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U.S. agricultural futures close mixed

U.S. agricultural futures close mixed

Chicago [US], September 9: Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures closed mixed on Friday, with corn and wheat falling...

Pakistan's weekly inflation spikes 26.3 percent

Pakistan's weekly inflation spikes 26.3 percent

Islamabad [Pakistan], September 9: Pakistan's weekly inflation surged 26.3 percent year on year mainly due to a rise in food...

African Union, Chinese mission vow to deepen Belt and Road cooperation

African Union, Chinese mission vow to deepen Belt...

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], September 9: The African Union (AU) and the Chinese Mission to the AU on Friday pledged to...

151 illegal Bangladeshi migrants deported from Libya: IOM

151 illegal Bangladeshi migrants deported from Libya: IOM

Tripoli [Libya], September 9: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Friday said it repatriated 151 illegal Bangladeshi migrants from...

UK gov't loses blns to fraud, corruption: report

UK gov't loses blns to fraud, corruption: report

London [UK], September 9: The United Kingdom (UK) government is estimated to have lost up to 44.9 billion British...

Indian capital gears to host G20 summit amid tight security

Indian capital gears to host G20 summit amid...

New Delhi [India], September 9: The Indian capital of New Delhi geared up to host the upcoming Group of 20...

Algeria condemns terrorist attack in Mali, offers support for peace

Algeria condemns terrorist attack in Mali, offers support...

Algiers [Algeria], September 9: Algeria on Friday strongly condemned the recent terrorist attack in the northeastern region of Mali, expressing...

30 killed in Morocco earthquake - report

30 killed in Morocco earthquake - report

Rabat [Morocco], September 9: At least 30 people have been killed in a strong earthquake that jolted Morocco on Friday...

Sharjah to launch seasonal influenza vaccination campaign

Sharjah to launch seasonal influenza vaccination campaign

Sharjah [UAE], September 9: For the benefit of senior citizens and people with disabilities who are residents of the Emirate...

UNESCO, Italy complete rehabilitation of Qadisha valley in N. Lebanon

UNESCO, Italy complete rehabilitation of Qadisha valley in...

Beirut[Lebanon], September 9: The UNESCO-Italy joint renovation project of Qadisha valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Lebanon, has...

Global food prices down 2.1 pct in August: FAO

Global food prices down 2.1 pct in August:...

Rome [Italy], September 9: The benchmark index of international food commodity prices has declined 2.1 percent compared to July, the...

More than half of world's school-aged refugee children out of school: UN

More than half of world's school-aged refugee children...

Geneva [Switzerland], September 9: More than half of the world's 14.8 million school-aged refugee children are currently missing out on...

UN global fund for education in emergencies seeks additional funding

UN global fund for education in emergencies seeks...

United Nations, September 9: The UN global fund for education in emergencies, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), on Friday called on...

Zelensky says Putin killed Wagner chief Prigozhin

Zelensky says Putin killed Wagner chief Prigozhin

Kyiv [Ukraine], September 9:Ukraine's leader on Friday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind the death of Wagner chief...

Nahyan bin Mubarak meets Armenia FM; reiterates UAE's commitment to strengthening ties with all nations

Nahyan bin Mubarak meets Armenia FM; reiterates UAE's...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 9: Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, met with Minister of...

UN chief urges G20 leaders to send strong message on climate change

UN chief urges G20 leaders to send strong...

New York [US], September 9: UN Secretary-General AntonioGuterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which...

UNESCO calls on governments to regulate use of Generative AI in education

UNESCO calls on governments to regulate use of...

Paris [France], September 8: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Thursday called on governments to regulate...

12 killed in Kenya road accident

12 killed in Kenya road accident

Nairobi [Kenya], September 8: At least 12 people were killed and three others injured Thursday following a road accident along...

Iran arrests 10 suspects after large seizure of smuggled diesel

Iran arrests 10 suspects after large seizure of...

Tehran [Iran], September 8: Iran arrested 10 suspects on Thursday after it seized more than 1 million liters of smuggled...

Gold falls on stronger U.S. dollar

Gold falls on stronger U.S. dollar

Chicago [US], September 8: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Thursday as...

Egypt opens service areas at borders with Sudan amid truck backlog

Egypt opens service areas at borders with Sudan...

Cairo [Egypt], September 8: Egypt has established two service areas at its borders with Sudan for Egyptian truckers queued up...

Libyan PM stresses need to focus on development projects in Tripoli

Libyan PM stresses need to focus on development...

Tripoli [Libya], September 8: Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-HamedDbeibah on Thursday stressed the importance of focusing on the development projects in...

French GDP set to grow by 0.9 pct in 2023: INSEE

French GDP set to grow by 0.9 pct...

Paris [France], September 8: With unexpected growth of 0.5 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2023, the French statistics...

Sri Lanka issues landslide warnings due to heavy rains

Sri Lanka issues landslide warnings due to heavy...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 8: Sri Lanka's National Building Research Organization on Thursday issued a landslide early warning for five...

Finland to double domestic electricity production: minister

Finland to double domestic electricity production: minister

Helsinki [Finland], September 8: The Finnish government is aiming to double its domestic electricity production to boost clean energy growth,...

UN chief calls air pollution "global emergency"

UN chief calls air pollution "global emergency"

United Nations, September 8: Air pollution is a global emergency, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday, urging the international...

Japan's attempt at moon landing blasts off

Japan's attempt at moon landing blasts off

Tokyo [Japan], September 8: Japan has sent a probe on its way to the moon, with the rocket blasting off...