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Blinken confirms Haiti mission with Kenya leader, sees headway in days 13 Mar 2024 - 10:37 pm

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that Kenyan President William Ruto confirmed plans to send a security mission to Haiti...

South Africa's foreign minister says citizens fighting with Israeli forces in Gaza will be arrested 13 Mar 2024 - 09:39 pm

Cape Town, South Africa:South Africa's foreign minister says her country's citizens who fight in the Israeli armed forces or alongside them in Gaza...

Irish training legend Mullins steeped in history 13 Mar 2024 - 09:36 pm

Paris: Irish training legend Willie Mullins admitted he inherited some of his late mother Maureen's traits of putting people at ease, in being...

Ivory Coast rehousing victims of Abidjan mass evictions: govt 13 Mar 2024 - 09:14 pm

Abidjan: Ivory Coast has taken steps to rehouse residents of the two worst-hit areas near Abidjan, who were recently by mass evictions and...

House passes a bill that could lead to a TikTok ban if Chinese owner refuses to sell 13 Mar 2024 - 08:52 pm

Washington: The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app TikTok if its...

Nigeria vows not to pay ransom to school students' kidnappers 13 Mar 2024 - 08:36 pm

Kaduna, Nigeria: Nigeria's president has ordered security forces not to pay a ransom for the release of more than 250 school pupils seized...

Author Mitch Albom, 9 others evacuated by helicopter from violence-torn Port-au-Prince 13 Mar 2024 - 08:15 pm

Detroit: Author and Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom and nine others have been rescued by helicopter from Haiti after becoming stranded in...

Kenya to lead Haiti mission once new govt in place: Ruto 13 Mar 2024 - 08:03 pm

Nairobi: President William Ruto said on Wednesday he had reassured the United States that Kenya would lead a multinational mission to tackle spiralling...

Prime minister of Lebanon's caretaker government announces resumption of port of Beirut reconstruction 13 Mar 2024 - 06:48 pm

Beirut, Lebanon: The Prime Minister of Lebanon's Caretaker Government, Najib Mikati on Wednesday declared the resumption of the operation to reconstruct the Port...

Lufthansa: 400 flights in Germany could be canceled due to strike 13 Mar 2024 - 06:39 pm

Berlin, Germany: German airline giant Lufthansa said Wednesday that it expects 400 flights to be cancelled due to a strike called for by...

Scholz rejects limit on strikes as walkouts plague Germany 13 Mar 2024 - 06:10 pm

Berlin: Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday rejected a call for Germany to put in place rules to restrict critical infrastructure like rail transport...

US House overwhelmingly passes TikTok ban bill 13 Mar 2024 - 06:07 pm

Washington: The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill on Wednesday that would force TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner or...

Fire erupts in Philippine General Hospital, over 100 patients evacuated 13 Mar 2024 - 05:08 pm

Doha, Qatar: A fire broke out in the main building of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in Manila on Wednesday afternoon. Around 180...

Saudi Arabia inaugurates world’s first 3D printed mosque 13 Mar 2024 - 03:26 pm

Doha, Qatar: In a unique and unprecedented step bridging both technological innovation and tradition, Saudi Arabia has inaugurated the world’s first mosque built...

EU parliament adopts 'historic' rules on AI 13 Mar 2024 - 03:10 pm

Strasbourg, France: The European Parliament gave final approval on Wednesday to wide-ranging EU rules to govern artificial intelligence, including powerful systems like OpenAI's...

Musk visits Tesla's sabotage-hit German factory 13 Mar 2024 - 02:58 pm

Grünheide, Germany: Elon Musk travelled Wednesday to Tesla's factory near Berlin to lend his workers "support" after the plant was forced to halt...

Huge blast kills two, injures 26 in northern China 13 Mar 2024 - 02:52 pm

Sanhe, China: A huge suspected gas explosion at a restaurant in northern China killed two people and injured 26 more on Wednesday, state...

Polish farmers to let some trucks into Ukraine 13 Mar 2024 - 01:44 pm

Warsaw: Polish farmers blocking the Dorohusk checkpoint on the border with Ukraine said Wednesday they would allow trucks to cross into Ukraine but...