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Sunak tells unions to halt strikes after public...
London [UK], July 14: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged unions to call off strike action after accepting recommendations...
Putin says Russia ready to quit grain deal...
Moscow [Russia], July 14: Russian President Vladimir Putin said any extension of a soon-to-expire deal that allows critical grain supplies...
America bucks before extreme weather
Washington [US], July 14: A prolonged heatwave is covering a large swath of the southern US, stretching from California to...
ChatGPT has 2 more competitors in just a...
Washington [US], July 14: Reuters on July 13 reported that US billionaire Elon Musk has just launched an artificial intelligence...
Russia reacts to NATO conference
Moscow [Russia], July 14: Speaking at a press conference after the NATO Summit, taking place in the capital Vilnius (Lithuania)...
US Secret Service stops investigating cocaine discovery in...
Washington [US], July 14: The US Secret Service has closed its investigation into the discovery of cocaine in the White...
Risk of avian influenza infection in humans
Geneva [Switzerland], July 14: The World Health Organization (WHO) recently warned about the human health risk of avian influenza and...
Ukraine received US cluster munitions, Russia issued a...
Kyiv [Ukraine], July 14: Ukraine's armed forces have received cluster munitions that the US promises will help bolster Kyiv's counter-offensive,...
Teacher strikes likely to end in England
England [UK], July 14: Teacher strikes are likely to end in England after union leaders came out in support of...
UN uncovers 87 bodies
New York [US], July 14: The head of a United Nations agency has called for an investigation into the killing...
Thai democracy; parliament fails to elect new prime...
Bangkok [Thailand], July 14: The sole nominee to be the next prime minister of Thailand failed to secure enough parliamentary...
US resists calls by Trump to postpone trial
Washington [US], July 14: U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith urged the federal judge presiding over the prosecution of Donald Trump...
Chopped fingertip mailed to French president's residence
Paris [France], July 14: A police investigation has been launched after a chopped finger was sent to the official residence...
US House debates 'culture wars' amendments to must-pass...
Washington [US], July 14: The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday debated proposed amendments to its version of the National...
Pacific Islands Forum chair confident in safety of...
Tokyo [Japan], July 14: The Pacific Islands Forum chair Mark Brown says the planned release of treated nuclear wastewater into...
Russian general says top military brass betrayed soldiers...
Moscow [Russia], July 14: A Russian general said he had been dismissed as a commander after telling the military leadership...
US govt tells vaccine makers to price updated...
Washington [US], July 14: COVID vaccine makers should price their updated shots for the fall at a reasonable rate that...
Elon Musk launches AI startup
San Francisco [US], July 13: Tesla CEO and Twitter owner Elon Musk said Wednesday he is launching an artificial intelligence...
Oil prices pick up on U.S. inflation slowdown
New Yprk [US], July 13: Crude oil futures prices extended gains on Wednesday thanks to optimism from cooling down in...
Gold rises as U.S. inflation slows
Chicago [US], July 13: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Wednesday as...
U.S. crude supplies up, other petroleum data mixed
Houston [US], July 13: U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.7 million barrels per day (b/d) during the week ending...
Australian flu vaccine uptake falls in winter amid...
Canberra [Australia], July 13: Influenza vaccine uptake in Australia has dropped in the current winter months as a result of...
Eastern bettongs return to Aussie state after century-long...
Sydney [Australia], July 13: The environment department in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) announced on Thursday that...
UN Council condemns Quran burning; the West votes...
Geneva [Switzerland], July 13: The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution condemning the Quran burning incident in Sweden...
Global hunger toll stands at 735 million people:...
Rome [Italy], July 13: Nearly three-quarters of a billion people suffer from hunger or malnutrition worldwide, according to a report...
US Congress and Blinken call on Havana to...
Miami [US], July 13: US Congress and the United States' top American diplomat called on the Cuban government on Tuesday...
G7 aims to boost Ukraine's air, naval forces...
Vilnius [Lithunia], July 13: G7 countries plan to provide Kiev with modern equipment for its air and naval forces to...