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3 children hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after Melbourne...
Sydney [Australia], September 9: Three children have been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following a house fire in the suburbs of...

Japan books 22 bln USD current account surplus...
Tokyo [Japan], September 9: Japan logged a current account surplus of 3.19 trillion yen (about 22.4 billion U.S. dollars) in...

Blinken travelling to London to discuss crisis in...
Washington [US], September 9: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was set to travel to London to discuss issues including...

Heavy fighting continues in strategically important Pokrovsk in...
Kiev [Ukraine], September 9: Ukraine said on Sunday that Russian troops have continued their relentless assault on Ukrainian defence lines...

World Jewish Congress lauds Gaza mediator efforts
Gaza Border [Israel], September 9: The head of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) has expressed his support for the mediators...

Algeria's Abdelmadjid Tebboune re-elected president with 94.7% vote
Algiers [Algeria], September 9: Algeria's incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, 78, has been re-elected to the position with an emphatic vote,...

Boeing reaches preliminary deal to prevent more than...
Washington [US], September 9: Boeing agreed on September 8 to a new preliminary contract with union leaders on wage increases,...

Yagi is the strongest autumn typhoon to hit...
Beijing [China], September 9: The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) on September 8 identified super typhoon Yagi as the strongest autumn...

Test across the Taiwan Strait
Washington [US], September 9: A German magazine first reported the news and foreign media outlets quoted it, but the German...

Israeli strikes on Syria kill at least four,...
Tel Aviv [Israel], September 9: Multiple Israeli strikes on Syria's Hama countryside have killed at least four civilians, Syrian state...

Germany's Scholz calls for renewed push for peace...
Berlin [Germany], September 9: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for a renewed effort to bring peace to Ukraine, adding that...

Greece to tax cruise ships to curb over-tourism
Athens [Greece], September 9: Greece plans to impose a 20-euro levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini...

Russia captures Ukrainian town near Pokrovsk
Moscow [Russia], September 9: Russia said on Sunday its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine...

Venezuelan opposition leader Gonzalez seeks asylum in Spain
Caracas [Venezuela], September 9: Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez flew into Spain on Sunday to seek asylum, Madrid said,...

Trump and Harris vie for black voters in...
Washington [US], September 9: Vivian Childs, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, schooled a roomful of Republicans on how to...

Eleven dead, nine missing in Morocco following severe...
Rabat [Morocco], September 9: The death toll from severe flooding in Morocco rose to eleven on Sunday, with nine still...

Emir of Kuwait issues decree accepting resignation of...
Kuwait City [Kuwait], September 9: His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, issued an...

Algeria votes in presidential poll with incumbent Tebboune...
Algiers [Algeria], September 8: Algerians on Saturday were voting in a presidential election that incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is widely...

Thousands rally in France against new Prime Minister...
Paris [France], September 8: Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in France on Saturday to protest the appointment of...

5.1-magnitude quake hits 59 km S of Iztapa,...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 59 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala, at 15:52:39 GMT on Friday, the...

Kenyan fresh produce exporters urge end to Red...
Nairobi [Kenya], September 8: Fresh produce exporters from Kenya on Friday called for urgent resolution of the Red Sea tensions,...

Africa CDC warns of rising mpox cases, launches...
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], September 8: Africa is witnessing an "upward trend" in mpox cases, the Africa Centers for Disease Control...

Trucks carry 100 metric tons of food relief...
Geneva [Switzerland], September 8: Trucks using the recently opened Adre crossing from Chad carried 100 metric tons of food aid...

At least 10 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombings...
Gaza [Palestine], September 8: At least 10 Palestinians were killed in Israeli bombings targeting two residential houses in central and...

5 injured in bomb blast in Syria's Daraa
Damascus [Syria], September 8: Five people, including a child and a woman, were injured Friday evening when an explosive device...

Europe endures hottest summer on record, devastating crops,...
Brussels [Belgium], September 8: Europe experienced its hottest summer on record in 2024, as intense heatwaves and severe droughts crippled...

Promotion event in Munich boosts China-Germany cooperation
Munich [Germany], September 8: The "Hello, Shenyang" global promotion event took place in Munich on Friday, drawing over 100 attendees,...