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Uzbek police arrest 8 suspected members of terrorist...
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], July 22: Uzbekistan's police have arrested eight suspected members of banned militant Jihadist organization Katiba al-Tawhidwal-Jihad in Tashkent...

282 killed, over 200 injured as heavy rains...
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 22: At least 282 people have been killed and 211 others injured in separate rain-related incidents in...

Aussie researchers create spray to keep viruses, bacteria...
Sydney [Australia], July 22: Researchers from Australian universities developed a spray that can stop the spread of bacteria and viruses,...

Kenya lowers cost of maize flour amid hunger...
Nairobi [Kenya], July 21: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Wednesday his government has reduced the price of maize flour by...

Iraq to recall envoy, summon Turkish ambassador over...
Baghdad [Iraq], July 21: Iraq on Wednesday decided to recall its charge d'affaires from Ankara for consultations and summoned the...

Syria to receive Chinese communications equipment in aid
Damascus [Syria], July 21: Syria is set to receive communications equipment from China as part of an ongoing aid to...

Heatwave in Spain kills 679 people in a...
Madrid [Spain], July 21: Spain's Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday that 679 people had lost their lives in the...

Malta's COVID-19 mortality rate highest in Europe: ECDC
Valletta [Malta], July 21: Malta has reported the highest number of COVID-19 deaths and the highest positivity rate in Europe,...

German weather service expects extreme heat to continue
Berlin [Germany], July 21: The heat wave that is sweeping across Europe continues to wreak havoc in Germany, the country's...

Serbia, Egypt clinch strategic partnership
Belgrade [Serbia], July 21: Serbia and Egypt agreed on Wednesday to establish a strategic partnership and expand bilateral cooperation in...

France plans 2nd COVID-19 booster dose for younger...
Paris [France], July 21:France will offer a second COVID-19 booster jab to at-risk adults aged from 18 to 59, as...
Wildfires evacuate 36,000 people in southwest France
Paris [France], July 21: Two massive wildfires raging in southwestern France over the past week have evacuated at least 36,000...
Europe engulfed by new COVID-19 wave, says ECDC...
Stockholm [Sweden], July 21: Europe is engulfed by a new COVID-19 wave as the number of new infections has tripled...
Irish gov't achieves fiscal surplus for 2nd quarter...
Dublin [Ireland], July 21: The Irish government achieved a fiscal surplus of close to 300 million euros (about 305 million...
Democrats' policies to blame for historic U.S. inflation:...
Washington [US], July 21: The current painful U.S. inflation and its broader economic consequences directly result from bad Democratic policies,...

Reach of COVID-19 pandemic could be wider than...
Washington [US], July 21: Poll findings released Tuesday showed that the reach of the COVID-19 pandemic could be wider than...

Chinese company makes rubber-tired metro for Mexico City
Changsha (China), July 21: The first rubber-tired subway train independently developed by a Chinese enterprise has rolled off the assembly...

Domestic abuse surges in U.S. military population: ABC
New York [US], July 21: More than 42,000 incidents of domestic abuse were reported in the U.S. military population from...

Gold falls on stronger U.S. dollar
Chicago [US], July 21: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Wednesday as...

Oil prices fall amid mixed U.S. inventory data
New York [US], July 21: Oil prices dropped on Wednesday, snapping a three-day winning streak.

Canada confirms 604 cases of monkeypox
Ottawa [Canada], July 21: The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed a total of 604 cases of monkeypox in...

U.S. CDC recommends Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine for adults
Los Angeles [US], July 21: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has endorsed recommendation that Novavax's COVID-19...

BA.5 Omicron subvariant accounts for nearly 80 pct...
Los Angeles [US], July 21: The BA.5 Omicron subvariant, now the dominant coronavirus strain in the United States, made up...

Volkswagen to build nickel processing plant in Indonesia...
Jakarta [Indonesia], July 21: German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) will build a production and processing plant for nickel ore in Indonesia...

160 mln Chinese doses administered as Bangladesh strengthens...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 21: The Bangladeshi government decided on Wednesday to extend the ongoing special campaign to administer the second...

More than 4,000 people hospitalized over extreme heat...
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], July 21: More than 4,000 people have been hospitalized in three days in Uzbekistan due to illnesses caused...

Australia to fast-track visa applications for skilled migrants
Canberra [Australia], July 21: The Australian government has announced it will fast-track permanent visa applications for skilled workers.