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Carney ahead in polls as Canada enters last week of election campaign

Carney ahead in polls as Canada enters last...

Ottawa [Canada], April 22: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, ahead in polls in the run-up to an April 28 election,...

US finalizes tariffs on Southeast Asian solar imports

US finalizes tariffs on Southeast Asian solar imports

Washington DC [US], April 22: U.S. trade officials finalized steep tariff levels on most solar cells from Southeast Asia, a...

Catholics around the world mourn 'humble' Pope Francis

Catholics around the world mourn 'humble' Pope Francis

Washington DC [US], April 22: Members of the 1.4 billion-member global Catholic community expressed grief on Monday at the death...

Japan's Nomura to buy Macquarie's US, European asset management units for $1.8 bln

Japan's Nomura to buy Macquarie's US, European asset...

Tokyo [Japan], April 22: Japanese investment bank Nomura will acquire Macquarie Group'spublic asset management operations in the United States and...

"Sinners" tops N. American box office on opening weekend

"Sinners" tops N. American box office on opening...

Los Angeles [US], April 21: Warner Bros. Pictures' horror film "Sinners" took the top spot at the North American box...

African Space Agency's headquarters inaugurated in Egypt's Cairo

African Space Agency's headquarters inaugurated in Egypt's Cairo

Cairo [Egypt], April 21: Egypt inaugurated on Sunday the headquarters of the African Space Agency (AfSA) in the Egyptian Space...

Easter truce declared by Russia expires without extension

Easter truce declared by Russia expires without extension

Moscow [Russia], April 21: Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued no orders to extend the Easter truce which has expired...

US VP Vance discusses thorny issue of migration with Vatican

US VP Vance discusses thorny issue of migration...

Vatican, April 21: US Vice President JD Vance has met with the Vatican's top diplomats, discussing the politically fraught issue...

IAEA head Rafael Grossi confident after second round of US-Iran nuclear talks

IAEA head Rafael Grossi confident after second round...

Rome [Italy], April 21: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi has expressed optimism on talks between the United...

Safe return to Earth for US and Russian astronauts

Safe return to Earth for US and Russian...

Moscow [Russia], April 21: After seven months on the International Space Station (ISS), a US citizen and two Russians have...

Macron to make state visit to UK before Trump

Macron to make state visit to UK before...

London [UK], April 21: Emmanuel Macron will be granted a state visit before Donald Trump's expected trip in September as...

Kiev, Moscow trade allegations of Easter ceasefire violations

Kiev, Moscow trade allegations of Easter ceasefire violations

Kyiv [Ukraine]/Moscow [Russia], April 21: Moscow and Kiev traded allegations of Easter ceasefire breaches on Sunday with both sides reporting...

Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank mark sorrowful Easter amid Israeli attacks

Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank mark sorrowful Easter...

Gaza [Gaza City], April 21: Palestinian Christians in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem have marked a second sombre...

Two killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon

Two killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon

Beirut [Lebanon], April 21: Two people were killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday, authorities said.

Ukraine seeks apology from Fox News

Ukraine seeks apology from Fox News

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 21: Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has sharply criticized US broadcaster Fox News after the network mistakenly identified Kiev...

German police continue search for gunman

German police continue search for gunman

Frankfurt [Germany], April 21: Police were continuing their search on Sunday for the gunman who shot and killed two men...

Pope grants brief Easter Sunday audience to US Vice President Vance

Pope grants brief Easter Sunday audience to US...

Rome [Italy], April 21: Pope Francis granted a brief audience to US Vice President JD Vance on Easter Sunday morning,...

Boy dies after being trapped between rocks off NSW beach

Boy dies after being trapped between rocks off...

Washington DC [US], April 21: A nine-year-old boy has died after being caught between rocks on the NSW Mid North...

Russia, Ukraine swap 492 prisoners of war

Russia, Ukraine swap 492 prisoners of war

Moscow [Russia], April 20: Russia and Ukraine on Saturday exchanged 492 prisoners, said the Russian Defense Ministry.

Roundup: Belgian cyclist begins solar-powered journey from Brussels to Shanghai

Roundup: Belgian cyclist begins solar-powered journey from Brussels...

Brussels [Belgium], April 20: Belgian cyclist Claude Brouir, now in his sixties, officially set off on his cross-continental journey titled...

Switzerland, north Italy returning to normal after severe weather

Switzerland, north Italy returning to normal after severe...

Rome [Italy], April 20: Travel conditions largely returned to normal in Switzerland after heavy snowfalls cut key routes, and conditions...

British couple among four dead after cable car crash in south Italy

British couple among four dead after cable car...

London [UK], April 20: The two Britons who died in a cable crash near Naples were a couple.

Man who admitted UK police pursuit crash charge drove to work on bail

Man who admitted UK police pursuit crash charge...

London [UK], April 20: A personal trainer who was taking a woman out on a first date has admitted dangerous...

Cat on loose causes stir at White House

Cat on loose causes stir at White House

Washington DC [US], April 20: A cat found its way onto the heavily secured north lawn of the White House...

US Supreme Court blocks deportation of Venezuelans

US Supreme Court blocks deportation of Venezuelans

Washington DC [US], April 20: The US Supreme Court temporarily blocked the deportation of dozens of Venezuelans in an order...

Italian PM Meloni interpreter issues public apology for White House slip-up

Italian PM Meloni interpreter issues public apology for...

Rome [Italy], April 20: An interpreter working for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has made a public apology after...

Palestinian govt denounces threat to Al-Aqsa Mosque

Palestinian govt denounces threat to Al-Aqsa Mosque

Jerusalem [Palestine], April 20: The Palestinian government has expressed "extreme concern" over threats circulating among Israeli settler organisations to destroy...