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Waymo begins offering robotaxi rides on freeways in some U.S. cities

Waymo begins offering robotaxi rides on freeways in...

San Francisco [US], November 13: U.S. autonomous driving company Waymo said Wednesday it is offering robotaxi rides on freeways in...

Canada imposes new sanctions against Russia

Canada imposes new sanctions against Russia

Moscow [Russia], November 13: Canada on Wednesday imposed a new round of sanctions against Russia, targeting individuals and entities linked...

Tehran taps run dry as water crisis deepens across Iran

Tehran taps run dry as water crisis deepens...

Tehran [Iran], November 13: Iran is grappling with its worst water crisis in decades, with officials warning that Tehran -...

Fewer new tuberculosis infections, but WHO warns of lack of funds

Fewer new tuberculosis infections, but WHO warns of...

Geneva [Switzerland], November 13: The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported progress in the fight against tuberculosis, with the...

Major corruption scandal engulfs top Zelensky allies

Major corruption scandal engulfs top Zelensky allies

Kiev [Ukraine], November 13: Ukraine's energy and justice ministers have resigned in the wake of a major investigation into corruption...

51 bodies recovered

51 bodies recovered

Gaza City [Gaza], November 13: Gaza's civil defence said its crews had so far recovered 51 bodies from a mass...

16,000 still awaiting medical evacuation: WHO

16,000 still awaiting medical evacuation: WHO

Washington DC [US], November 13: The World Health Organization (WHO) says more than 16,500 people, including nearly 4,000 children, are...

G7 seeks UN mandate to enforce Gaza peace plan

G7 seeks UN mandate to enforce Gaza peace...

Gaza City [Gaza], November 13: The Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialized democracies is pushing for a UN Security Council...

42 presumed dead after shipwreck near Libya: UN

42 presumed dead after shipwreck near Libya: UN

Tripoli [Libya], November 13: Forty-two migrants, including 29 from Sudan, eight from Somalia, three from Cameroon and two from Nigeria,...

Military aircraft crash killed all 20 on board: Turkiye

Military aircraft crash killed all 20 on board:...

Istanbul [Turkey], November 13: All 20 crew members on board a Turkish military aircraft were killed when it crashed in...

BBC 'defrauded the public' with editing of speech: Trump

BBC 'defrauded the public' with editing of speech:...

London [UK], November 13: US President Donald Trump said the BBC "defrauded the public" and that he had an "obligation"...

Irish media regulator opens investigation into Musk's X

Irish media regulator opens investigation into Musk's X

Dublin [Ireland], November 13: Ireland's media regulator began an investigation into social media platform X on Wednesday over concerns it...

US shutdown: House considers bill to restart services, pay workers

US shutdown: House considers bill to restart services,...

Washington DC [US], November 13: The House of Representatives will try to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history...

Libya, Oman discuss strengthening energy, investment cooperation

Libya, Oman discuss strengthening energy, investment cooperation

Tripoli [Libya], November 12: Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, prime minister of Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Unity (GNU), met here with...

World Bank, Tunisia sign 430-mln-USD energy transition deal

World Bank, Tunisia sign 430-mln-USD energy transition deal

Tunis [Tunisia], November 12: The World Bank said Tuesday that it has signed a 430-million-U.S. dollar financing agreement with Tunisia...

African nations pledge to boost local manufacturing of medical products

African nations pledge to boost local manufacturing of...

Mombasa [Kenya], November 12: African nations on Tuesday agreed to strengthen collaboration in medical product research, development, and regulation to...

South Africa starts clinical trial for first locally manufactured oral cholera vaccine

South Africa starts clinical trial for first locally...

Johannesburg, November 12: South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Tuesday launched the country's first clinical trial for an oral...

Syria joins US-led coalition against Islamic State

Syria joins US-led coalition against Islamic State

Damascus [Syria], November 12: Syria has joined the US-led coalition against the extremist militia organization Islamic State.

US extends easing of sanctions on Syria as Al Sharaa meets Trump

US extends easing of sanctions on Syria as...

Washington DC [US], November 12: Syria's interim President Ahmed Al Sharaa, a former Islamist rebel commander, met US President Donald...

Prosecutors seek over 2,300-year prison term for Istanbul mayor

Prosecutors seek over 2,300-year prison term for Istanbul...

Istanbul [Turkey], November 12: Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a prison sentence of up to 2,352 years for Istanbul Mayor...

Tanzania frees opposition leaders

Tanzania frees opposition leaders

Dodoma [Tanzania], November 12: Police in Tanzania have released several senior opposition leaders detained following the deadly protests that followed...

Gaza struggles to identify bodies returned under truce

Gaza struggles to identify bodies returned under truce

Gaza City [Gaza], November 12: As the remains of Palestinians killed in Israeli bombardments or those who died in Israeli...

Iraqis hold little hope for change as polls close

Iraqis hold little hope for change as polls...

Baghdad [Iraq], November 12: Polls have closed in Iraq for parliamentary elections marked by apathy and scepticism despite close geopolitical...

UN reports slower Gaza vaccination campaign

UN reports slower Gaza vaccination campaign

Gaza City [Gaza], November 12: A major campaign to vaccinate children in Gaza against preventable diseases such as polio and...

New Irish president vows 'all voices' will be heard

New Irish president vows 'all voices' will be...

London [UK], November 12: The new president of Ireland, Catherine Connolly, said on Tuesday she will ensure "all voices are...

Former Finnish president says Europeans should talk to Putin

Former Finnish president says Europeans should talk to...

Kiev [Ukraine], November 12: Finland's former president, a politician who led his country into NATO, said the Europeans should follow...

Polish president joins right-wing march

Polish president joins right-wing march

Warsaw [Poland], November 12: Polish President Karol Nawrocki joined a traditional march of right-wing forces in Warsaw on Independence Day...