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Philippines floods, landslides leave 42 dead, dozens missing 28 Oct 2022 - 03:40 pm

MANILA: Philippine search and rescue teams pulled bodies from water and thick mud on Friday, bringing to 42 the death toll from flooding...

German Chancellor Scholz will visit China on Nov 4 28 Oct 2022 - 02:09 pm

BEIJING: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit China on Nov. 4, China's foreign ministry said on Friday, in what would be the first...

Italy to end ban on health workers not vaccinated against Covid 28 Oct 2022 - 02:06 pm

MILAN: Italian doctors and nurses suspended from work because they are not vaccinated against Covid-19 will soon be reinstated, new Health Minister Orazio...

China rolls out first inhalable COVID vaccine 28 Oct 2022 - 01:24 pm

SHANGHAI: In what is believed to be a world first, China's commerical capital of Shanghai this week introduced a new type of COVID-19...

Cholera preys on displaced children in flood-hit Nigerian state 28 Oct 2022 - 12:26 pm

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Racing against time, a yellow tuk-tuk collected nine-year-old Salaeh Mohammed from an internally displaced persons camp and rushed him to a...

Japan reports first bird flu outbreaks of season, culling 340,000 chickens 28 Oct 2022 - 11:34 am

TOKYO: Japan has detected its first outbreaks of bird flu for the season in 2022, with a "highly pathogenic" strain identified at a...

Australian energy minister does not rule out price caps 28 Oct 2022 - 11:30 am

MELBOURNE: Australia's Energy Minister Chris Bowen said on Friday the country could not rule out energy price caps, as it deals with rising...

Death toll from floods, landslides in Philippines' south rises to 31: Govt official 28 Oct 2022 - 11:27 am

MANILA: Flooding and multiple landslides in a southern Philippines province killed at least 31 people, a senior government official said on Friday, as...

Canada to seek membership to Indo-Pacific Economic Framework 27 Oct 2022 - 11:10 pm

Ottawa/Washington: Canada will seek membership to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework to further economic cooperation in the region, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on...

EU approves effective ban on new fossil fuel cars from 2035 27 Oct 2022 - 11:02 pm

BRUSSELS: The European Union struck a deal on Thursday on a law to effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars...

Bolsonaro shores up evangelical support in tight Brazil election 27 Oct 2022 - 10:44 pm

Sao Paulo: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro heads into Sunday's election with strong support among evangelical Christians, a key demographic that his rival former...

Myanmar warns any ASEAN pressures would create 'negative implications' 27 Oct 2022 - 10:14 pm

Jakarta: Myanmar's military government warned on Thursday that any pressure from its Southeast Asian neighbours to put a time frame on a peace...

Iraqi parliament approves new government headed by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani 27 Oct 2022 - 09:40 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraqi lawmakers approved a new government on Thursday ending over a year of deadlock, but still faces many challenges. Prime Minister Mohammed...

EU wants 40-man antitrust team to enforce new tech rules, official says 27 Oct 2022 - 09:33 pm

Brussels: EU antitrust regulators are looking to establish a 40-man team and hire a technology expert to enforce tough new rules aimed at...

World entering 'most dangerous' decade, warns Putin 27 Oct 2022 - 09:19 pm

Moscow: The world is probably entering the "most dangerous" decade since the end of World War II, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on...

Putin says US needs to force Kiev to negotiating table 27 Oct 2022 - 09:08 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow was ready for talks to end the conflict in Ukraine, but said Kiev...

Museveni's son boasts he'll be Ugandan president 27 Oct 2022 - 08:40 pm

Kampala: The controversial son of Uganda's veteran leader Yoweri Museveni for the first time Thursday publicly declared his ambition to become president of...