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Paris [France], August 2: France, Malta and Canada will officially do so at this year's UN General Assembly. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced...
UAE made significant progress in combating trafficking in persons: UN official
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 2: A UN official commended the United Arab Emirates for its remarkable efforts in combating trafficking in persons.
Over 1,370 Palestinians killed while seeking food: UN
Gaza [Palestine], August 2: In total, since 27 May, at least 1,373 Palestinians have been killed while seeking food; 859 in the vicinity of the...
IHC,RIQ announce strategic 10-year alliance anchored by over USD 500 million in...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 2: RIQ, the AI-native reinsurance platform purpose-built for the future of global risk transfer, has entered into a preferred reinsurance partnership...
Austria's inflation hits 3.5%, highest since April 2024
Vienna [Austria], August 2: Inflation rates in Austria recorded a significant increase in July, reaching 3.5% year-on-year, according to official figures released today by Statistics...
UAE, Jordan lead airdrop operation of humanitarian aid in Gaza alongside France,...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 2: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, conducted a phone call with...
EU rules on general-purpose AI models start to apply tomorrow, bringing more...
Brussels [Belgium], August 2: Tomorrow, the AI Act obligations for providers of general-purpose AI (GPAI) models enter into application across the EU.
Russia:120 aftershocks registered in Kamchatka in past 24 hours
Moscow [Russia], August 2: Approximately 120 aftershocks that followed the Wednesday (July 30) earthquake were registered in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula in the past...
Brazil's Justice Moraes ignores US sanctions
Brasilia [Brazil], August 2: Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is overseeing a criminal case against an ally of President Donald Trump, told...
Uribe sentenced to 12 years of house arrest
Bogota [Colombia], August 2: Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was sentenced by a judge to 12 years of house arrest for abuse of process and...
Sig Sauer must face ICE officer's lawsuit
Washington [US], August 2: A U.S. appeals court revived a lawsuit seeking to hold firearms maker Sig Sauer liable to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Ukrainians mourn 31 killed in Russian strike on Kyiv
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 2: Ukrainian rescuers recovered more than a dozen more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed apartment block in Kyiv overnight.
Markets dive after Trump hits more countries with steep tariffs
New York [US], August 2: U.S. President Donald Trump's latest wave of tariffs on exports from dozens of trading partners sent global stock markets tumbling...
Dozens seeking food in Gaza killed as US envoy visits Israel
Gaza [Israel], August 1: More than 50 Palestinians were killed and 400 others injured while waiting for food near a crossing in northern Gaza on...
Death toll from flooding in Beijing area rises to 60
Beijing [China], August 1: The death toll from flooding caused by heavy rains in and around Beijing has climbed to at least 60, authorities said...
Ceasefire holds in south Syria, but humanitarian crisis deepens: UN
Damascus [Syria], August 1: While a fragile ceasefire has largely calmed fighting in southern Syria's Sweida province, the humanitarian situation has worsened significantly, the United...
Heatwave hits south-west Iran as temperatures soar above 50°C
Tehran [Iran], August 1: Temperatures in the south-western Iranian city of Omidiyeh have soared to 51 degrees Celsius as the country experiences a severe water...
Turkey prays for rain amid drought, fires
Ankara [Turkey], August 1: Amid worsening drought, wildfires and record-shattering temperatures, Turkey is turning to both faith and water tanks in a desperate bid to...
Tax revenue surges, Trump says America is getting richer
Washington [US], August 1: US import tax revenue in the first half of 2025 is more than in all of 2024, and President Donald Trump...
Mr. Yoon Suk Yeol may be subject to forced interrogation
Seoul [South Korea], August 1: The Seoul Central District Court, South Korea on July 31 issued a new arrest warrant for former President Yoon Suk...
Online fraud alarm in Southeast Asia
Geneva [Switzerland], August 1: As several Southeast Asian countries continue to crack down on online scams, the United Nations warns the problem remains alarmingly high.
Myanmar ends state of emergency, announces election date
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], August 1: Myanmar's military government announced on July 31 that it was ending the state of emergency imposed after a coup in February...
President Trump builds gold-plated ballroom at the White House
Washington [US], August 1: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed that the US will soon start construction on a gold-plated ballroom to be used...
Mr. Trump signed an executive order imposing a new reciprocal tax of...
Washington [US], August 1: On the morning of August 1 (Vietnam time), US President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing reciprocal tariffs of 10%...
Trump says it is 'disgusting' what Russia doing to Ukraine
Washington [US], August 1: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday sharply criticized Russia's "disgusting" behavior against Ukraine and said he plans to impose sanctions on...
Texas mayor calls for flash flood warning system
Texas [US], August 1: The mayor of a Texas city at the center of flash flooding that killed over 130 people earlier this month asked...
US baby born from 30-year-old frozen embryo breaks record
Washington [US], August 1: A baby boy has been born to an Ohio couple from an embryo that was frozen for more than 30 years,...