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As tornadoes hit, survivors hid in tubs, shipping container

As tornadoes hit, survivors hid in tubs, shipping...

Washington [US], January 16: An Alabama engine mechanic took refuge in a shipping container as a tornado from a violent...

Ukraine war: Chances of more survivors from Dnipro strike minimal - mayor

Ukraine war: Chances of more survivors from Dnipro...

Kiev [Ukraine], January 16: The mayor of Dnipro has warned there may be no further survivors after Saturday's Russian missile...

Mum accused of fatally shooting son, 6, hiding body in trunk

Mum accused of fatally shooting son, 6, hiding...

Washington [US], January 16: Upgraded murder charges have been filed against a Minnesota mother who is accused of fatally shooting...

Biden declares disaster in California amid deadly storms

Biden declares disaster in California amid deadly storms

Washington [US], January 16: United States President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster in the state of California, as...

California battles deadly storms with millions under flood watch

California battles deadly storms with millions under flood...

California [US], January 16: Around 25 million people in California are under a flood watch this weekend as the latest...

British woman dies in avalanche in French Alps

British woman dies in avalanche in French Alps

London [UK], January 16: A British woman, 45, has died after getting caught in an avalanche while hiking with two...

Nepal mourns victims of worst air disaster in decades

Nepal mourns victims of worst air disaster in...

Kathmandu [Nepal], January 16: Nepalis are observing a day of mourning for victims of the country's worst air disaster for...

Tens of thousands of Spanish health workers protest for better future

Tens of thousands of Spanish health workers protest...

Madrid [Spain], January 16: Tens of thousands of health workers protested in Madrid on Sunday over what they say is...

Jamaica seizes $80 million worth of cocaine from cargo ship

Jamaica seizes $80 million worth of cocaine from...

Kingston [Jamaica], January 16: Jamaican authorities have seized an estimated $80 million worth of cocaine from a ship at the...

Rescue hopes fade after Russian attack on Dnipro

Rescue hopes fade after Russian attack on Dnipro

Kiev [Ukraine], January 16: Ukraine saw little hope of pulling any more survivors from the rubble of an apartment block...

68 dead, 4 missing after plane crashes in Nepal resort town

68 dead, 4 missing after plane crashes in...

Kathmandu [Nepal], January 16: A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge Sunday...

Peru: State of emergency declared in Lima, other regions

Peru: State of emergency declared in Lima, other...

Lima [Peru], January 16: Authorities in Peru declared a state of emergency in Lima and other regions late Saturday amid...

Portugal: Thousands of teachers strike, demanding better pay

Portugal: Thousands of teachers strike, demanding better pay

Lisbon [Portugal], January 16: Tens of thousands of teachers and school staff marched on the streets of Lisbon demanding higher...

UAE offers condolences, stands in solidarity with Nepal over victims of plane crash

UAE offers condolences, stands in solidarity with Nepal...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 16: The United Arab Emirates has offered its condolences and expressed its solidarity with Nepal for...

UAE, US form Expert Group to lead bilateral clean energy partnership

UAE, US form Expert Group to lead bilateral...

Dubai [UAE], January 16: At a briefing today for business and climate leaders during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, the...

UAE, Korea issue Joint Statement marking state visit of ROK President

UAE, Korea issue Joint Statement marking state visit...

DubaI [UAE], January 16: At the invitation of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United...

Almheiri affirms UAE's enduring support for energy transition

Almheiri affirms UAE's enduring support for energy transition

Dubai [UAE], January 16: Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, headed the UAE delegation to the...

Iraqi sculptor uses artworks to encourage people to rebuild life

Iraqi sculptor uses artworks to encourage people to...

Bagdad [Iraq], January 15: An Iraqi sculptor seeks to inspire his countrymen to rebuild their lives through his creative...

Russia to evacuate astronauts from ISS amid emergency

Russia to evacuate astronauts from ISS amid emergency

Moscow [Russia], January 15: Russia will launch the unmanned Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft to bring home three astronauts from the International...

Pavel, Babis head to 2nd round in Czech presidential race

Pavel, Babis head to 2nd round in Czech...

Prague [Czech Republic], January 15: Retired general Petr Pavel and former Prime Minister Andrej Babis will advance to a second...

Taliban rejects to overturn measures against women

Taliban rejects to overturn measures against women

Kabul [Afghanistan], January 15: Responding to UN Security Council concerns about the restriction of women's rights in Afghanistan, the Taliban...

Republicans investigate chaotic US military withdrawal from Afghanistan

Republicans investigate chaotic US military withdrawal from Afghanistan

Kabul [Afghanistan], January 15: Republican legislators have launched an investigation into the chaotic United States military withdrawal from Afghanistan, which...

Anti-govt protests take place on revolution anniversary

Anti-govt protests take place on revolution anniversary

Tunis (Tunisia), January 15: Thousands of protesters are marching in the Tunisian capital against President Kais Saied's increasingly authoritarian drift,...

Denmark breeding mink again after mass cull due to COVID-19 fears

Denmark breeding mink again after mass cull due...

Copenhagen [Denmark], January 15: Denmark is starting to breed mink again after the business was stopped and a mass cull...

Thunberg lambasts Germany's Greens ahead of mining village demo

Thunberg lambasts Germany's Greens ahead of mining village...

Berlin [Germany], January 15: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg criticized Germany's Greens on Saturday for supporting the demolition of the...

Lithuanian gas pipeline explosion likely due to technical issues

Lithuanian gas pipeline explosion likely due to technical...

Riga [Latvia], January 15: An explosion that occurred on a gas pipeline in northern Lithuania was most likely the result...

Brazil's Supreme Court to probe Bolsonaro's role in Brasília riots

Brazil's Supreme Court to probe Bolsonaro's role in...

Rio De Janeiro [Brazil], January 15: Brazil's Supreme Court has agreed to investigate far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro's role in...