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SpaceX launches 10th Starship rocket test flight successfully
New York [US], August 28: SpaceX announced on Tuesday the successful completion of the tenth test flight of its Starship...

6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off eastern Russia
Moscow [Russia], August 28: An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck off the eastern coast of Russia's Kamchatka...

Thirty-four soldiers kidnapped in Colombia
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 28: Thirty-four soldiers have been kidnapped in southern Colombia following fighting between government forces and a...

Typhoon Kajiki claims several lives, causes damage in...
Hanoi [Vietnam], August 28: Torrential rain and landslides triggered by Typhoon Kajiki have claimed several lives and caused severe damage...

France to take streaming platform Kick to court
Paris [France], August 28: Over a week after the on-camera death of a popular video game streamer, the French government...

More explosions at Germany's Port of Hamburg after...
Berlin [Germany], August 28: Fresh explosions were reported at the Port of Hamburg overnight after a huge fire that raged...

Syria condemns Israeli drone attack killing six soldiers...
Damascus [Syria], August 28: Six soldiers were killed in an Israeli drone strike in Syria, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said...

Gunman attacks Minneapolis school children in chapel
Washington DC [US], August 28: A black-clad gunman killed two children and wounded 17 other people at a Minneapolis Catholic...

South Africa's most vulnerable struggle to find HIV...
Washington DC [US], August 28: On a warm evening in Johannesburg, the news spread like wildfire among sex workers: Within...

Turkey, Gulf states or European nations could host...
Ankara [Turkey], August 28: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Turkey, the Gulf States or European countries could...

Lebanon to present Hezbollah disarmament plan: US envoy
Beirut [Lebanon], August 27: Lebanon has agreed to present a plan aimed at persuading Hezbollah to disarm, and Israel will...

German minister slams Israeli settler violence on visit...
Berlin [Germany], August 27: German Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan on Tuesday visited Arab-majority areas in the West Bank under...

Flight alert level lowered as Mount Etna quietens
Rome [Italy], August 27: Mount Etna, the infamous and highly volatile volcano on the Mediterranean island of Sicily, has calmed...

Russian forces advance into new Ukrainian region
Moscow [Russia], August 27: Russian troops have pushed into the Dnipropetrovsk region of central Ukraine, Ukrainian military analysts said on...

I look forward to meeting North Korea's Kim,...
Pyongyang [North Korea], August 27: United States President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung have expressed their willingness...

France formally returns slain king's skull to Madagascar
Paris [France], August 27: The head of a Malagasy king killed by French troops during a colonial-era war has been...

Mexican drug lord Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada pleads...
New York [US], August 27: Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada pleaded guilty in a US court on Monday,...

Israelis demand end to war, release of hostages...
Jerusalem [Israel], August 27: Israelis took to the streets on Tuesday in a major day of protests to demand the...

150 workers trapped in eastern Ukrainian mine after...
Moscow [Russia], August 27: Almost 150 miners in eastern Ukraine are trapped underground due to a Russian attack on their...

Rioting in Swiss city of Lausanne after fatal...
Geneva [Switzerland], August 27: Around 200 people protested violently for the second night in the Swiss city of Lausanne after...

French govt likely to collapse as Bayrou calls...
Paris [France], August 27: The French government led by Prime Minister François Bayrou is on the verge of collapse after...

Daily life on a remote Amazon island goes...
Bogota [Colombia], August 27: Rain or shine, every weekday from March to December, boat owner Salvador Mitidieri ferries students from...

HSBC fined $4.2 million by Hong Kong regulators...
Hong Kong, August 27: HSBC, opens new tab has been fined HK$4.2 million ($537,683) by Hong Kong regulators over disclosure...

Meta's planned Louisiana AI data center to cost...
Washington DC [US], August 27: Meta's (META.O), opens new tab planned AI data centre in Louisiana will cost $50 billion,...

Reuters and AP journalists killed in Gaza strike...
Gaza [Gaza City], August 27: Two journalists for Reuters and the Associated Press who were killed in an Israeli attack...

Fed Governor Cook will sue to keep her...
Washington DC [US], August 27: Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook will file a lawsuit to prevent President Donald Trump from...

Families leave Gaza City after night of bombardment,...
Gaza [Gaza City], August 27: More Palestinian families left Gaza City on Tuesday after a night of Israeli shelling on...