to elect the...

Faced with backlash over photo of Pope in uniform, Trump speaks out

Faced with backlash over photo of Pope in...

Washington [US], May 6: Reuters on May 6 quoted US President Donald Trump trying to calm the backlash against the...

Israel bombs Yemen's Hodeidah port after attack near Tel Aviv

Israel bombs Yemen's Hodeidah port after attack near...

Tel Aviv [Israel], May 6: The Israeli military said it carried out air strikes on targets at Yemen's Hodeidah port,...

Romanian PM Ciolacu pulls party out of government after nationalist vote win

Romanian PM Ciolacu pulls party out of government...

Bucharest [Romania], May 6: Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has resigned and his Social Democrat party is to leave the...

Hamas rejects Israel's 'conquest' threats

Hamas rejects Israel's 'conquest' threats

Gaza [Palestine], May 6: Israeli attacks on Gaza killed at least 51 people since dawn on Monday, medical sources said,...

Thirteen found dead in Peru after kidnapping

Thirteen found dead in Peru after kidnapping

Mexico City, May 6: Thirteen people who were kidnapped in northern Peru on April 26 have been found dead days...

Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz prison, a museum since 1970s

Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz prison, a museum...

Washington [US], May 6: US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he has given instructions to the relevant authorities to...

Czech Republic to continue training Ukrainian pilots: PM

Czech Republic to continue training Ukrainian pilots: PM

Prague [Czech Republic], May 6: The Czech Republic will continue training Ukrainian pilots and supplying ammunition and heavy equipment to...

Protests disrupt Liberation Day ceremony with Dutch, Polish PMs present

Protests disrupt Liberation Day ceremony with Dutch, Polish...

The Hague [Netherlands], May 6: A smoke bomb was set off amid protests on Monday during a May 5 Liberation...