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Sep 05, 2024
Gaza [Palestine], September 5: Good progress is being made in rolling out a polio vaccine to children in Gaza but a permanent ceasefire in the 11-month war is needed to ease humanitarian suffering, the main U.N. agency for Palestinians said on Wednesday.
Biden preparing to block Nippon's US Steel takeover
Irish PM slams Russian 'terrorism and barbarism' during Ukraine trip
Israel using 'war-like' tactics in West Bank, says UN
Typhoon Yagi claims 16 lives, affects over 1.7 million in Philippines
Ukraine foreign minister latest to announce departure from government
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Former French PM Édouard Philippe confirms 2027 presidential bid
Paris [France], September 5: Former French prime minister Édouard Philippe, considered one of the country's most popular politicians, has announced that he plans to run...
Turkish and Egyptian leaders stress joint stance on Gaza conflict
Istanbul [Turkey], September 5: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi on Wednesday called for a ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip,...
London's Grenfell Tower blaze victims let down by 'decades of failure'
London [UK], September 5: A damning report into the Grenfell Tower fire has found victims, bereaved and survivors were "badly failed" through incompetence, dishonesty and...
UAE pardons 57 Bangladeshi expats jailed for anti-Hasina protests
Dubai [UAE], September 5: The president of the United Arab Emirates has pardoned 57 Bangladeshi citizens jailed for holding protests in the Gulf country against...
Expedition shows Titanic is disintegrating
California [US], September 5: The Titanic is decaying in its ocean grave, footage from a recent exploration has shown, with the famous bow among the...
Eleven dead after school bus crashes into students in eastern China
Beijing [China], September 5: Eleven people, including five schoolchildren, died after a school bus crashed into a group of students in the eastern Chinese province...
Aid agencies warn of historic hunger crisis in Sudan
Geneva [Switzerland], September 5: Aid agencies warned on Tuesday that Sudan faces a hunger emergency amid its civil war but said the international community is...
Monsoon rains and flooding in two months claim 320 lives in Pakistan
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 5: Heavy rains and flooding claimed the lives of at least 320 people in Pakistan over the past two months as monsoon...
Germany holds cross-party talks in wake of deadly mass stabbing
Berlin [Germany], September 5: Several German political leaders demanded stricter asylum and immigration policies ahead of a cross-party meeting on migration and security in Berlin...
129 killed in Congo in attempted prison break
Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of Congo], September 5: At least 129 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an attempted prison break.
Arrests, violence and destruction continue in raided West Bank
Sep 04, 2024
Russia raids many provinces, clashes hundreds of times with Ukraine
President Biden gives a boost to Ms. Harris
OPEC changes strategy to lower oil prices?
US close to agreement on long-range missile transfer to Ukraine?
Former Philippine mayor suspected of being Chinese arrested
At least 12 migrants dead after vessel capsizes in Channel
Finland to spend more on defence, NATO and security
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine shot in leg