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Two killed in Auckland shooting
A gunman killed two people and wounded six others in central Auckland yesterday, hours before the New Zealand city hosted the opening match of the 2023 FIFA football World Cup.
20 July 2023, 18:00 PM
EU imposes more sanctions on Myanmar officials, entities
The European Union yesterday imposed a seventh round of sanctions on Myanmar in response to what it said was the escalation of violence and human rights violations since the 2021 military coup that overthrew elected leader Aung Suu Kyi.
20 July 2023, 18:00 PM
More than 40 nations interested in joining BRICS
More than 40 countries have expressed interested in joining the BRICS group of nations, South Africa’s top diplomat in charge of relations with the bloc said yesterday.
20 July 2023, 18:00 PM
US punishes 'undemocratic actors' in central America
The US State Department added nearly 40 people from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua, including former presidents and judges, to a list published on Wednesday of "corrupt and undemocratic actors
20 July 2023, 16:07 PM
More than 40 nations keen to join BRICS: S Africa
More than 40 countries have expressed interested in joining the BRICS group of nations, South Africa's top diplomat in charge of relations with the bloc said on Thursday
20 July 2023, 14:01 PM
Winning $1 billion Powerball jackpot ticket sold in California
A lottery player in the US state of California won the $1 billion Powerball jackpot on Wednesday, the state's lottery said.
20 July 2023, 06:43 AM
Swedish embassy in Baghdad torched after protest
Protesters set fire to Sweden's embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad early Thursday, an AFP journalist said, ahead of a planned burning of a Koran in Sweden
20 July 2023, 02:58 AM
Two killed in shooting as New Zealand city hosts World Cup opener
A gunman killed two people and wounded at least five at a building site in central Auckland Thursday, just hours before New Zealand's biggest city hosts the opening game of the football Women's World Cup
20 July 2023, 02:36 AM
34 killed in Algeria bus crash
At least 34 people were killed when an Algerian passenger bus collided head-on with a commercial vehicle and burst into flames before dawn yesterday in the country’s southern desert, officials said.
19 July 2023, 18:00 PM
More than 700 sentenced to prison over French riots: minister
More than 700 people have been sentenced to prison over riots in France late last month, the country's justice minister said Wednesday, lauding the "firm" response of magistrates
19 July 2023, 07:51 AM
Extreme heat scorches Europe, world
Swathes of Europe baked Tuesday in a heatwave trailed by wildfires and health warnings, as parts of Asia and the United States also suffered under extreme weather
19 July 2023, 03:01 AM
Search for missing paused in Colombia after landslide kills 15
Family members rushed to the scene looking for their loved ones.
19 July 2023, 02:54 AM
ICC resumes probe into Philippines drug war
International Criminal Court judges yesterday rejected the Philippines’ appeal to halt a probe into the nation’s deadly anti-drug crackdown, clearing the way for the investigation to resume.
18 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Rich-poor split could tighten ‘grip of poverty’
The new head of the World Bank said yesterday that growing divides between rich and poor nations risked deepening poverty in the developing world, at a meeting of G20 finance ministers in India.
18 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Flash floods in Assam kill eight
Flash floods in India’s Assam state have killed at least eight people and displaced more than 115,000 after a regional river burst its banks earlier this month following heavy monsoon rains, officials said yesterday.
18 July 2023, 18:00 PM
World must prepare for more intense heatwaves
The world should prepare to face increasingly intense heatwaves, the United Nations warned yesterday, as countries across the Northern Hemisphere reeled from soaring temperatures.
18 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Sailor, his dog rescued after three months in the Pacific
Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock and his dog, Bella, were on a journey from La Paz in Mexico to French Polynesia before their boat was severely damaged by a storm and rough seas.
18 July 2023, 05:39 AM
Building collapse in Egypt capital kills eight
Eight people including seven members of one family were killed in Cairo on Monday when a residential building in Egypt's capital collapsed, the public prosecution and state media said
18 July 2023, 03:45 AM
Mexico intercepts 500 migrants in two days
Mexican authorities on Sunday said they intercepted over 500 migrants in two days in the eastern state of Veracruz as authorities crack down on the transportation of migrants toward the United States in unsafe conditions.
17 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Thai alliance reaffirms backing
An eight-party alliance seeking to form Thailand’s next government reaffirmed its backing for Pita Limjaroenrat to become premier, Pita said yesterday, despite his defeat last week in a parliamentary vote.
17 July 2023, 18:00 PM