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Gold falls on further rate hike expectations

Gold falls on further rate hike expectations

Chicago [US], June 28: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Tuesday on...

Thailand receives 12.46 mln foreign tourists in January-June

Thailand receives 12.46 mln foreign tourists in January-June

Bangkok [Thailand], June 28:Thailand received over 12.46 million foreign tourists between January and mid-June, on course to meet the country's...

Malaysian PM visits Laos to boost ties

Malaysian PM visits Laos to boost ties

Vientiane [Laos], June 28: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's two-day visit to Laos is expected to strengthen bilateral relations between...

Pilot dies in Australian outback helicopter crash

Pilot dies in Australian outback helicopter crash

Canberra [Australia], June 28: A pilot has been killed in a helicopter crash at a cattle station in Australia's Outback.

Activists rally against UK's proposed Israel boycott ban

Activists rally against UK's proposed Israel boycott ban

London [UK], June 28: In a bid to preserve the UK's right to support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement,...

Four people killed in 13-storey building collapse in Egypt's Alexandria

Four people killed in 13-storey building collapse in...

Cairo [Egypt], June 28: Four people were killed after a 13-storey building collapsed in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria,...

Nearly 2 million Muslims gather on Mount Arafat

Nearly 2 million Muslims gather on Mount Arafat

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], June 28: Around 2 million Muslims packed Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, as they took...

US announces new $500 mn weapons package for Ukraine

US announces new $500 mn weapons package for...

Washington [US], June 28: US Defence Department on Tuesday announced a new package of military equipment for Ukraine worth$500 mn.

Italian police make 43 arrests in large organised crime raid

Italian police make 43 arrests in large organised...

Rome [Italy], June 28: Police in the southern Italian region of Calabria have arrested 43 people in a large-scale raid...

Harry's lawyer calls Piers Morgan's trial no-show 'fatal'

Harry's lawyer calls Piers Morgan's trial no-show 'fatal'

London [UK], June 28: Prince Harry's lawyer said a British publisher's failure to call witnesses such as Piers Morgan was...

US judge says Trump's NY criminal case likely belongs in state court

US judge says Trump's NY criminal case likely...

Washington [US], June 28:A U.S. judge said he would likely decline former U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to move from...

Over $200 billion likely stolen from U.S. COVID relief programs

Over $200 billion likely stolen from U.S. COVID...

Washington [US], June 28:Over $200 billion from the U.S. government's COVID-19 relief programs were likely stolen, a federal watchdog said,...

Russian missile strike hits restaurants in Ukrainian city

Russian missile strike hits restaurants in Ukrainian city

Kyiv [Ukraine], June 28:Russian missiles have hit the centre of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine, killing four people and injuring many...

UAE President congratulates Prime Minister of Hellenic Republic on his re-election

UAE President congratulates Prime Minister of Hellenic Republic...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], June 28: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan congratulated, in a phone call,...

Top court stops North Carolina school's skirt dress code for girls

Top court stops North Carolina school's skirt dress...

Washington [US], June 27: The US Supreme Court has left in place a lower court decision ruling that a North...

Palestine voices frustration at Russia's decision to open diplomatic office in Jerusalem

Palestine voices frustration at Russia's decision to open...

Ramallah [Palestine], June 27: Palestine on Monday expressed frustration at Russia's recent decision to open a diplomatic office in Jerusalem.

National data tool to aid Australian soil conservation

National data tool to aid Australian soil conservation

Canberra [Australia], June 27: Australia's national science agency has launched a new national data tool to aid sustainable management of...

Re-elected Greek PM Mitsotakis sworn in

Re-elected Greek PM Mitsotakis sworn in

Athens [Greece], June 27:Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in for a second term on Monday, and in a...

Search under way in Egypt following building collapse

Search under way in Egypt following building collapse

Cairo [Egypt], June 27: Civil defence teams were searching for people trapped under the debris after a 13-storey building collapsed...

Australian court dismisses Russian embassy appeal

Australian court dismisses Russian embassy appeal

Sydney [Australia], June 27: Australia's High Court dismissed an appeal by the Russian government on Monday to keep a new...

100-nation summit to combat road crash deaths

100-nation summit to combat road crash deaths

Stockholm [Sweden], June 27:Heads of National Road Safety Agencies from around 100 countries will convene in Stockholm this week for...

Hezbollah says it downed Israeli drone in Lebanon

Hezbollah says it downed Israeli drone in Lebanon

Beirut [Lebanon], June 27: Lebanon's Hezbollah group says it has downed an Israeli drone in southern Lebanon near the border...

At least three dead, after storms hit US Midwest, South

At least three dead, after storms hit US...

Washington [US], June 27: Tornadoes and thunderstorms hit the U.S. Midwest and South on Sunday, leaving dozens of homes damaged...

US Supreme Court dismisses clash over Trump hotel documents

US Supreme Court dismisses clash over Trump hotel...

Washington [US], June 27: The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit by a group of congressional Democrats...

Republican threatens impeachment probe of attorney general over Biden's son

Republican threatens impeachment probe of attorney general over...

Washington [US], June 27: The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives is threatening an impeachment investigation of Attorney...

Cyclone-hit areas reel after Myanmar army blocks aid

Cyclone-hit areas reel after Myanmar army blocks aid

Yangon [Myanmar], June 27: Millions who survived Myanmar's strongest cyclone are now struggling to rebuild their lives after the government...

Wagner mutiny: Prigozhin's soldiers rage while others cry conspiracy

Wagner mutiny: Prigozhin's soldiers rage while others cry...

Moscow [Russia], June 27: Yevgeny Prigozhin may have boasted he had the loyalty of all 25,000 members of his mercenary...