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Suspect in custody after teen is critically hurt in shooting at Nebraska high school 10 Sep 2024 - 09:49 pm

Omaha, Neb: Omaha police are investigating a shooting that critically injured a teenage boy at a high school in Nebraska's largest city. Families...

Vietnam evacuates 59,000 as typhoon floods toll climbs to 127 10 Sep 2024 - 09:18 pm

Hanoi: Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes on Tuesday as massive floods inundated northern Vietnam in the wake...

Philippines opens first Muslim-dedicated beach 'Marhaba Boracay' 10 Sep 2024 - 08:52 pm

Doha, Qatar: The Philippines inaugurated today, September 10, the country's first Muslim-friendly beach cove in the world-renowned Boracay island. Named "Marhaba Boracay", the...

Cool weather forecast offers hope in battling intense Southern California blaze 10 Sep 2024 - 08:18 pm

Mountain Home Village, Calif: Several days of extreme temperatures have stoked a wildfire in Southern California that burned so hot it created its...

'Emily in Paris' spotlights designer looks with product placement 10 Sep 2024 - 07:40 pm

Paris: From Google and Samsung to LVMH, AMI, Jacquemus and even Lidl, brands galore take centre stage in the latest season of Netflix...

Palestinians in Gaza see themselves as 'zombies': UN official 10 Sep 2024 - 07:32 pm

Brussels, Belgium: Palestinians in Gaza feel they are "zombies" left to fend for themselves, the UN humanitarian coordinator for the Palestinian Territories said...

Dam collapse in Nigeria sweeps deadly reptiles into flooded communities 10 Sep 2024 - 07:19 pm

ABUJA, Nigeria: A dam collapsed Tuesday in northeastern Nigeria unleashing severe flooding that prompted evacuations and swept deadly reptiles from a zoo into...

SpaceX launches all-civilian crew for first private spacewalk 10 Sep 2024 - 07:18 pm

Kennedy Space Center: SpaceX launched its historic Polaris Dawn mission on Tuesday -- an audacious orbital expedition that will catapult civilians into a...

Catherine, Princess of Wales praised for cancer video 10 Sep 2024 - 07:05 pm

London: A slick video by Catherine, Princess of Wales announcing that her chemotherapy has finished marks a dramatic shift in communications for the...

Four Italian, Korean climbers found dead on Mont Blanc 10 Sep 2024 - 06:36 pm

Lyon: Four climbers from Italy and South Korea were found dead on the Alps' highest peak of Mont Blanc on Tuesday after they...

Google and Apple have to pay billions in fines and back taxes after EU rejects their final appeals 10 Sep 2024 - 06:21 pm

London: Google lost its last bid to overturn a European Union antitrust penalty, after the bloc's top court ruled against it Tuesday on...

A Taiwanese fighter jet crashes during a training exercise and the pilot is missing 10 Sep 2024 - 06:08 pm

Taipei, Taiwan:A pilot is missing after ejecting from a fighter jet during a nighttime training exercise on Tuesday night, Taiwan's defense ministry said...

First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo 10 Sep 2024 - 04:34 pm

Kinshasa, Congo: Authorities in Congo said that 50,000 doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrived in the country on Tuesday, a...

Six Pakistan MPs appear in anti-terrorism court: AFP journalist 10 Sep 2024 - 04:13 pm

Islamabad: At least six MPs from jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's party appeared in an anti-terrorism court on Tuesday, an AFP...

Libyan city Derna scarred by disaster tries to rebuild a year after deadly flooding 10 Sep 2024 - 04:06 pm

Derna, Libya: A year since two dams burst upstream from the eastern Libyan city of Derna, unleashing a wall of water that swept...

A robot has begun a 2-week mission to retrieve melted fuel from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant 10 Sep 2024 - 03:54 pm

TOKYO: An extendable robot began on Tuesday a two-week mission to retrieve the first sample of melted fuel debris from inside one of...

BMW recalls 1.5 mn vehicles over brake problem, cuts outlook 10 Sep 2024 - 03:05 pm

Frankfurt, Germany: BMW said Tuesday it was recalling about 1.5 million vehicles due to problems with their brakes, prompting the German luxury carmaker...