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US agency, California gathering details of accident involving robot taxi and pedestrian

US agency, California gathering details of accident involving...

Washington [US], October 4: U.S. and California officials said this morning they are in discussions with General Motors' (GM.N) self-driving...

Hospitality workers, Las Vegas casinos in crunch time for labor talks

Hospitality workers, Las Vegas casinos in crunch time...

Washington [US], October 4: Unions representing roughly 53,000 Las Vegas workers on Tuesday kicked off critical negotiating sessions with hotel...

Americas rights court condemns violence against Haiti journalists

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...

Canada wants private talks with India to resolve diplomatic spat

Canada wants private talks with India to resolve...

Ottawa [Canada], October 4: Canada wants private talks with India to resolve a diplomatic dispute over the murder of a...

Japan starts self-driving bus test runs in Tokyo

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...

Church roof collapse kills at least 11 in Mexico

Church roof collapse kills at least 11 in...

Mexico City [Mexico], October 3: At least 11 people died when a church roof collapsed in north-eastern Mexico on Sunday,...

Fire at police complex in Egypt's Ismailia contained after hours

Fire at police complex in Egypt's Ismailia contained...

Cairo [Egypt], October 3: A huge fire that erupted at a police complex in the Egyptian city of Ismailia and...

New head of UN organisation aims to change migration's image

New head of UN organisation aims to change...

Geneva [Switzerland], October 3: The new director general of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday stressed the benefits...

The US stopped military aid to Ukraine for 45 days

The US stopped military aid to Ukraine for...

Washington [US], October 3: US President Joe Biden is pressuring Republican lawmakers to include a provision for increased aid to...

Britain announced a huge contract for the nuclear submarine project

Britain announced a huge contract for the nuclear...

Britain [UK], October 3: The British Ministry of Defense said SSNAUKUS will be the largest, most advanced and powerful attack...

The Security Council approved sending multinational forces to Haiti

The Security Council approved sending multinational forces to...

Port-au-Prince [Haiti], October 3: The United Nations Security Council has given the green light to the mission to deploy multinational...

Mexican President condemns US military aid to Ukraine

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...

Venezuela's political opposition rejects request to delay primary

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...

India's monsoon rains hit five-year low due to El Nino

India's monsoon rains hit five-year low due to...

New Delhi [India], October 3: India's monsoon rainfall this year was its lowest since 2018 as the El Nino weather...

New Zealand starts new tourism campaign as post-COVID visits lag

New Zealand starts new tourism campaign as post-COVID...

Auckland [New Zealand], October 3: New Zealand is launching a new tourism campaign with Kiwi director and actor Taika Waititi...

Bangladesh dengue deaths top 1,000 in worst outbreak

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...

UN authorizes Haiti security mission to fight gangs

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...

New Zealanders start voting in Oct. 14 general election

New Zealanders start voting in Oct. 14 general...

Auckland [New Zealand], October 3: New Zealanders on Monday started voting for a new government as advance in-person balloting opened...

Australia PM rallies support for Indigenous referendum as early voting starts

Australia PM rallies support for Indigenous referendum as...

Sydney [Australia], October 3: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he would focus on having one-on-one conversations with Australians to...

More than 100 Amazon dolphins found dead, heat and drought blamed

More than 100 Amazon dolphins found dead, heat...

Washington [US], October 3: The carcasses of 120 river dolphins have been found floating on a tributary of the Amazon...

Trump reaped over $1 billion in fraud

Trump reaped over $1 billion in fraud

New York [US], October 3: Donald Trump attacked New York's attorney general and the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial.

UAE invites GCC Ministers of Health to attend COP 28

UAE invites GCC Ministers of Health to attend...

Dubai [UAE], October 3: Abdulrahman bin Mohamed Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has once again invited GCC...

Dubai Culture and Expo School Programme enhance teachers' knowledge through LinkedIn e-learning

Dubai Culture and Expo School Programme enhance teachers'...

Dubai [UAE], October 3: In celebration of World Teachers' Day and in recognition of the role and efforts of the...

WHO, WADA sign MoU to collaborate on clean, drug-free sport

WHO, WADA sign MoU to collaborate on clean,...

Geneva [Switzerland], October 3: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed a four-year memorandum...

Australian gov't to crack down on student visa exploitation

Australian gov't to crack down on student visa...

Canberra [Australia], October 2: The Australian government has announced a crackdown on international student visa scams.

Schools in Libya's Derna reopen after deadly floods

Schools in Libya's Derna reopen after deadly floods

Tripoli [Libya], October 2: Schools were reopened Sunday in the eastern city of Derna, which was hit by deadly floods...

Indonesian president declares operation of Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway

Indonesian president declares operation of Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway

Jakarta [Indonesia], October 2: Indonesian President Joko Widodo declared the official operation of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) at Halim...