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Pilot threatens to crash small plane into Mississippi Walmart 03 Sep 2022 - 05:05 pm

TUPELO: The pilot of a small airplane circling over a Mississippi city on Saturday morning has threatened to crash the aircraft into a...

Apparent assassination attempt against VP roils Argentina 03 Sep 2022 - 04:45 pm

BUENOS AIRES: As Argentina’s powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández stepped from her car outside her apartment building and began shaking hands with a...

Ukraine's nuclear plant goes offline amid fighting 03 Sep 2022 - 04:37 pm

ZAPORIZHZHIA: Ukraine's and Europe’s largest nuclear plant has stopped supplying Ukrainian-held territories with electricity, Kremlin-backed authorities said on Saturday, as a team of...

Only 12% expect Truss will be a good Prime Minister, YouGov says 03 Sep 2022 - 04:21 pm

Only 12% of Britons expect Liz Truss, who is expected on Monday to be named winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest, will...

Thousands line up to say farewell to Gorbachev; Putin absent 03 Sep 2022 - 04:16 pm

MOSCOW: Thousands of mourners lined up on Saturday to pay tribute to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped...

WHO monitoring cases of pneumonia of unknown origin in Argentina 03 Sep 2022 - 03:51 pm

Chicago: The World Health Organization is monitoring a cluster of 10 cases of pneumonia from an unknown cause in Argentina in an outbreak...

Russia says it foiled Ukrainian attempt to seize nuclear plant 03 Sep 2022 - 02:37 pm

Ukrainian forces attempted to capture the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in an attack on the facility on Friday night, Russia's defence ministry said...

Clashes rock outskirts of Libyan capital 03 Sep 2022 - 01:59 pm

TRIPOLI: Libyan armed factions fought in the western outskirts of Tripoli late on Friday and early Saturday as forces aligned with Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah's...

Poles pedal to power outdoor cinema as energy prices soar 03 Sep 2022 - 01:45 pm

Warsaw: For Marek Kaszewek, 63, there's no better way to spend a Friday evening than watching a film, riding a bike and doing...

Pakistan flood toll rises with 25 children among 57 more deaths 03 Sep 2022 - 01:16 pm

Karachi: The toll from cataclysmic floods in Pakistan continued to climb on Saturday with 57 more deaths, 25 of them children, as the...

Super Typhoon prompts evacuation orders, canceled Japan flights 03 Sep 2022 - 12:22 pm

Super Typhoon Hinnamnor is approaching Japan’s southerly Okinawan islands, with strong winds prompting local authorities to order evacuations and airlines to cancel flights....

Indonesia hikes fuel prices to rein in ballooning subsidies 03 Sep 2022 - 12:13 pm

Jakarta: Indonesia has raised subsidised fuel prices by about 30% on Saturday, top officials said, as the government moves to rein in ballooning...

Sri Lanka's ousted President Rajapaksa gets govt residence, security on return: officials 03 Sep 2022 - 11:36 am

Sri Lanka's ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was provided on Saturday with an official residence and security by the government after he returned to...

Google’s plan to stare down fake news on Ukrainian refugees 03 Sep 2022 - 11:19 am

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is hoping an ad campaign can help prevent misinformation percolating about Ukrainian refugees who fled Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion...

Seven killed in tribal clashes in Sudan 03 Sep 2022 - 10:59 am

Seven people have been killed in tribal clashes that erupted in a restive province of Sudan, state-run media reported yesterday, the latest episode...

White house to seek another $12 billion in aid 03 Sep 2022 - 10:55 am

Russia’s Gazprom PJSC said its key gas pipeline to Europe won’t reopen as planned, moving the region a step closer to blackouts, rationing...

Eight injured in fiery blast at idled Canadian oil refinery 03 Sep 2022 - 10:02 am

A fire and explosion yesterdayat an idled oil refinery in Canada’s Newfoundland and Labrador province injured eight people before the blaze was contained,...