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Canada's employment rises 0.3 pct in October

Canada's employment rises 0.3 pct in October

Russia [Moscow], November 8: Canada's employment increased by 67,000, or 0.3 percent, in October, the second consecutive monthly increase, Statistics...

Brazil top-court panel majority rejects Bolsonaro's prison sentence appeal

Brazil top-court panel majority rejects Bolsonaro's prison sentence...

Brasília [Brazil], November 8: A majority of judges on a panel of Brazil's Supreme Court voted on Friday to reject...

Palestinian militants hand over body of another Gaza hostage

Palestinian militants hand over body of another Gaza...

Palestine [Jerusalem], November 8: Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad handed over the body of a deceased hostage on Friday as...

Ukraine's Zelenskiy appoints drone air defence commander

Ukraine's Zelenskiy appoints drone air defence commander

Kyiv [Ukraine], November 8: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appointed a new commander responsible for drone air defences, seen as a...

Trump says no US government official will attend G20 summit

Trump says no US government official will attend...

Washington DC [US], November 8: President Donald Trump said that no U.S. government official would attend the G20 summit in...

Polish parliament strips former justice minister of immunity

Polish parliament strips former justice minister of immunity

Warsaw[Poland], November 8: The Polish lower house of parliament voted to strip a former justice minister of immunity, which opens...

Trump administration has revoked 80,000 non-immigrant visas, US official says

Trump administration has revoked 80,000 non-immigrant visas, US...

New York [US], November 7: President Donald Trump's administration has revoked around 80,000 non-immigrant visas since its inauguration on January...

US orders 10% flights cut at major US airports due to shutdown

US orders 10% flights cut at major US...

New York [US], November 7: U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Wednesday that he would order a 10% cut...

Mediators propose deal to get Hamas fighters out of Gaza's Israeli zone, sources say

Mediators propose deal to get Hamas fighters out...

Gaza [Palestine], November 7: Hamas fighters holed up in the Israeli-held Rafah area of Gaza would surrender their arms in...

One dead in South Korea power plant collapse

One dead in South Korea power plant collapse

Seoul [South Korea], November 7: A worker has died and six remain trapped after the collapse of a large structure...

Israel launches airstrikes on south Lebanon

Israel launches airstrikes on south Lebanon

Beirut [Lebanon], November 7: The Israeli military carried out heavy airstrikes on southern Lebanon after issuing evacuation orders for several...

British woman on death row leaves Indonesia

British woman on death row leaves Indonesia

Jakarta [Indonesia], November 7: A 69-year-old British woman who was on death row in Indonesia on drug offences departed the...

Kazakhstan to join Abraham Accords

Kazakhstan to join Abraham Accords

New York [US], November 7: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords to...

Missing 1.5 degrees C climate target a moral failure: UN chief

Missing 1.5 degrees C climate target a moral...

Belem [Brazil], November 7: The world has failed to keep warming within the critical 1.5 degrees Celsius limit set under...

Russia infiltrates Pokrovsk with new tactics that test Ukraine's drones

Russia infiltrates Pokrovsk with new tactics that test...

Kiev [Ukraine], November 7: Russian forces have spread rapidly through Pokrovsk, the city in Ukraine's east where the warring sides...

Nancy Pelosi retires from US Congress

Nancy Pelosi retires from US Congress

Washington [US], November 7: Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement from Congress, ending a decades-long career that saw the California...

French coastguard rescues 94 in Channel as small boat breaks

French coastguard rescues 94 in Channel as small...

London [UK], November 7: The French coastguard has rescued 94 people after their small boat collapsed as they attempted to...

Czech govt steps down after defeat

Czech govt steps down after defeat

Prague [Czech Republic], November 7: About a month after being defeated in parliamentary elections, the liberal-conservative government in the Czech...

Latvia delivers 21 armoured vehicles to aid Ukraine's defence against Russia

Latvia delivers 21 armoured vehicles to aid Ukraine's...

Riga [Latvia], November 7: Latvia is bolstering Ukraine's defensive efforts against Russia's ongoing invasion with an additional 21 armoured transport...

French auditors' report tells Louvre museum to spend more on security

French auditors' report tells Louvre museum to spend...

Paris [France], November 7: The Louvre should make more efficient use of its funds to improve security and renovate the...

'Not hell but an inferno': Freed Palestinian detainee describes Israeli prison

'Not hell but an inferno': Freed Palestinian detainee...

Gaza [Palestine], November 7: Five freed Palestinian detainees arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza's Deir el-Balah on Thursday after...

Seven Italian climbers missing in Nepal as storms, avalanches leave 9 dead

Seven Italian climbers missing in Nepal as storms,...

Kathmandu [Nepal], November 7: Seven Italian climbers are missing in Nepal's Himalayan mountains after heavy snowstorms and avalanches have killed...

Typhoon Kalmaegi makes landfall in Vietnam after killing 142 in Philippines

Typhoon Kalmaegi makes landfall in Vietnam after killing...

Hanoi [Vietnam], November 7: Typhoon Kalmaegi has made landfall in central Vietnam with strong winds and heavy rain, after killing...

Sudanese prime minister calls for RSF to be labelled 'terrorist' group

Sudanese prime minister calls for RSF to be...

Khartoum [Sudan], November 7: Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris has called for the international community to designate the Rapid Support...

Cameroon's Biya, world's oldest ruler at 92, sworn in for eighth term

Cameroon's Biya, world's oldest ruler at 92, sworn...

Yaounde [Cameroon], November 7: Cameroon's longtime leader, Paul Biya, has been sworn in for a new seven-year term following his...

Taiwan says senior Fijian UN diplomat visited, despite Fiji's formal ties with China

Taiwan says senior Fijian UN diplomat visited, despite...

Taiwan, November 7: Taiwan said it welcomed a senior Fijian diplomat this week who met with Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim,...

Brazil warns against U.S. labeling drug trafficking as terrorism in Latin America

Brazil warns against U.S. labeling drug trafficking as...

Sao Paulo [Argentina], November 6: The Brazilian government on Tuesday voiced concern over possible new conflicts in Latin America as...