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Death toll up to 12 in Poland mine accidents; 11 missing 25 Apr 2022 - 04:42 pm

WARSAW, Poland: The death toll from two coal mine accidents last week in southern Poland has risen to 12 after the bodies of...

Small training plane crashes in northern Turkey, killing 2 people 25 Apr 2022 - 04:30 pm

ANKARA: A single-engined training aircraft crashed in a central district of Turkey's Bursa province, killing two people on board, local media and the...

Biden names veteran career diplomat Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine 25 Apr 2022 - 04:26 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Joe Biden named veteran diplomat Bridget Brink as the new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, the White House said on Monday,...

International Criminal Court joins team probing alleged war crimes in Ukraine 25 Apr 2022 - 04:15 pm

AMSTERDAM: The International Criminal Court (ICC) will take part in the joint team investigating allegations of war crimes in Ukraine following the Russian...

Ukraine wants UN to be guarantor of safe corridor from Mariupol steel plant 25 Apr 2022 - 04:10 pm

Ukraine denied on Monday reaching an agreement with Russia on evacuating civilians from a steel plant in the southern city of Mariupol, and...

'Shanghai was a lesson': Beijing residents hit the stores amid COVID lockdown fears 25 Apr 2022 - 02:29 pm

Beijing/SHANGHAI: A mass COVID-19 testing order in Beijing's biggest district prompted residents in the Chinese capital to stock up on groceries, fearing they...

Philippines starts rollout of second booster dose against COVID 25 Apr 2022 - 01:40 pm

MANILA: The Philippines on Monday started giving second COVID-19 booster doses for immunocompromised adults, joining a growing number of Asian countries offering a...

World's oldest person dies in Japan aged 119 25 Apr 2022 - 01:29 pm

TOKYO: A Japanese woman believed to have been the world's oldest person has died aged 119, public broadcaster NHK said on Monday, reporting...

Britain moves ahead with mandatory climate plans for companies 25 Apr 2022 - 01:20 pm

LONDON: Britain unveiled a new taskforce on Monday to write rules forcing financial firms and listed companies to publish plans from next year...

Emotional farewell for 'brave' police diver who drowned in S.African floods 25 Apr 2022 - 11:07 am

Ethekwini, South Africa: "Brave and fearless" is how colleagues remember South African police diver Busisiwe Mjwara, who drowned a week ago while searching...

Large fire at oil depot in Russia's Bryansk, near Ukraine 25 Apr 2022 - 11:00 am

A large fire broke out early on Monday at an oil storage facility in the Russian city of Bryansk, the emergencies ministry said,...

U.S.'s Blinken says Russia is failing in its war aims, Ukraine succeeding 25 Apr 2022 - 10:33 am

Russia is failing in its war aims but Ukraine is succeeding, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday after he and...

US steps up military aid for Ukraine during first official visit since invasion 25 Apr 2022 - 09:38 am

Kyiv: Making the first official U.S. visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded two months ago, Washington's top diplomat and its defense secretary pledged...

French finance minister says lots of work ahead on inflation, cost of living 24 Apr 2022 - 10:02 pm

Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said France's government had work to do after President Emmanuel Macron's secured a second term in Sunday's presidential...

Wildfires sweep New Mexico, hundreds of properties destroyed 24 Apr 2022 - 09:57 pm

TAOS, N.M- Wind-driven wildfires destroyed hundreds of structures in northern New Mexico and forced thousands to flee mountain villages as blazes burned unusually...

France's Macron beats Le Pen to win second term 24 Apr 2022 - 09:28 pm

PARIS- French President Emmanuel Macron defeated his far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Sunday by a comfortable margin, early projections by pollsters showed,...