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N.Korea lifts COVID lockdown amid 'stable' virus situation -media 30 May 2022 - 01:33 pm

SEOUL: North Korea has lifted movement restrictions imposed in the capital Pyongyang after its first admission of COVID-19 outbreak weeks ago, media reported,...

Shanghai city to lift lockdown restrictions on June 1 30 May 2022 - 01:30 pm

SHANGHAI: Shanghai authorities will lift the city's two-month long lockdown from midnight on Wednesday, allowing private cars including taxis back on to the...

Rescuers find 10 more survivors of sunken boat in Indonesia 30 May 2022 - 11:24 am

Makassar, Indonesia: Three days after a cargo boat sank in the Makassar Strait in South Sulawesi province, 10 more survivors were located, including...

Biden grieves with Texas town as anger mounts over school shooting 30 May 2022 - 11:10 am

Uvalde: President Joe Biden tried to comfort families in the south Texas town of Uvalde on Sunday after the nation's deadliest school shooting...

Spain backs new sanctions against Russia 30 May 2022 - 10:33 am

MADRID: Spain supports a new package of EU sanctions against Moscow but there is no agreement yet as some member states remain heavily...

Russian forces moving deeper into Sivierodonetsk 30 May 2022 - 09:27 am

Russian troops are moving into the city of Sivierodonetsk from the outskirts, Luhansk region governor Serhiy Gaidai said on Monday. "Unfortunately we have...

Nepal authorities recover bodies of 14 persons who were on board crashed plane 30 May 2022 - 09:06 am

Kathmandu: Rescue workers inNepalhave so far recovered 14 bodies from the crash site of a small plane carrying 22 people that went down...

Death toll in Brazilian floods rises to 57, thousands displaced 30 May 2022 - 12:07 am

RIO DE JANEIRO- Over 100 people are missing or confirmed dead in Brazil, the government said on Sunday, as mudslides and major floods...

Rumors of gunfire cause panic after New York boxing match 29 May 2022 - 09:01 pm

As the nation reels from two major mass shootings this month, a stampede broke out early Sunday in New York as rumors spread...

Justice Department to review law enforcement response to Texas shooting 29 May 2022 - 08:43 pm

WASHINGTON- The U.S. Justice Department said on Sunday it will review law enforcement's response to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed...

Nepal suspends search for missing plane with 22 on board 29 May 2022 - 07:43 pm

KATHMANDU- A small passenger plane with 22 people on board went missing in cloudy weather in Nepal on Sunday and authorities suspended a...

Biden grieves with Texas town after latest US school shooting 29 May 2022 - 07:35 pm

UVALDE, Texas- President Joe Biden landed in the Texas town of Uvalde on Sunday to comfort families ripped apart by the worst U.S....

EU unity on Russian sanctions 'starting to crumble', German minister says 29 May 2022 - 07:29 pm

BERLIN- German Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Sunday expressed fears that the European Union's unity was "starting to crumble" ahead of a summit...

Big fire breaks out at Swiss industrial building - media 29 May 2022 - 07:23 pm

ZURICH- A large fire broke out in an industrial building in Spreitenbach outside Zurich on Sunday, Swiss broadcaster SRF reported. The fire service...

East Jerusalem will remain eternal capital of Palestine: Palestinian Presidency 29 May 2022 - 07:10 pm

Ramallah: The Palestinian presidency confirmed today that East Jerusalem will remain the eternal capital of the State of Palestine as per international legitimacy...

First hurricane of the eastern Pacific season barrels toward southern Mexico 29 May 2022 - 04:56 pm

MONTERREY, Mexico: The first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season barreled toward the southern coast of Mexico on Sunday, packing maximum sustained winds...

Ukraine's Zelenskiy visits frontlines in first visit outside Kyiv region 29 May 2022 - 04:40 pm

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Ukrainian troops on the front lines in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region on Sunday, the President's office announced. The...