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Czech Republic records nearly 15,000 cases of Pertussis,...
Prague [Czech Republic], May 21: The Czech Republic has recorded nearly 15,000 cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, and six...
Report warns of increased blackout risks in Australia
Canberra [Australia], May 21: The operator of Australia's electricity grid has warned of a heightened risk of blackouts due to...
President Biden said Israel did not commit genocide...
Washington [US], May 21: US President Joe Biden said that Israel's military campaign in Gaza was not genocide, criticizing the...
The Myanmar army continues to fall before the...
Yangon [Myanmar], May 21: The military government in Myanmar continues to lose another border town in the ongoing conflict...
Top court bars former president Jacob Zuma from...
Cape Town [South Africa], May 21: South Africa's highest court ruled on Monday that former president Jacob Zuma cannot...
Luis Abinader re-elected in Dominican Republic presidential election
Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic], May 21: Incumbent Luis Abinader has been re-elected in the first round of the presidential election...
Spain summons Argentinian ambassador
Madrid [Spain], May 21: Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has summoned the Argentinian ambassador in Madrid after Argentinian President...
Taiwan's President Lai takes office, urges Beijing to...
Taipei [Taiwan], May 21: Lai Ching-te of Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was sworn in as the self-governing island's...
Death of Iran's Raisi could stir race for...
Tehran [Iran], May 21: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's death in a helicopter crash upsets the plans of hardliners who wanted...
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's divisive leader in the eye...
Tel Aviv [Israel], May 21: Benjamin Netanyahu was one of the most polarising leaders in Israel's history long before the...
ANC support grows in weeks before South African...
Johannesburg [South Africa], May 21: Support for South Africa's governing African National Congress has risen in the weeks leading up...
WikiLeaks founder allowed to appeal extradition from UK...
Washington [US], May 21: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission to appeal against extradition to the United States after...
Russia fails in rival UN bid on nuclear...
Moscow [Russia], May 21: A Russian-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution that called on all countries to prevent "for all...
Australia, New Zealand send evacuation flights to New...
Paris [France], May 21: Australia and New Zealand said they will send government planes to New Caledonia to evacuate nationals...
Iran initiates power transition procedures after president's helicopter...
Tehran [Iran], May 21: Iran has begun the process of transferring power following the helicopter crash incident that claimed the...
SEWA provides services for Al Hafiya lake in...
Sharjah [UAE], May 21: Sharjah Electricity, Water, and Gas Authority (SEWA) has completed the construction of a pumping station and...
UAE leaders congratulate President of Cameroon on National...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 21: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations...
Iran's presidential election slated for June 28
Tehran [Iran], May 21: After examining the timing of the election process, the heads of branches of power decided 28th...
UNICEF rehabilitates medical centers in Libya's floods-hit Derna
Tripoli [Libya], May 20: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday it has rehabilitated four primary medical centers...
Algeria launches 3rd general agricultural census
Algiers [Algeria], May 20: Algeria on Sunday commenced its third general agricultural census, a critical measure to develop agricultural policies...
Ghana presidential convoy involved in fatal crash, president...
Accra [Ghana], May 20: At least one person was killed and some others were injured as Ghana's presidential convoy was...
Lithuania confirms results of presidential election, referendum
Vilnius [Lithuania], May 20: Lithuania's Central Election Commission (VRK) Sunday confirmed results of the first round of presidential election and...
Blue Origin completes first manned spaceflight since 2022...
Los Angeles [US], May 20: U.S. aerospace company Blue Origin on Sunday launched a six-member crew to the edge...
Australian PM signals support for stricter social media...
Canberra [Australia], May 20: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has thrown his support behind a push to implement stricter age...
Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki lodge protest over US...
Tokyo [Japan], May 20: The administrations of Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki prefectures, which came under the US atomic bombing during...
Sri Lankan Tamils still haunted by civil war
Mullivaikkal [Sri Lanka], May 20: Sri Lanka's minority Tamil community marked 15 years since the end of the island nation's...
Biden reaches out to Gaza protesters in college...
Atlanta [US], May 20: President Joe Biden told students on Sunday at the former university of civil rights icon Martin...