Russian troops fighting in western Bakhmut

Moscow [Russia], April 23:Russia's Defence Ministry said in a briefing on Friday that assault troops were fighting in western parts of Bakhmut, the last part...

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Racing Festival cup begins tomorrow at...

Toulouse [France], April 23: H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Racing Festival cup is set to kick off tomorrow with the second-category 2,000-metre race...

ADNOC Pro League Matchweek 24 kicks off tomorrow with Shabab Al Ahli...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], April 23: With just three matchweeks left in the 2022-23 ADNOC Pro League calendar, Shabab Al Ahli, who remain in the lead...

New Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 spreading in U.S.

Los Angeles [US], April 22: A new Omicron subvariant is spreading in the United States, and has accounted for nearly 10 percent of new weekly...

Mexican president rejects U.S. intervention to fight organized crime

Mexico City [Mexico], April 22: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday his government will not accept U.S. intervention to fight organized crime, noting...

Canada offers massive subsidies to Volkswagen for EV battery plant

Ottawa [Canada], April 22: The Canadian federal government announced Friday it will supply Volkswagen with massive production subsidies for the automaker's new electric vehicle battery...

Earthx2023 held in Dallas, Texas

Dallas [Texas], April 22: Children learn how to plant flowers at the Earthx2023 in Dallas, Texas, the United States, on April 21, 2023. The Earthx2023,...

U.S. Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now

Washington [US], April 22: Access to an abortion pill will remain unchanged for now in the United States after a Supreme Court order on...

Sri Lankan police beefs up security near Muslim mosques for Eid al-Fitr...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 22: Steps have been taken to enhance security at all Muslim mosques in Sri Lanka that will have ceremonies for the...

Cambodia to start construction of 2nd expressway in June: minister

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], April 22: Cambodia will start the construction of the second expressway connecting its capital Phnom Penh with SvayRieng province's Bavet City on...

Australian citizenship made easier for New Zealanders

Canberra [Australia], April 22: Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders living in Australia will be able to claim citizenship under a policy shift.

Khartoum sees lull in fighting on first day of Eid

Khartoum [Sudan], April 22: Street fighting between the forces of two rival generals eased in parts of Sudan's capital by Friday evening, witnesses reported, after...

NY Times: Secret US documents leaked earlier and more widely

An account matching a suspect in a US leak of classified documents leaked intelligence to a larger chat group just days after Russia began its...

The director of the Korean kindergarten received the death sentence of the...

The director of a kindergarten in Gyeonggi Province (South Korea) was sentenced to 19 years in prison for causing the death of a 9-month-old Vietnamese...

Many new developments on aid to Ukraine

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 22: U.S. lawmakers and officials have mixed opinions about aid to Ukraine, while Kyiv and Moscow compete for support from Latin America.

To further strengthen Vietnam - Cuba relations

Havana [Cuba], April 22: On the morning of April 20 local time, at the National Assembly Headquarters of Cuba, right after the official welcome ceremony,...

Ukraine trains 40,000 storm brigade troops for counter-offensive

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 22: More than a year into Russia's full-scale invasion, Aleks, a translator with no prior military experience, was advancing through forest with...

More African countries set to approve malaria shot; 20 mln doses ready...

Cape Town [South Africa], April 22: African countries are lining up to approve a new vaccine for malaria, with 20 million doses available for them...

Irish government staff advised to remove TikTok

Dublin [Ireland], April 22: The state body responsible for advising the Irish government on cyber security recommended on Friday that staff at government departments and...

Pope Francis, Ronaldo lose Twitter verified blue status

Washington [US], April 22: Twitter began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people including Pope Francis, Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) co-founder Bill Gates...

Gunmen ambush family in South African homestead, kill 10

Cape Town [South Africa], April 22: Gunmen stormed a homestead in a township outside the South African city of Pietermaritzburg and ambushed a family, killing...

Germany expands energy grid for offshore wind farms in North Sea

Berlin [Germany], April 21: A 7 billion euro (7.7 billion U.S. dollars) deal to connect offshore wind farms in the North Sea to the German...

2 foreign experts receive Chinese Government Friendship Award in France

Paris [France], April 21: GetachewEngida, former UNESCO deputy director general and co-president of the China-Africa Leadership Development Institute of Tsinghua University, and Jean-Marc Dublanc, CEO...

Florida apologizes for emergency alert test sent out early morning

Washington [US], April 21: The emergency management agency of the southeastern U.S. state of Florida apologized for sending out an alert test early Thursday morning.

EU eases tensions over Ukrainian agricultural products

Kyiv [Ukraine], April 21: Under pressure from five Eastern European countries, the European Commission (EC) proposed urgent "precautionary measures" for the import of agricultural products...

North Korea claims nuclear power status is realistic, 'irreversible'

Pyongyang [North Korea], April 21: North Korea's foreign minister criticized the G7 countries for meddling in internal affairs and stressed that the West has no...

President Biden is about to launch a re-election campaign at the age...

Washington [US], April 21: US media reported that President Joe Biden may release a video and announce his re-election campaign on April 25.