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Bus carrying North Macedonian tourists crashes in flames in Bulgaria, killing 45 23 Nov 2021 - 06:43 pm

SOFIA/SKOPJE: A bus carrying North Macedonian tourists crashed in flames on a highway in western Bulgaria before daybreak on Tuesday, killing at least...

Indian 'dead' man returns to life after seven hours in morgue freezer 23 Nov 2021 - 03:43 pm

Confounding doctors, a 40-year-old man in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh showed signs of movement after being declared dead and kept in...

London's Big Ben to show fresh face to ring in New Year 23 Nov 2021 - 03:28 pm

LONDON: Big Ben's dials will emerge from a shroud of scaffolding in time for the world famous clock to perform its most important...

Dutch COVID-19 patients transferred to Germany as hospitals struggle 23 Nov 2021 - 02:59 pm

AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands on Tuesday started transporting COVID-19 patients across the border to Germany to ease pressure on Dutch hospitals struggling to deal...

West Africa has highest numbers of child soldiers, says UN 23 Nov 2021 - 02:43 pm

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso: Trapped in conflicts, the children of West and Central Africa are the most recruited by armed groups in the world...

Navy calls off search after six die in Sri Lanka ferry accident 23 Nov 2021 - 02:41 pm

COLOMBO: At least six people have died and around ten are missing after a ferry they were travelling in capsized in eastern Sri...

Kuwait reappoints Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah as PM 23 Nov 2021 - 02:04 pm

DUBAI: Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid has been reappointed prime minister, state media said on Tuesday, and tasked with forming a cabinet...

Post-AUKUS, France turns to Indonesia, eyes Rafale jet sale 23 Nov 2021 - 12:37 pm

Paris: France will try to cement deeper ties in the Indo-Pacific region when its foreign minister arrives in Indonesia on Tuesday as it...

Germany considers more COVID-19 curbs as US advises against travel there 23 Nov 2021 - 11:54 am

BERLIN: Germany's health minister called on Tuesday for further restrictions to contain a "dramatic" surge in coronavirus cases as the country's infection rate...

Canadian province rebuilds after floods, more rains on the horizon 23 Nov 2021 - 11:41 am

ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia: British Columbia was on the mend on Monday after heavy rains last week flooded infrastructure, displaced thousands and killed at...

IKEA's malls business to build shopping centre in Gurugram outside Delhi 23 Nov 2021 - 11:20 am

STOCKHOLM: IKEA's malls business, one of the world's biggest, said on Tuesday it had bought a plot in Gurugram next to New Delhi...

French prime minister positive for COVID-19, as cases rise 23 Nov 2021 - 10:53 am

PARIS: France's prime minister tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, hours after returning from a visit to neighboring Belgium and just as France...

Britain's Prince Charles to open new AstraZeneca research centre 23 Nov 2021 - 10:36 am

LONDON: Britain's Prince Charles will formally open a new 1 billion pound ($1.3 billion) AstraZeneca research and development (R&D) facility on Tuesday, as...

Flaming bus crash in Bulgaria kills 46, mostly Bulgarian tourists 23 Nov 2021 - 08:32 am

Sofia: At least 46 people, most of them tourists from North Macedonia, died as a bus crashed in flames on a highway in...

Australia declares La Nina for second year in a row 23 Nov 2021 - 08:04 am

Sydney: Australia's weather bureau said on Tuesday a La Nina weather phenomenon had developed in the Pacific Ocean for the second year in...

Sri Lanka begins trials connected to 2019 Easter bombings case 23 Nov 2021 - 07:53 am

Colombo: A Sri Lankan court on Monday began the first of three trials connected to bombings that killed nearly 270 people on the...

Fire at nursing home in Bulgaria kills 9 people 23 Nov 2021 - 12:03 am

SOFIA- Nine people were killed in a fire at a nursing home in the eastern Bulgarian village of Royak and some of its...

France's average daily new COVID infections near three-month high 22 Nov 2021 - 11:50 pm

PARIS- French health authorities reported 5,266 daily new COVID-19 infections on Monday, pushing the seven-day moving average of new cases to an almost...