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Jordan port workers suspend work to protest deaths in chlorine gas leak 03 Jul 2022 - 04:48 pm

AMMAN: Workers at Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba began a work stoppage on Sunday to protest poor safety precautions following the deaths...

Bus falls into deep ravine in southwest Pakistan, killing 19 03 Jul 2022 - 04:46 pm

QUETTA, Pakistan:A passenger bus slid off a mountain road and fell into a deep ravine in heavy rain in southwest Pakistan on Sunday,...

S.Africa's Eskom extends daily power cuts for next week amid capacity shortage 03 Jul 2022 - 03:46 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South African state power utility Eskom said on Sunday it would extend daily power cuts all through next week as generation capacity...

Sri Lanka struggling to pay for fuel shipments: Minister 03 Jul 2022 - 03:19 pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is struggling to raise $587 million to pay for about half a dozen fuel shipments, a top minister said on...

From one July Fourth to the next, a steep slide for Biden 03 Jul 2022 - 03:15 pm

WASHINGTON:Last Fourth of July, President Joe Biden gathered hundreds of people outside the White House for an event that would have been unthinkable...

Baghdad International Airport suspends flights due to dust storm 03 Jul 2022 - 02:27 pm

The administration of Baghdad International Airport suspended flights due to the massive dust storm that hit the capital, Baghdad. In a press statement,...

Russia says it holds all of Ukraine's Luhansk with capture of last city 03 Jul 2022 - 02:00 pm

Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin on Sunday that Moscow and its allies now controlled all of Ukraine's Luhansk region...

Bus crash kills 20 in southwest Pakistan: Official 03 Jul 2022 - 01:45 pm

QUETTA, Pakistan: A passenger bus plunged into a ravine in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday killing 20 people, a government official said. The road...

Heavy rains, floods prompt evacuations of Sydney suburbs 03 Jul 2022 - 01:40 pm

SYDNEY: Thousands of residents in Sydney suburbs were told to evacuate their homes on Sunday after heavy rains caused floodwaters to rise and...

Egypt shuts down Red Sea beaches after tourist killed in shark attack -sources 03 Jul 2022 - 01:36 pm

CAIRO: Egypt's Red Sea Governorate issued an order to shut down several Red Sea beaches on Friday after a 68-year-old Austrian woman was...

German road traffic agency says 59,000 Tesla vehicles have software glitch 03 Jul 2022 - 12:46 pm

FRANKFURT: Germany's road traffic agency said it was recalling Tesla models Y and 3 because of a fault in the automatic emergency call...

Hong Kong’s Lee sees no need for mass Covid testing for now 03 Jul 2022 - 12:39 pm

Hong Kong’s new Chief Executive John Lee said there is no immediate need for a universal compulsory Covid testing campaign in the city...

Israel says it will test bullet that killed reporter, Palestinians disagree 03 Jul 2022 - 12:35 pm

Israel said on Sunday it would test a bullet that killed a Palestinian-American journalist to determine whether one of its soldiers shot her...

Chance of finding missing crew of Hong Kong 'very slim' after storm - authorities 03 Jul 2022 - 12:30 pm

HONG KONG: The chance of finding 27 crew members alive from a vessel that snapped in two as tropical storm Chaba passed through...

Sydney orders evacuations as torrential rain causes flooding 03 Jul 2022 - 10:09 am

Authorities in Sydney asked thousands of people to evacuate their homes as torrential rain lashes Australia’s largest city, causing widespread flooding. A severe...