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Over 20 hospitalised after fire in southwest China
Oct 31, 2024 (AFP)
The blaze engulfed a shop on the ground floor of the building in the city of Chengdu, according to state news agency Xinhua. State broadcaster CCTV published bl...
Senegal navy intercepts nearly 600 migrants in 10 days
Oct 30, 2024 (AFP)
A patrol boat picked up 183 people from a long wooden canoe known as a pirogue on Tuesday off the western village of Djiffer, the navy said on X. The vessel was...
'Peace among ourselves' crucial to save nature: UN chief
Oct 30, 2024 (AFP)
"We need peace with nature and we need peace among ourselves," Guterres told journalists in Cali, Colombia, where he attended a UN summit that is seeking ways t...
Climate change driving 'record threats to health': report
Oct 30, 2024 (AFP)
The new report was released as heatwaves, fires, hurricanes, droughts and floods have lashed the world during what is expected to surpass 2023 to become the hot...
Iraq opens arms to Lebanese fleeing Israeli attacks
Oct 29, 2024 (AFP)
"Wherever we went, danger followed," the 62-year-old white-haired Lebanese man told AFP in the small town of Al-Qassem, sitting with his wife and daughter. "Tha...
Israel strike hinders Lebanese escape route to Syria: UN
Oct 25, 2024 (AFP)
The Israeli military confirmed that it had struck the Jousieh crossing in Lebanon's Bekaa area, where a road leads to Syria, saying it was being used by Hezboll...
Japan to resume trial removal of Fukushima nuclear debris: reports
Oct 25, 2024 (AFP)
Extracting the estimated 880 tons of highly radioactive fuel and debris inside the former power station remains the most challenging part of decommissioning the...
Xi tells BRICS summit world facing 'serious challenges'
Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)
Xi was speaking on the final day of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan, a forum Moscow hopes will help forge a united front of nations against the We...
Sweden boosts aid to transit countries to curb migration
Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)
The centre-right government -- a minority coalition propped up by the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats -- came to power in 2022 vowing to get tough on immigrat...
Impact of Hurricane Helene weighs on Munich Re's profits
Oct 22, 2024 (AFP)
Munich Re recorded a net profit of 0.9 billion euros ($1 billion) between July and September, the group said in a statement. Analysts surveyed by the financial ...
Terrified Bangladeshis flee Israeli strikes in Lebanon
Oct 22, 2024 (AFP)
Late Monday the first 54 of some 1,800 Bangladeshis wanting to escape the troubled Mediterranean nation flew back to Dhaka on a government-backed flight. Some g...
Cuban leader warns against unrest over nationwide blackout
Oct 21, 2024 (AFP)
The island's 10 million people were spending their third night in the dark after the collapse on Friday of Cuba's largest power plant crippled the whole nationa...
Carnage of Israeli air strike adds to misery in north Gaza
Oct 20, 2024 (AFP)
The strike, which happened late on Saturday, flattened entire blocks of residential buildings in the town of Beit Lahia, AFP photographs showed, while rescuers ...
Families urge UN committee to pressure France over Syria repatriations
Oct 17, 2024 (AFP)
"For five years, we have been supporting these families who face oblivion and silence on the part of the authorities," Guillaume Martine, a lawyer representing ...
El Salvador Congress votes to legalize unregistered guns
Oct 17, 2024 (AFP)
People with unregistered guns will have 90 days to inform the defense ministry how they acquired them. The law was passed by 57 votes out of 60 in the single-ch...
UK's National Gallery bans liquids after activist art attacks
Oct 17, 2024 (AFP)
Over the last two years, various liquids have been thrown at iconic paintings in the gallery on Trafalgar Square, including Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" and ...
World Bank president announces new simplified 'scorecard' to measure progress
Oct 17, 2024 (AFP)
The Bank's new "yardstick of accountability" has reduced the number of indicators from around 150 to just 22, Ajay Banga told reporters, adding that the simplif...
Brazil mining disaster trial opens in London; China jails 15 over deadly building collapse
Oct 17, 2024 (AFP)
In April 2022, a commercial building in the central city of Changsha caved in, leaving more than 50 people dead and nine wounded. Authorities later said the str...
Revolutionizing crisis response across Europe with the Safeplace Initiative
Oct 16, 2024 (SPX)
Safeplace is designed to deliver vital information to first responders swiftly, which can be lifesaving in events such as floods, earthquakes, fires, and chemic...
Lebanon faces unprecedented mass displacement; fears chaos, sectarian strife
Oct 16, 2024 (UPI)
They are everywhere: along the corniche, in the streets, public schools, exhibition centers and even night clubs. Mostly fled with very few belongings. The mass...
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