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Hilary’s rains reach California where flooding is forecast 20 Aug 2023 - 05:53 pm

Hurricane Hilary is bringing rain across Southern California and the Southwest on Sunday, with some roads closed, hundreds of flights canceled and the...

Bread-short Tunisia to restore flour supply to some bakeries 20 Aug 2023 - 05:39 pm

Tunis: Tunisiawill again supply flour to more than 1,000 non-subsidised bakeries in the North African country after most of them ceased operating, government...

Gunmen kill at least 23 in an attack on a village in central Mali 20 Aug 2023 - 04:57 pm

BAMAKO: Armed gunmenkilled at least 23 people and wounded 12 in an attack on a village in central Mali, officials said on Sunday....

Firefighters make gains against Tenerife wildfire 20 Aug 2023 - 02:16 pm

La Orotava, Spain: Firefighters made gains in their battle against a vast wildfire on Tenerife on Sunday after better-than-expected overnight weather helped them...

Zelensky lands at Netherlands air base: Dutch govt 20 Aug 2023 - 01:59 pm

Eindhoven, Netherlands: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived on Sunday at a Dutch air force base in Eindhoven, two days after the United States...

Russia's Luna-25 probe crashes on the Moon: Roscosmos 20 Aug 2023 - 12:32 pm

Moscow: The Luna-25 probe, Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years, has crashed on the Moon after an incident during pre-landing manoeuvres,...

Western Canada wildfires force tens of thousands to flee 20 Aug 2023 - 11:32 am

Kelowna, Canada: Officials in western Canada's British Columbia implored tens of thousands of residents to heed evacuation orders Saturday as "rapidly evolving" wildfires...

18 burn to death in Pakistan bus crash 20 Aug 2023 - 11:11 am

Islamabad: At least 18 people burned to death on Sunday when an overnight bus smashed into another vehicle carrying diesel in eastern Pakistan,...

Japan PM says no decision on Fukushima water release date 20 Aug 2023 - 10:22 am

Tomioka, Japan: Japanese premier Fumio Kishida said Sunday his government has not yet decided when to begin releasing treated water from the crippled...

Indonesian president to attend BRICS summit in South Africa 20 Aug 2023 - 10:09 am

Jakarta: Indonesian President Joko Widodo departed for South Africa on Sunday to attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg amid speculation that the country...

US southwest on high alert as Hurricane Hilary climbs Mexico coast 20 Aug 2023 - 09:47 am

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico: States across the typically arid US southwest were racing Saturday to prepare for life-threatening flooding forecast as Hurricane Hilary...

Three dead, others injured in Paris residential building blaze 19 Aug 2023 - 08:54 pm

Paris: At least three people died, and others injured in a fire that erupted on Sunday in a residential building in Saint-Denis in...

Hurricane Hilary threatens 'catastrophic and life-threatening' flooding in Mexico and California 19 Aug 2023 - 06:56 pm

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico: Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico's Baja California on Saturday as the U.S. National Hurricane Center predicted "catastrophic and life-threatening...

Bond traders bet next Ecuador president can stave off default 19 Aug 2023 - 05:53 pm

As Ecuadorians prepare to vote for a president Sunday amid its most violent election cycle in memory, investors are betting an unexpected rally...

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy with Swedish Premier, Royal Family 19 Aug 2023 - 05:39 pm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he traveled to Sweden on Saturday for talks with top officials and members of the royal family. "I...

'Bidenomics" suffers one major issue; the name 19 Aug 2023 - 05:25 pm

Joe Biden’s effort to sell his economic agenda has a problem: Its name. The White House is embracing "Bidenomics” - originally coined by...

Guatemalans vote for President in election slammed by US 19 Aug 2023 - 05:09 pm

Guatemalans vote for president on Sunday after an acrimonious campaign marred by prosecutor raids on the electoral authority and criticism from the US...