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All set for commissioning of new generator to...
Harare [Zimbabwe], March 20: Zimbabwe's power utility, ZESA Holdings, will start synchronizing into the national grid the first of two...

Demonstrators call for France's withdrawal from NATO in...
Paris [France], March 20: Thousands of demonstrators called over the weekend for France's withdrawal from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization...

Brunei plans to build waste-to-electricity incinerator plant
Bandar Seri Begawan [Brunei], March 20: Brunei plans to build a waste incineration plant that can process 800 to 1,000...

Israeli, Palestinian officials meet in Egypt
Cairo [Egypt],March 20: Israeli and Palestinian Authority (PA) officials are meeting in Egypt for talks amid criticism and calls for...

Road crash kills 19 in Bangladesh
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 20: At least 19 people have been killed and up to 25 were injured in Bangladesh after...

Cyclone Freddy death toll surpasses 500
Lilongwe [Malawi], March 20: The death toll in southeast Africa due to the exceptionally long-lasting Tropical Cyclone Freddy has risen...

Nigeria counts votes after tense local elections marred...
Abuja [Nigeria], March 20: Vote counting was underway in Nigeria on Sunday following local elections marred by reports of violence,...

N Korea fires ballistic missile
Seoul [South Korea], March 20: North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday, Seoul's military said, the fourth show...

Iran, Iraq ink border deal
Baghdad [Iraq], March 20: Iran's top security official on Sunday signed a deal with Iraqi authorities for "protection" of their...
Assad in UAE amid growing Arab outreach
Dubai [UAE], March 20: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad met Sunday with Emirati leaders in Abu Dhabi, his second Gulf visit...

UBS - Switzerland's largest bank officially acquired Credit...
Switzerland,March 20: Swiss bank UBS has agreed to buy crisis-hit rival Credit Suisse for 3 billion francs ($3.23 billion), while...
China condemns British lawmakers for ignoring demand not...
Beijing [China], March 20: China's embassy in Britain on Sunday condemned a visit this week by British lawmakers to Taiwan,...
Canadian investigators seek seven missing after fire at...
Ottawa [Canada], March 20: Police and fire officials in Canada said they were preparing on Sunday to search the rubble...
Talk of Trump arrest builds sympathy for the...
Washington [US], March 20: The possibility that Donald Trump may be charged for allegedly covering up hush money payments to...

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake shakes Ecuador, at least 14...
Quito [Ecuador], March 20: At least 14 people were killed in a strong earthquake that shook a coastal region of...

South Africa aware of legal obligations regarding Putin...
Johannesburg [South Africa], March 20: South Africa is aware of its legal obligation, a spokesperson for President Cyril Ramaphosa said...

Former Taiwan president Ma to visit China in...
Taipei [Taiwan], March 20: Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will visit China this month, his office said on Sunday.

Macron would like the reform of the pension...
Paris [France], March 20:French President Emmanuel Macron (Emmanuel Macron) expressed today his wish that his hated reform of the pension...

The Egyptian president received Putin's special envoy for...
Cairo [Egypt], March 20: The President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, received today the Russian delegation led by the special...

Putin welcomed China's willingness to play a constructive...
Moscow [Russia],March 20: Russian President Vladimir Putin today welcomed China's "willingness to play a constructive role in resolving" the...

Malawi Cyclone Freddy death toll hits 447, over...
Lilongwe [Malawi], March 19: The cumulative death toll from Cyclone Freddy in southern Malawi hit 447 as of 07:00 p.m....

UNECA says impacts of COVID-19, Ukraine crisis hamper...
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 19: The devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine crisis have mired Africa's progress...

Rocket fired from Gaza hits southern Israel amid...
Jerusalem [Israel], March 19: A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit an open area landed in southern Israel on...

UK home secretary visits Rwanda to discuss migration...
Kigali [Rwanda], March 19: SuellaBraverman, home secretary of the United Kingdom (UK), arrived in Rwanda on Saturday for a two-day...

Vaccine-derived poliovirus in Congo, Burundi
Johannesburg [South Africa], March 19: Health officials in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo have detected cases of vaccine-derived...

New Zealand to ban TikTok from lawmaker's phones
Wellington [New Zealand], March 19: New Zealand on Friday will follow other Western countries and ban the video-sharing app TikTok...

Pressure mounts on Netanyahu as protests enter 11th...
Tel Aviv [Israel], March 19: Thousands of people came out in force again on Saturday in Israel to protest the...