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EU environment commissioner urges urgent, deep emissions cuts
Brussels [Belgium], September 3: European Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius has urged the international community not to lose sight of the...

Pyongyang's cruise missiles crashed into sea, says South...
Seoul [South Korea], September 3: North Korea fired several cruise missiles in the direction of the Yellow Sea on Saturday,...

Former Italian prime minister blames Paris for 1980...
Rome [Italy], September 3: More than 40 years after the mysterious crash of an Italian passenger plane with 81 fatalities,...

Singapore ex-deputy PM elected president by 'decisive' margin
Singapore, September 3: Singapore's former deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president Friday, earning a landslide victory in the...

Russian airport attacked from own territory, Ukraine says
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 3: Ukraine's military intelligence said Friday that a recent drone attack on an airport in northwestern Russia...

Israel: Police clash with Eritrean asylum seekers
Tel Aviv [Israel], September 3: Dozens of people have been injured, including some from live gunfire, during clashes between Eritrean...

Rain and mud leave Burning Man revelers stranded...
California [US], September 3: Tens of thousands of revelers attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert have been...

Australia government to introduce bill barring 'wage theft'...
Canberra [Australia], September 3: Australia's Labor government will introduce legislation to close "loopholes" in workplace law, a move opposed by...

With DeSantis absent, Biden surveys storm damage in...
Florida [US], September 3: President Joe Biden traveled to Florida on Saturday to survey the destruction from Hurricane Idalia and...

Ukraine tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky named suspect in fraud...
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 3: A Ukrainian court ordered tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky to be held in custody for two months on...

In Mongolia, Pope says Church 'has no political...
Ulaanbaatar [Mongolia], September 3: Pope Francis on Saturday opened the first papal visit to Mongolia, home to some 1,450 Catholics.

US President Joe Biden to commend PM Modi...
Washington [US], September 3: US President Joe Biden will travel to India on Thursday for the G20 Summit scheduled to...

DubaiDestinations 2023 summer campaign draws to a close...
Dubai [UAE], September 3: Capping two exciting months that showcased the unique experiences Dubai offers in the warmer months of...

UAE win FEI Endurance World Championship for Young...
Castelsagrat[France], September 3: The UAE Saturday won the FEI Endurance World Championship for Young Riders & Juniors for the 4th...

Hamdan bin Zayed visits ADIHEX 2023
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 3: H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in Al Dhafra Region, and Chairman...

9 soldiers killed in rebel attack in NW...
Damascus [Syria], September 2: Nine soldiers of government forces were killed on Friday in an attack carried out by an...

Iraq exports over 106 mln barrels of crude...
Bagdad [Iraq], September 2: Iraq exported about 106.12 million barrels of crude oil in August, generating 8.85 billion U.S. dollars...

At least 16 Palestinians injured during clashes with...
Gaza [Palestine], September 2: At least 16 Palestinians were injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip and...

Iceland resumes whaling amid growing opposition
Reykjavik [Iceland], September 2: Whaling ships in Iceland can resume the hunting of giant fin whales from September, following a...

Austria sees economic contraction in Q2
Vienna [Austria], September 2:Austria's gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 1.1 percent in real terms year on year in the...

U.S. anti-drug trafficking strategy "very misguided," says Mexican...
Mexico City [Mexico], September 2: The United States has adopted a "very misguided" strategy to fight drug trafficking at home...

Growing drought, wildfires impact Canada's Q2 economy
Ottawa [Canada], September 2: Canada's real gross domestic product (GDP) by industry was essentially unchanged in the second quarter of...

Gold rises on cooling U.S. job data
Chicago [US], September 2: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Friday as...

6.1-magnitude quake hits 13 km ENE of Severo-Kurilsk,...
Moscow [Russia], September 2: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted 13 km ENE of Severo-Kurilsk, Russia at 20:49:54...

5 killed as elevator crashes in Indonesia's Bali
Jakarta [Indonesia], September 2: At least five people were killed after an elevator at a resort hotel crashed on the...

100 years on, victims of 1923 earthquake massacre...
Tokyo [Japan], September 2: A ceremony has been held in Tokyo to commemorate the victims of a massacre in which...

Myanmar exports over 59,000 tons of rice, broken...
Yangon [Myanmar], September 2: Myanmar exported 59,971 tons of rice and broken rice in August, according to data released by...