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Norway closes embassy in Uganda
Kampala [Uganda], July 27: Norway has officially closed its embassy in Uganda, marking the end of 19 years of diplomatic...

Finland probes suspected violation of territorial waters by...
Helsinki [Finland], July 27: Finland suspects a Russian vessel to have violated Finnish territorial waters in the Gulf of Finland...

EU takes action against 7 states for violating...
Brussels [Belgium], July 27: The European Council on Friday placed France and six other European Union (EU) member states under...

Severe water shortages threaten central and southern Italy
Rome [Italy], July 27: Central and southern Italy are grappling with a severe water shortage, with agricultural supplies projected to...

Harris narrows gap with Trump in presidential race:...
Washington [US], July 27: U.S. presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is incredibly close, showed a new Wall...

Biden to announce Supreme Court reform plans next...
Washington [US], July 27: U.S. President Joe Biden intends to present a significant proposal aimed at reforming the Supreme...

Major Australian uranium deposit to be incorporated into...
Canberra[Australia], July 27: A northern Australian site previously designated for uranium mining will be included in a national park...

FBI Director Stirs Controversy Over Trump Shot Suspicion
Washington [US], July 27: FBI Director Christopher Wray has cast doubt on former President Donald Trump's claim that he was...

France investigates 'massive attack' on fast train network
Paris [France], July 27: Paris Mayor Sabotage Anne Hidalgo said Friday that the crippling of France's high-speed TGV rail network...

Blinken to hold talks with Chinese foreign minister...
Vientiane [Laos], July 27: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Laos on Saturday for a regional meeting and...

Trump vows return to site of assassination attempt,...
Washington [US], July 27: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Friday he will return to the Pennsylvania town where...

Opening ceremony lights up Paris in unique style
Paris [France], July 27: The 2024 Olympics opened in Paris in spectacular style with thousands of athletes sailing along the...

'Firenado' rips through California in year's biggest blaze
California [US], July 27: A rare fire tornado has ripped through bushland in northern California, as the state's largest wildfire...

More than 160,000 people join white women for...
Washington [US], July 27: More than 160,000 people joined a Zoom call on Thursday night to build support for Democratic...

UN urges peace, respect for Olympic Truce as...
Paris [France], July 27: As the Summer Olympics and Paralympics got underway in Paris on Friday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres...

Oregon wildfire scorches over 1,500 square kilometres
Oregon [US], July 27: Winds and lightning strikes have sparked and fanned wildfires across the Pacific Northwest this week, including...

WHO to send one million polio vaccines to...
Geneva [Switzerland], July 27: The UN health agency said on Friday that it is sending more than a million polio...

5 killed, 14 injured in industrial park blast...
Zhengzhou [China], July 27:An explosion at a plant on Friday evening in an industrial park of Yongcheng City in central...

For the first time in history, Olympic Games...
Paris [France], July 27: For the first time in the history of the Olympic Summer Games, the Opening Ceremony didn't...

Harris rises in polls as Trump labels her...
Washington D.C. [US], July 26: Vice President Kamala Harris took her presidential campaign blitz to the largest U.S. teachers' union,...

Relatives of 18 dead in Nepal plane crash...
Nepal [Kathmandu], July 26: Relatives of the 18 dead in an airplane crash in Nepal have yet to hear from...

Typhoon Gaemi barrels through Taiwan, killing two, heads...
Taipei [Taiwan], July 26: Typhoon Gaemi swept through northern Taiwan on Thursday, killing two people, bringing floods and snarling traffic,...

US: Kamala Harris says she "will not be...
Washington D.C. [US], July 26: US Vice President and Democratic party nominee for Presidential elections, Kamala Harris, held discussions with...

Study discerns Alzheimer's vulnerability, resilience factors
Washington D.C. [US], July 26: A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study published in Nature reveals new insights into the...

Suspects' rights land Hungary, Czech Republic and Bulgaria...
Brussels [Belgium], July 26: The European Commission on Thursday announced that it is sending legal complaints to the European Court...

Ex-Islamic State fighter remains silent in German attack...
Berlin [Germany], July 26: A former fighter for the terrorist militia Islamic State has been back in a German court...

Frankfurt Airport climate protest forces cancellation of 270...
Frankfurt [Germany], July 26: Germany's Frankfurt Airport faced serious disruption on Thursday, with some 270 flights cancelled out of 1,400,...