Czech Republic introduces checks at border with Slovakia
Prague [Czech Republic], October 4: The Czech Republic is to introduce checks at its border with Slovakia from Wednesday onwards, due to an "increase in...
U.S. crude oil inventories down last week: API
Houston [US], October 4: The American Petroleum Institute (API) on Tuesday reported a decrease of 4.210 million barrels of crude oil in U.S. inventories for...
5.6-magnitude quake hits Izu Islands, Japan - USGS
Bejijng [China], October 4: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Izu Islands, Japan, at 0013 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
S. Korea's industrial output grows in August
Seoul [South Korea], October 4: South Korea's industrial output grew the most in two and a half years thanks to a double-digit increase in semiconductor...
North Korea condemns the US strategy to combat weapons of mass destruction
Pyongyang [North Korea], October 4: Pyongyang has criticized the new US strategy in efforts to combat weapons of mass destruction, as the document describes the...
Philippine fishing boat sank in the East Sea, 3 fishermen died
Manila [Philippines], October 4: On October 4, the Philippine Coast Guard announced that a fishing boat was rammed and sunk by a foreign commercial ship...
Russian officials accidentally revealed the address of President Putin's secret service?
Moscow [Russia], October 4: Russian officials allegedly accidentally revealed the address of President Vladimir Putin's secret service as well as the addresses of secret buildings...
Kevin McCarthy ousted as House Speaker in historic vote
Washington [US], October 4: A handful of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives this morning ousted Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy, as party infighting plunged...
Trump hit with gag order after lashing out at court clerk in...
Washington [US], October 4: The judge overseeing Donald Trump's civil fraud trial this morning imposed a gag order - promising sanctions for any violations -...
At least 21 dead after Italian bus carrying tourists falls from Venice...
Rome [Italy], October 4: At least 21 people died this morning and 18 were injured after a bus carrying tourists to a campground crashed off...
US agency, California gathering details of accident involving robot taxi and pedestrian
Washington [US], October 4: U.S. and California officials said this morning they are in discussions with General Motors' (GM.N) self-driving unit Cruise about an accident...
Hospitality workers, Las Vegas casinos in crunch time for labor talks
Washington [US], October 4: Unions representing roughly 53,000 Las Vegas workers on Tuesday kicked off critical negotiating sessions with hotel and casino operators after its...
Americas rights court condemns violence against Haiti journalists
Washington [US], October 4: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Tuesday condemned an escalation of violence against journalists in Haiti, saying media workers...
Canada wants private talks with India to resolve diplomatic spat
Ottawa [Canada], October 4: Canada wants private talks with India to resolve a diplomatic dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader.
Japan starts self-driving bus test runs in Tokyo
Tokyo [Japan], October 3: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has kicked off its test runs of a self-driving bus, as Japan seeks driverless services and autonomous...
Church roof collapse kills at least 11 in Mexico
Mexico City [Mexico], October 3: At least 11 people died when a church roof collapsed in north-eastern Mexico on Sunday, officials said.
Fire at police complex in Egypt's Ismailia contained after hours
Cairo [Egypt], October 3: A huge fire that erupted at a police complex in the Egyptian city of Ismailia and wounded at least 38 people...
New head of UN organisation aims to change migration's image
Geneva [Switzerland], October 3: The new director general of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday stressed the benefits of legal migration and pledged...
The US stopped military aid to Ukraine for 45 days
Washington [US], October 3: US President Joe Biden is pressuring Republican lawmakers to include a provision for increased aid to Ukraine in the next budget...
Britain announced a huge contract for the nuclear submarine project
Britain [UK], October 3: The British Ministry of Defense said SSNAUKUS will be the largest, most advanced and powerful attack submarine used by the navy,...
The Security Council approved sending multinational forces to Haiti
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], October 3: The United Nations Security Council has given the green light to the mission to deploy multinational armed forces to Haiti, although...
Mexican President condemns US military aid to Ukraine
Mexico City [Mexico], October 3: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador criticized the US's "unreasonable" military aid to Ukraine, saying Washington needs to spend more...
Venezuela's political opposition rejects request to delay primary
Caracas [Venezuela], October 3: Venezuela's opposition election commission said it will move forward with its late October primary vote to pick its presidential candidate for...
India's monsoon rains hit five-year low due to El Nino
New Delhi [India], October 3: India's monsoon rainfall this year was its lowest since 2018 as the El Nino weather pattern made August the driest...
New Zealand starts new tourism campaign as post-COVID visits lag
Auckland [New Zealand], October 3: New Zealand is launching a new tourism campaign with Kiwi director and actor Taika Waititi to attract visitors after the...
Bangladesh dengue deaths top 1,000 in worst outbreak
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 3: The death toll from Bangladesh's worst dengue outbreak on record has topped 1,000 this year, official data showed, with hospitals struggling...
UN authorizes Haiti security mission to fight gangs
New York [US], October 3: The United Nations Security Council on Monday authorized a foreign security mission to Haiti, a year after the Caribbean country...