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