Norway to provide 2-mln-USD aid for flood victims in Libya
Oslo [Norway], September 16: Norway has pledged to provide 25 million Norwegian kroner (2.32 million U.S. dollars) for life-saving assistance in Libya after the Mediterranean...
Chinese embassy condemns UK side's hyping up of so-called "Chinese spies"
Beijing [China] September 16: The Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom (UK) on Friday strongly condemned the hyping up of the so-called "Chinese spies" by...
Central Greece plain on alert for further flooding
Athens [Greece], September 16: Ten days after a severe storm ravaged central Greece, claiming 15 lives and causing destructive flooding, villages around Lake Karla were...
5.7-magnitude quake hits 121 km W of Copiapo, Chile: USGS
New York [US], September 16: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 121 km W of Copiapo, Chile, at 18:07:39 GMT on Friday, the...
NASA-built greenhouse gas detector prepares for launch
Los Angeles [US], September 16: A state-of-the-art imaging spectrometer built by NASA is moving closer to launch, according to the agency.
U.S. starts clinical trial for universal flu vaccine
The United States has started the phase 1 clinical trial of a new investigational universal flu vaccine candidate, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
Death toll from Hawaii wildfires revised down from 115 to 97
Los [Angeles], September 16: The official death toll from wildfires in the U.S. state of Hawaii's Maui has been revised down from 115 to 97,...
Indonesia records deep export decline in August
Jakarta [Indonesia], September 16: Indonesia recorded a deep export decline of 21.21 percent year on year to 22.00 billion U.S. dollars in August, according to...
Top DPRK leader visits Russian aviation plant
Seoul [South Korea], September 16: Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), visited on Friday a major aviation...
Mr. Kim Jong-un visited two Russian aircraft factories
Moscow [Russia], September 16: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on September 15 visited the Yuri Gagarin Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Factory (KnAAZ) in the Russian Far East,...
NASA's efforts to study UFOs
New York [US], September 16: Yesterday, the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) announced the appointment of personnel for the newly created position of director of research...
Ukraine announced an attack on two Russian patrol ships
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 16: Reuters yesterday reported that the Ukrainian military announced that it had attacked two Russian patrol boats and destroyed a sophisticated air...
The number of dead bodies due to the flood was so large...
Tripoli [Libya], September 16: Only emergency workers will be allowed into devastated areas to minimize health risks to civilians, after the Libyan city of Derna...
Hawaii updated the number of people killed in the Maui wildfire disaster
Hawaii [US], September 16: Governor Josh Green of Hawaii (USA) recently said that the number of deaths in the forest fire in Maui last month...
Three European countries ban grain imports from Ukraine
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 16: The unilateral restrictions were introduced after the European Union refused to extend the ban on Ukrainian grain entering the markets of...
This is the first time the US President's son has been prosecuted
Washington [US], September 16: Mr. Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, was indicted in connection with allegations of wrongdoing when purchasing guns.
Mr. Zelensky is coming to America; President of Belarus met Mr. Putin
Washington [US], September 15: While Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky is scheduled to have a face-to-face meeting with President Joe Biden in the US, Belarusian President Alexander...
Taiwan records Chinese jets around its shores
Taipei [Taiwan], September 15: Taiwan's Defence Ministry on Thursday said it has registered dozens of Chinese military aircraft and a handful of vessels around its...
Beijing blasts EU probe into Chinese subsidies for e-vehicles
Beijing [China], September 15: The European Union's newly announced investigation into China's state support for makers of electric vehicles was blasted by Beijing on Thursday...
Tunisia denies entry to EU lawmakers
Brussels [Belgium], September 15: Tunisia denied five EU lawmakers entry to the country, the European Parliament confirmed on Thursday, amid ongoing debate about a migration-related...
Functioning weather service may have prevented Libya flood casualties: WMO
Tripoli [Libya], September 15: Many of the casualties from the devastating floods in Libya this week could have been avoided if the divided country had...
EU's von der Leyen christens first green methanol cargo ship
Copenhagen [Denmark], September 15: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has christened the world's first container ship to run on green methanol.
'Explosive situation' on Italy's Lampedusa as more migrants arrive
Rome [Italy], September 15: More than 8,000 boat migrants have landed on Lampedusa since the beginning of the week, leading to chaotic scenes in the...
Flood death toll could reach 20,000 in Libya's Derna: Mayor
Tripoli [Libya], September 15: The death toll from devastating floods that struck eastern Libya could reach 20,000 in the city of Derna alone, the mayor...
German Red Cross aid transport to Morocco scrapped at last minute
Berlin [Germany], September 15: A German Red Cross aid donation to earthquake-hit Morocco that was planned for Thursday was cancelled at the last minute.
Tensions rise over troops on Armenia-Azerbaijan border
Yerevan [UAE], September 15: Concerns are rising in the ex-Soviet republic of Armenia over a large deployment of Azerbaijani troops on the two countries' shared...
North Korean leader wants to discuss '100-year plan' with Russia
Moscow [Russia], September 15: According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had a talk for about 5 hours with...