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Malaysia state assemblies dissolved ahead of key local...
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 29:Several Malaysian state assemblies were dissolved on Wednesday ahead of key local elections that will determine...
Australian births hit record high in 2021
Canberra [Australia], June 29: A record number of babies were born in Australia in 2021, government data has revealed.
Israel, Palestine hold talks on West Bank violence
Jerusalem [Israel], June 29:In a recent development, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant engaged in discussions with a senior Palestinian official...
Japan checks to release Fukushima water
Tokyo [Japan], June 29: Japanese regulators have begun final inspections on a newly completed system for the controversial release of...
Fatal police shooting of teen unforgivable, says Macron
Paris [France], June 29: French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old boy in the...
Death toll from rocket attack on Ukraine's Kramatorsk...
Moscow [Russia], June 29: The death toll from the Russian missile attack on a cafe in the eastern Ukrainian city...
Sweden's NATO hopes fade as Erdogan slams demos
Istanbul [Turkey], June 29: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed in a phone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on...
Switzerland refuses to transfer tanks to Ukraine
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29: Switzerland again refused to transfer arms to Ukraine on Wednesday, this time rejecting the export of...
Biden says 'Bidenomics' will restore the American dream
Chicago [US], June 29: President Joe Biden vowed Wednesday to restore the American dream in a speech promoting his "Bidenomics"...
Taiwan says it spots two Russian warships off...
Taipei [Taiwan], June 29: Taiwan spotted two Russian warships off its eastern coast on Tuesday and sent its own aircraft...
Protesters burn Koran at Stockholm mosque
Stockholm [Sweden], June 29: A man tore up and burned a Koran outside Stockholm's central mosque.
Wagner mutineers included Russian convicts
Moscow [Russia], June 29:The Wagner Group mercenaries who seized the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don in a failed mutiny included at...
Presumed human remains returned to shore
Ottawa [Canada], June 29:Debris from the tourist submersible destroyed in an implosion that killed the five people aboard.
UAE President exchanges Eid Al Adha greetings with...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 29: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today exchanged Eid Al Adha...
Hamdan bin Mohammed performs Eid Al Adha prayer...
Dubai [UAE], June 29: H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman...
Israel launches digital data tool to prevent soil...
Jerusalem [Israel], June 28: The Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Tuesday launched a new digital tool that...
Türkiye to tackle water shortage in Bursa by...
Istanbul [Turkey], June 28: Türkiye is trying to solve the critical water shortage in the northwestern province of Bursa with...
Hainan Airlines resumes Dublin-Beijing nonstop flight route
Dublin [Ireland], June 28: A nonstop flight route between Dublin and Beijing was reopened here on Tuesday, after being suspended...
Ukraine expects to export 43 mln tons of...
Kiev [Ukraine], June 28:Ukraine has the potential to export 43 million tons of grain and oilseeds from this year's crop,...
Oil prices drop amid hawkish comments from ECB...
New York [US], June 28: Crude oil futures prices suffered substantial losses on Tuesday as hawkish comments from European Central...
Gold falls on further rate hike expectations
Chicago [US], June 28: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Tuesday on...
Thailand receives 12.46 mln foreign tourists in January-June
Bangkok [Thailand], June 28:Thailand received over 12.46 million foreign tourists between January and mid-June, on course to meet the country's...
Malaysian PM visits Laos to boost ties
Vientiane [Laos], June 28: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's two-day visit to Laos is expected to strengthen bilateral relations between...
Pilot dies in Australian outback helicopter crash
Canberra [Australia], June 28: A pilot has been killed in a helicopter crash at a cattle station in Australia's Outback.
Activists rally against UK's proposed Israel boycott ban
London [UK], June 28: In a bid to preserve the UK's right to support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement,...
Four people killed in 13-storey building collapse in...
Cairo [Egypt], June 28: Four people were killed after a 13-storey building collapsed in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria,...
Nearly 2 million Muslims gather on Mount Arafat
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], June 28: Around 2 million Muslims packed Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, as they took...