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"Expected during winter," WHO official on HMPV virus

"Expected during winter," WHO official on HMPV virus

Geneva [Switzerland], January 9: Amid concerns surrounding the Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) virus, WHO official, Margaret Harris, said that the rise...

10 patients evacuated for treatment in Jordan, US

10 patients evacuated for treatment in Jordan, US

New York [US], January 9: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said his organisation and partners facilitated the...

Ukrainian prisoners executed by Russia: UN

Ukrainian prisoners executed by Russia: UN

Geneva [Switzerland], January 9: The UN Human Rights Office says it has credible reports of the execution of 62 Ukrainian...

Israel bombs women, children in Gaza's 'safe zone'

Israel bombs women, children in Gaza's 'safe zone'

Gaza [Palestine], January 9: Many women and young children have been reported killed in Israel's latest attacks on Gaza, with...

Palisades fire in Los Angeles destroys 1,000 structures; no containment

Palisades fire in Los Angeles destroys 1,000 structures;...

Los Angeles [US], January 9: The worst-case scenario has been realized in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles, where...

Three people confirmed dead in Australian seaplane crash

Three people confirmed dead in Australian seaplane crash

Sydney [Australia], January 9: Three people have died after a seaplane crashed near a popular Australian holiday island, Western Australia...

Trudeau says not 'a snowball's chance in hell' Canada will join US

Trudeau says not 'a snowball's chance in hell'...

New York [US], January 9: There is not "a snowball's chance in hell" that Canada will become the 51st US...

Germany and France warn Trump over threat to take over Greenland

Germany and France warn Trump over threat to...

Berlin [Germany] / Paris [France], January 9: Germany and France have warned Donald Trump against threatening Greenland, after the US...

Mexican president hits back at Trump with 'Mexican America' jibe

Mexican president hits back at Trump with 'Mexican...

Mexico City [Mexico], January 9: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has suggested renaming the southern United States "Mexican America" in response...

Romania's ruling coalition agrees to hold presidential election on May 4

Romania's ruling coalition agrees to hold presidential election...

Bucharest [Romania], January 9: Romania's ruling coalition has agreed to have the first round of the presidential elections on May...

Slovak PM to discuss gas transit issue with EU

Slovak PM to discuss gas transit issue with...

Bratislava [Slovakia], January 9: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced Wednesday that he will travel to Brussels on Thursday to...

Hungarian swimmer 'Iron Lady' Katinka Hosszu announces retirement

Hungarian swimmer 'Iron Lady' Katinka Hosszu announces retirement

Budapest [Hungary], January 9: Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu, nicknamed the "Iron Lady," announced her retirement from competitive swimming on Wednesday.

Wildfires rage out of control near Los Angeles, killing at least two

Wildfires rage out of control near Los Angeles,...

Los Angeles [California], January 9: At least two people were killed as a trio of fast-growing wildfires raged out of...

Urgency mounts in search for survivors of powerful Tibet earthquake

Urgency mounts in search for survivors of powerful...

Lhasa [Tibet], January 9: More than 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet have been rescued.

Russian strike kills 13 in Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia

Russian strike kills 13 in Ukrainian city of...

Moscow [Russia], January 9: A Russian guided bomb attack killed at least 13 people and injured 29 others in Ukraine's...

Who could replace Justin Trudeau to lead Canada's Liberal Party?

Who could replace Justin Trudeau to lead Canada's...

Ottawa [Canada], January 9: Canada's ruling Liberal Party is looking for a new leader to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,...

Venezuela's opposition decry arrests ahead of anti-Maduro protests

Venezuela's opposition decry arrests ahead of anti-Maduro protests

Caracas [Venezuela], January 9: Venezuelan opposition parties and NGOs decried the arrests of a prominent press freedom activist and a...

Italian journalist Sala freed from Iran prison, returns home

Italian journalist Sala freed from Iran prison, returns...

Rome [Italy], January 9: Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was freed by Iran and returned home, three weeks after she was...

Meta's decision to ditch fact checks 'very concerning'

Meta's decision to ditch fact checks 'very concerning'

Canberra [Australia], January 9: Australia's democracy could be at risk as social media giants turn their backs on independent fact-checking...

WHO says respiratory virus HMPV in China is 'common,' not a threat

WHO says respiratory virus HMPV in China is...

Geneva [Switzerland], January 8: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday offered reassurance about HMPV, a respiratory infection that is...

Bangladesh revokes passport of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh revokes passport of ousted prime minister Sheikh...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 8: Bangladesh's interim administration has revoked the passport of its ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and 74...

US authorities seek to identify bodies found in JetBlue wheel well

US authorities seek to identify bodies found in...

Florida [US], January 8: Authorities in the United States have been working to identify two bodies discovered in the wheel...

Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers

Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers

New York [US], January 8: Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them...

German couple confess to killing Ukrainian refugee and her mother to steal baby

German couple confess to killing Ukrainian refugee and...

Mannheim [Germany], January 8: A German couple on Tuesday confessed to killing a Ukrainian refugee and her mother in March...

Thai elephant centres criticized after death of tourist

Thai elephant centres criticized after death of tourist

Bangkok [Thailand], January 8: Animal rights activists on Tuesday lashed out at elephant sanctuaries in Thailand after a Spanish holidaymaker...

Airport in Damascus resumes international operations

Airport in Damascus resumes international operations

Damascus [Syria], January 8: Syria's main airport in Damascus resumed full operations on Tuesday after they were halted following the...

Iran starts air defence drills at Natanz nuclear facility

Iran starts air defence drills at Natanz nuclear...

Tehran [Iran], January 8: Amid rising tensions with Israel and with less than two weeks left before the inauguration of...