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France mourns Mayotte victims amid uncertainy over government 23 Dec 2024 - 04:01 pm

Paris: France on Monday observed a day of mourning for the victims in the cyclone-hit Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte as the clock...

French pawnshops give back for Christmas 23 Dec 2024 - 03:36 pm

Marseille: They pawned objects worth up to 50 euros ($50) in order to make ends meet and will now receive them back for...

Driver in central China car ramming handed suspended death sentence 23 Dec 2024 - 03:27 pm

Beijing: A man who ploughed his car into a crowd of mostly school children in central China last month was handed a suspended...

Nine killed in Iran as bus, fuel truck collide: state media 23 Dec 2024 - 03:09 pm

Tehran: At least nine people were killed on Monday when a bus collided with a fuel truck in Iran's southeast, state media reported,...

South Korean president snubs summons for second time 23 Dec 2024 - 02:59 pm

Seoul: South Korea's suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol refused a summons for questioning for the second time, an investigation team said on Monday,...

Clock ticks down on France government nomination 23 Dec 2024 - 02:18 pm

Paris: The clock ticked Monday for French President Emmanuel Macron to appoint the fourth government in a year marked by a deepening political...

Mobile cinema brings Tunisians big screen experience 23 Dec 2024 - 02:12 pm

Djemmal, Tunisia: Like many of his fellow Tunisians, 23-year-old Amine Elhani has never been to the cinema, but now, thanks to a mobile...

Bangladesh launches $5bn graft probe into Hasina's family 23 Dec 2024 - 02:00 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh has launched a probe into the alleged $5 billion embezzlement connected to a Russian-backed nuclear power plant by ousted leader Sheikh...

Japan watchdog accuses Google of antitrust violation 23 Dec 2024 - 01:17 pm

Tokyo: Japanese authorities will hand Google a cease-and-desist order over an alleged antitrust violation in the first such move against a US tech...

Police arrest suspect who set woman on fire in New York subway 23 Dec 2024 - 12:53 pm

New York: New York City police arrested a man suspected of setting fire to a woman on the subway in Brooklyn who died...

Honda and Nissan to launch merger talks 23 Dec 2024 - 12:26 pm

Tokyo: Japanese auto giants Honda and Nissan on Monday agreed to launch talks on a merger seen as a bid to catch up...

Kabul hails Saudi decision to resume activities at Afghanistan embassy 23 Dec 2024 - 11:25 am

Kabul: The Afghan foreign ministry on Monday welcomed Saudi Arabia's decision to resume its diplomatic operations in Kabul, more than three years after...

3 people injured in explosion at military base in South Korea 23 Dec 2024 - 10:29 am

Seoul: Three civilians were injured on Monday in an explosion at a military base in South Korea's southeastern city of Gimhae. The explosion...

Brazil spends $17bn in reserves to lift cratering real 23 Dec 2024 - 10:18 am

Brasilia: Brazilian markets bounced at the end of the week amid extraordinary central bank moves to curb a selloff in the currency that...

Afghan bread, the humble centrepiece of every meal 23 Dec 2024 - 09:59 am

Kabul: Every day before dawn, Jamil Ghafori gets to work on the floor of a cramped Kabul bakery with five other men churning...

Bangladesh receives $900mn World Bank financing to improve climate resilience 23 Dec 2024 - 12:00 am

Dhaka: The Bangladeshi government and the World Bank have signed two financing agreements totaling 900 million US dollars to help the country achieve...

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait discuss enhancing security cooperation 22 Dec 2024 - 11:15 pm

Riyadh: Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz and Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, and...