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Evacuations as tail of Storm Boris floods NE...
Rome [Italy], September 20: Italian authorities evacuated some 1,000 people from their homes as the tail end of Storm Boris...

Spanish premier, Palestinian leader urge de-escalation
Madrid [Spain], September 20: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday called for a de-escalation of the conflict in the...

Hezbollah slams 'act of war'
Beirut [Lebanon], September 20: The leader of Hezbollah acknowledged on Thursday that his group had suffered a "major and unprecedented"...

UN Special Coordinator for ME Peace calls for...
New York [US], September 20: UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, has called for establishing...

Earth is about to have a second moon
Washington [US], September 20: From September 29 to November 25, astronomers calculate that the " mini moon " will...

Harris: 'If anyone breaks into my house, they...
Washington [US], September 20: US Vice President Kamala Harris on September 19 issued a warning to anyone who intends to...

Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon as US,...
Tel Aviv [Israel], September 20: Israeli warplanes carried out late on Thursday their most intense strikes on southern Lebanon in...

Russia attacks Ukraine geriatric centre and power grid
Moscow [Russia], September 20: Russian forces hit a geriatric centre in the Ukrainian city of Sumy and targeted its energy...

Harris and Trump neck-and-neck in national polls
Washington [US], September 20: Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump remain deadlocked less than seven weeks before...

Biden expects Fed to continue cutting interest rates
Washington [US], September 20: U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects the Federal Reserve to continue cutting interest...

Ukraine weakens Russian forces in East: Zelenskiy
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 20: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had reduced the potential of Russian troops...

Firefighters quell most of Portugal's worst wildfires, fight...
Lisbon [Portugal], September 20: Firefighters tackling deadly wildfires in central and northern Portugal had doused the flames in the Aveiro...

France nears new government as Barnier proposes cabinet...
Paris [France], September 20: France edged closer to having a new government, more than two months after a hung election.

Hunter Biden to be sentenced on Dec. 4
Washington [US], September 20: Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, will be sentenced on Dec. 4.

Portugal to combat school bullying
Lisbon [Portugal], September 19: The Portuguese government has formed a working group to address and prevent bullying in schools,...

Putin extends Western food import ban by 2...
Moscow [Russia], September 19: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree extending an embargo on agricultural products from...

Russian town evacuated after Ukrainian attack on munitions...
Moscow [Russia], September 19: The small Russian town of Toropets, some 400 kilometres north-west of Moscow, has been partially...

UN General Assembly calls for Israeli withdrawal from...
New York [US], September 19: With a clear majority of 124 votes on Wednesday, the UN General Assembly has called...

Half a million Mpox vaccine doses for Africa...
Geneva [Switzerland], September 19: The global vaccine group Gavi has ordered 500,000 Mpox vaccine doses from the German-Danish company Bavarian...

At least 14 dead, 450 injured as Lebanon...
Beirut [Lebanon], September 19: At least 14 people were killed and 450 others injured in the second wave of explosions...

UAE President to begin official visit to US...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 19: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will start an official visit...

UN appeals for maximum restraint to avert further...
New York [US], September 19: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an end to the escalation in violence...

Chinese electric cars in the midst of a...
Beijing [China], September 19: China's electric vehicles (EVs) are looking to increase their competitiveness in the global market amid tariffs...

Vietnam's gas demand expected to triple by 2030
Hanoi [Vietnam], September 19: According to a recent study by Wood Mackenzie - a global provider of data, analysis and...

US interest rate cut: Ms. Harris optimistic, Mr....
Washington [US], September 19: The US Federal Reserve (Fed) cut interest rates for the first time in more than four...

Family 'devastated' as accused killer pleads not guilty
Washington [US], September 19: The supporters of a young woman allegedly killed by her former partner say they are "devastated"...

Hezbollah devices explode again in Lebanon, raising fears...
Beirut [Lebanon], September 19: Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated across Lebanon's south in the country's deadliest day...