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Solomon Islands PM toppled in no-confidence vote 07 May 2026 - 10:39 am

Sydney, Australia: Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele lost power in a no-confidence vote held Thursday in the South Pacific nation's parliament, ending...

No hantavirus outbreak in Argentina, only isolated cases: expert 06 May 2026 - 11:07 pm

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Argentina has seen an increase in hantavirus cases but not an outbreak, an expert told AFP on Wednesday, as infections...

Plane that left Cape Verde after hantavirus ship evacuation lands in Canaries: AFP 06 May 2026 - 07:34 pm

Gran Canaria, Spain: One of two planes that left Cape Verde following the evacuation of three people from a ship struck by a...

French citizen was on same plane as hantavirus case: ministry 06 May 2026 - 06:17 pm

Paris, France: A Frenchman was being monitored as a hantavirus "contact case" after he travelled on the same plane as a cruise ship...

Saudi Stock Market index closes lower 06 May 2026 - 06:15 pm

Riyadh: The main Saudi stock index closed Wednes day down by 57.70 points, reaching 10,949.27 points, with trading valued at SAR 6.7 billion....

Slovakia to stop charging foreigners more for diesel 06 May 2026 - 06:11 pm

Vienna: Slovakia on Wednesday announced it was repealing restrictions on diesel sales, including higher prices for foreign drivers, which the European Commission said...

Britain's Princess Catherine to make official visit to Italy 06 May 2026 - 04:59 pm

London: Britain's Princess Catherine, will next week carry out her first overseas royal visit since her cancer diagnosis when she travels to Italy,...

Indonesia eyes e-commerce ban for under-16s: minister to AFP 06 May 2026 - 02:50 pm

Jakarta: Indonesia's government is mulling an e-commerce ban for under-16s, the communications minister told AFP Wednesday, hot on the heels of Jakarta imposing...

Bus-tanker crash kills 16 in Indonesia: disaster official 06 May 2026 - 02:22 pm

Jakarta: A road accident involving a passenger bus and a fuel tanker killed 16 people and injured four others on Indonesia's Sumatra island...

Three suspected hantavirus cases evacuated from cruise ship 06 May 2026 - 01:49 pm

Geneva: Three people believed to have been infected with hantavirus have been evacuated from a cruise ship off Cape Verde and are being...

India, Vietnam target $25 bn in bilateral trade by 2030 06 May 2026 - 01:30 pm

New Delhi, India: India and Vietnam are looking to ramp up bilateral trade to $25 billion by 2030, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said...

Sudanese schoolchildren race to make up for years lost to war 06 May 2026 - 10:41 am

Port Sudan, Sudan: Sudanese 13-year-old Afrah wants to become a surgeon, and nothing will stop her, not even the war that has ravaged...

Bali drowning in trash after landfill closed 06 May 2026 - 10:22 am

Denpasar, Indonesia: Buckets of blooms adorn Yuvita Anggi Prinanda's sidewalk flower stall in Bali, but their perfume can't mask the stench of accumulating...

Australia to boost fuel reserves with over 7 bln USD security package 06 May 2026 - 10:16 am

Canberra, Australia: Australia's government will allocate more than 10 billion Australian dollars (7.24 billion U.S. dollars) in next week's federal budget to strengthen...

Fire at Iran commercial complex kills 8, injures dozens 06 May 2026 - 10:15 am

Tehran, Iran: A fire ripped through a commercial complex near Iran's capital Tehran, killing at least eight people and leaving dozens more wounded,...

Chinese Province suspends fireworks production after factory blast kills 26 06 May 2026 - 10:10 am

Beijing, China: Department of Emergency Management of Hunan Province in China has decided to immediately suspend production at all fireworks factories in the...