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Uzbek police arrest 8 suspected members of terrorist group

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 continue to wreak havoc in Pakistan

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 at bay

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 crisis

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 deadly bombardment

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

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 week

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

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

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

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 at-risk population

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

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 expert

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 in a row

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: media

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 previously thought: poll

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 new infections in U.S.

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 this year

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 fight against COVID-19

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 in Uzbekistan

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

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.