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Egypt enters season of wheat harvest

Egypt enters season of wheat harvest

Cairo [Egypt], May 4: Farmers work at a field in Monufia Province, Egypt, on May 3, 2024. Egypt has entered...

Tunisia calls for more investments in economic zones

Tunisia calls for more investments in economic zones

Tunisia [Tunis], May 4: Tunisian Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani urged Tunisian and foreign economic operators to invest in economic zones...

Ukraine's economic growth to slow to 3 pct in 2024: forecast

Ukraine's economic growth to slow to 3 pct...

Kyiv [Ukraine], May 4: Ukraine's economic growth is projected to slow down to 3 percent this year from 5.3 percent...

Euro falls to historic low against Albanian lek

Euro falls to historic low against Albanian lek

The euro's value against the lek fell to 100.31 on the local currency exchange market on Thursday, the lowest value...

UK's ruling Conservative Party suffers heavy losses in local elections

UK's ruling Conservative Party suffers heavy losses in...

London [UK], May 4: Britain's ruling Conservative Party has suffered one of its worst ever election days as massive numbers...

Belgrade-Novi Sad railway brings convenience to commuters in Serbia

Belgrade-Novi Sad railway brings convenience to commuters in...

Belgrade [Serbia], May 4: Aleksandra Radovanovic walks to the Novi Sad railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia, April 29, 2024.

Uzbek president outlines priorities for attracting foreign investment

Uzbek president outlines priorities for attracting foreign investment

Tashkent [Uzbekistan], May 4: Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Friday outlined the country's priorities for attracting foreign investment, according to...

33 injured in bus accident in eastern Sri Lanka

33 injured in bus accident in eastern Sri...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 4: Up to 33 people, including 25 schoolchildren, were injured when two buses collided in Ampara...

5.1-magnitude quake hits Solomon Islands: GFZ

5.1-magnitude quake hits Solomon Islands: GFZ

New York [USA], May 4: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted Solomon Islands at 22:47:39 GMT on Friday,...

New step in China's aircraft carrier ambitions

New step in China's aircraft carrier ambitions

Beijing [China], May 4: Last week, Xinhua news agency reported that the Fujian aircraft carrier was being tested at sea...

Huge fire at the chemical factory of a German weapons manufacturer

Huge fire at the chemical factory of a...

Berlin [Germany], May 4: DW radio reported that the fire occurred on May 3 at a metal technology factory in...

Prosecuted for threatening to kill the attorney general in a case involving Mr. Trump

Prosecuted for threatening to kill the attorney general...

Washington [USA], May 4: The Guardian newspaper reported on May 4 that a man in California (USA) was just indicted...

The US nearly doubled its budget for purchasing artillery shells

The US nearly doubled its budget for purchasing...

Washington [USA], May 4: "We proposed an additional 3.1 billion USD related to the production and addition of 155 mm...

A US congressman and his wife were prosecuted for accepting bribes from abroad

A US congressman and his wife were prosecuted...

Washington [USA], May 4: On May 4, CNN reported that US Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, had...

WHO warns of the risk of 'bloodbath' in the Gaza Strip

WHO warns of the risk of 'bloodbath' in...

Geneva [Switzerland], May 4: AFP on May 4 quoted Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...

Germany and France met secretly before Mr. Xi's visit

Germany and France met secretly before Mr. Xi's...

Brussels [Germany], May 4: The meeting of the two EU leaders was described as a private event, taking place just...

Canada police charge three with murder of Sikh leader Nijjar

Canada police charge three with murder of Sikh...

Ottawa [Canada], may 4: Canadian police said on Friday they had arrested and charged three Indian nationals with the murder...

Jiu-Jitsu Asian Union assesses progress of initiates, lays down plans for future

Jiu-Jitsu Asian Union assesses progress of initiates, lays...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 4: The Jiu-Jitsu Asian Union convened on Friday to strategise and outline plans for the sport's...

UAE President receives condolences over passing of Tahnoun bin Mohammed from Sultan of Oman

UAE President receives condolences over passing of Tahnoun...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 4: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has received a cable of condolences...

UAE President receives condolences over passing of Tahnoun bin Mohammed from Emir of Qatar

UAE President receives condolences over passing of Tahnoun...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 4: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has received a cable of condolences...

29 killed in southern Brazil's worst storms

29 killed in southern Brazil's worst storms

Sao Paulo [Brazil], May 3: The worst storms killed 29 people and left 60 others missing after four consecutive days...

South Korea ups terror alert at five missions due to N Korea threat

South Korea ups terror alert at five missions...

Seoul [South Korea], May 3: South Korea has raised its terror warning levels by two levels from "caution" to "alert"...

EU provides Lebanon with $1bn to halt flow of Syrian refugees

EU provides Lebanon with $1bn to halt flow...

Brussels [Belgium], May 3: The European Commission has promised Lebanon financial aid totalling around 1 billion euros ($1.07bn) in order...

Swiss invite 160 to Ukraine peace talks, but Russia not among them

Swiss invite 160 to Ukraine peace talks, but...

Geneva [Switzerland], May 3: Switzerland on Thursday sent out official invitations to more than 160 delegations ahead of June's Ukraine...

Estonian minister blames Russia for GPS interference over Baltic

Estonian minister blames Russia for GPS interference over...

Tallin [Estonia], May 3: Estonia's Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna laid the blame for the jamming of GPS signals over the...

Death toll rises to 48 after motorway collapse in southern China

Death toll rises to 48 after motorway collapse...

Shenzhen [China], May 3: Shenzhen: The death toll has risen to 48 following the collapse of a carriageway on a...

It will take until at least 2040 to repair destroyed homes in Gaza, says UN

It will take until at least 2040 to...

New York [USA], May 3: If the war in Gaza stopped today, it would still take until 2040 to rebuild...