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COP29 Presidency to launch Baku Global Climate Transparency Platform

COP29 Presidency to launch Baku Global Climate Transparency...

Baku [Azerbaijan], September 1: The COP29 Presidency will officially launch a flagship initiative, the Baku Global Climate Transparency Platform (BTP)...

Ethiopian FM calls for joint efforts to maintain peace in Horn of Africa

Ethiopian FM calls for joint efforts to maintain...

Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], August 31: Ethiopian Foreign Minister Taye Atske Selassie has called for joint efforts among countries in the...

Ukrainian president dismisses Air Force commander

Ukrainian president dismisses Air Force commander

Kyiv [Ukraine], August 31: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday dismissed Air Force commander Mykola Oleschuk from his post,...

Lula da Silva warns Elon Musk must respect Brazilian rules

Lula da Silva warns Elon Musk must respect...

Brasilia [Brazil], August 31: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned Friday that businessman Elon Musk, owner of social...

Poland commemorates 80th anniversary of Warsaw Uprising with drone light show

Poland commemorates 80th anniversary of Warsaw Uprising with...

Warsaw [Poland], August 31: Poland captivated audiences with a drone light show on Friday evening commemorating the 80th anniversary of...

Portuguese social security surplus shrinks slightly amid rising costs

Portuguese social security surplus shrinks slightly amid rising...

Lisbon [Portugal], August 31: Portugal's Social Security system recorded a surplus of 2,712.4 million euros by the end of July...

NASA rearranges SpaceX Crew-9 team to bring Starliner crew home

NASA rearranges SpaceX Crew-9 team to bring Starliner...

Los Angeles [US], August 31: NASA has removed two astronauts from upcoming SpaceX Crew-9 mission to make room for two...

Vietnam's two major airports to see over 800,000 passengers in National Day holidays

Vietnam's two major airports to see over 800,000...

Hanoi [Vietnam], August 31: Two airports in Vietnam's biggest cities Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are expected to serve...

Mr. Trump has a different view than Ms. Harris about Mr. Kim Jong-un

Mr. Trump has a different view than Ms....

Washington [US], August 31: Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on August 30 that 'getting along'...

Japan proposes record defense budget

Japan proposes record defense budget

Tokyo [Japan], August 31: Japan's Defense Ministry has requested a record budget in a move aimed at sending a clear...

Anti-IS raid in Iraq, 7 US soldiers injured

Anti-IS raid in Iraq, 7 US soldiers injured

Washington [US], August 31: The US military conducted a raid in Iraq that killed 15 Islamic State (IS) militants but...

Taipei former mayor arrested in graft probe

Taipei former mayor arrested in graft probe

Taipei [Taiwan], August 31: A former mayor of Taipei who heads a small opposition party was arrested early as part...

Pacific Is Forum tweaks communique after China outburst

Pacific Is Forum tweaks communique after China outburst

Wellington [New Zealand], August 31: The Pacific Islands Forum secretariat has altered the communique from last week's summit in Tonga...

Cuba faces uphill battle as Oropouche virus spreads

Cuba faces uphill battle as Oropouche virus spreads

Havana [Cuba], August 31: Cuban health authorities launched small-scale fumigation efforts in Havana to fight the spread of the Oropouche...

Pacific First Nations people sound alarm on climate

Pacific First Nations people sound alarm on climate

Wellington [New Zealand], August 31: On the sidelines of the frenetic Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting this week, there was...

Mexican drug lord, who founded ultra-violent Zetas, released from US prison

Mexican drug lord, who founded ultra-violent Zetas, released...

Washington [US], August 31: One of the most notorious drug chiefs in Mexico's history, Osiel Cardenas, was released from a...

NZ backs Pacific Policing, commits to climate finance

NZ backs Pacific Policing, commits to climate finance

Wellington [New Zealand], August 31: New Zealand has decided to tip both for the Pacific Policing Initiative and the Pacific...

South Koreans' overseas card spending hits US$5.18 bln in Q2

South Koreans' overseas card spending hits US$5.18 bln...

Seoul [South Korea], August 31: South Koreans' overseas card spending remained unchanged in the second quarter from three months earlier...

Mpox vaccines to arrive in DR Congo in next few days, WHO says

Mpox vaccines to arrive in DR Congo in...

Geneva [Switzerland], August 31: The World Health Organisation chief said on Friday that mpox vaccines were set to arrive in...

Security Council condemns terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso

Security Council condemns terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso

New York [US], August 31: The United Nations Security Council has condemned the terrorist attack in Burkina Faso.

Shakhboot bin Nahyan attends 50th session of OIC Council of Foreign Ministers

Shakhboot bin Nahyan attends 50th session of OIC...

Yaounde [Cameroon], August 31: Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, led the UAE delegation participating in...

Ukrainian army confirms F16 crash

Ukrainian army confirms F16 crash

Kyiv [Ukraine], August 30: The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Thursday confirmed that an F16 fighter jet...

Japan's jobless rate climbs to 2.7 pct in July

Japan's jobless rate climbs to 2.7 pct in...

Tokyo [Japan], August 30: Unemployment rate in Japan increased in July from a month earlier, the government said in a...

Above average temperatures forecast for spring in Australia

Above average temperatures forecast for spring in Australia

Sydney [Australia], August 30: Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has forecast above average spring temperatures across the country following an...

Week of flooding kills over 50 in Bangladesh

Week of flooding kills over 50 in Bangladesh

Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 30: More than 50 people have been killed due to extensive flooding that lasted for more than...

Russia not ready to end war with Ukraine, says Poland's foreign minister

Russia not ready to end war with Ukraine,...

Warsaw [Poland], August 30: Russia is not ready for peace talks with Ukraine because it continues to demand that Ukraine...

US security adviser sees chance for Biden to meet Xi this year

US security adviser sees chance for Biden to...

Washington [US], August 30: US President Joe Biden could meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping again - possibly at an...