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18 dead in Mexico tourist bus crash
At least 18 Mexican tourists died and two dozen were injured when their tourist bus plunged into a ravine in the western state of Nayarit, a local official told AFP on Sunday
1 May 2023, 03:15 AM
Clashes rock Sudan despite truce
Heavy fighting again rocked Sudan’s capital yesterday as tens of thousands have fled the bloody turmoil and a former prime minister warned of the “nightmare” risk of a descent into full-scale civil war.
30 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Emirates announces return of 'My Emirates Pass'
Emirates has announced the return of its popular "My Emirates Pass". .Starting from May 1, 2023 to September 30, 2023, My Emirates Summer Pass enables customers to get exclusive offers at hundreds of locations in Dubai and the UAE.
30 April 2023, 08:58 AM
Biden, Modi to meet Pacific island leaders
US President Joe Biden and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, will join Pacific Islands leaders next month for a "historic" future-oriented meeting, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said on Sunday
30 April 2023, 06:32 AM
153 migrants saved off Malta
The migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking has saved 153 people in distress off Malta, the French charity SOS Mediterranee operating the vessel yesterday.
29 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Clouds carry bacteria across distances
In a recent study by a team of Canadian and French researchers, clouds were found to carry drug-resistant bacteria over long distances.
29 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Brazil’s Lula decrees six new Indigenous reserves
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday decreed six new Indigenous reserves, the first after a dearth of such expansion under his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
28 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Heavy battles in Sudan despite latest truce
Fighting raged in Sudan yesterday, despite rival forces agreeing to extend a truce aimed to stem nearly two weeks of warfare that has killed hundreds and caused widespread destruction.
28 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Boat capsize: Bodies of 41 migrants retrieved off Tunisia coast
Coastguards have retrieved 41 bodies from Tunisian waters, a national guard official said yesterday, raising the number of victims of migrant shipwrecks off the country’s coast to 210 in 10 days.
28 April 2023, 18:00 PM
BBC chairman resigns over loan to Boris Johnson
BBC chairman Richard Sharp on Friday announced his resignation after an inquiry found he had breached rules for failing to declare his involvement in arranging a loan for then prime minister Boris Johnson.
28 April 2023, 09:28 AM
One of world's oldest newspapers to end daily print run
One of the world's oldest newspapers still in print, Austria's Wiener Zeitung, will primarily move online, after a decision Thursday by the country's parliament.
28 April 2023, 07:56 AM
Digital divide hits women harder in poor countries: UN
Some 90 percent of young women and teenage girls in the world's poorest countries have no access to the internet, a United Nations report published Wednesday said
27 April 2023, 04:05 AM
Centuries-old teenage mummy unearthed in Peru
The mummy of a teenager who lived roughly 800-1,200 years ago, complete with skin fragments and tufts of hair, has been unearthed on the outskirts of the Peruvian capital Lima, the leader of the excavation team has said.
26 April 2023, 18:00 PM
New Zealand ex-PM Ardern to take up Harvard fellowships
Ardern shocked New Zealanders in January by announcing she was resigning as prime minister after five years in office, saying she no longer had "enough in the tank" to go on
26 April 2023, 07:40 AM
Boat with 1,687 civilians fleeing Sudan reaches Saudi: foreign ministry
A boat with 1,687 civilians from more than 50 countries fleeing violence in Sudan arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, the largest rescue effort by the Gulf kingdom to date
26 April 2023, 04:48 AM
Sudan fighting resurges as UN envoy says ceasefire partly holding
Fighting flared anew in Sudan late on Tuesday despite a ceasefire declaration by the warring factions, as a UN envoy said the truce was partially holding even though there was no sign that the two sides were ready for serious talks
26 April 2023, 03:30 AM
Taliban kills IS 'mastermind' behind Kabul airport bombing
The Taliban government has killed the alleged mastermind of a devastating suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport during the chaotic withdrawal of US forces in 2021, the White House said Tuesday
26 April 2023, 01:58 AM
Death toll rises to 16
The death toll from a series of explosions caused by a fire in a munitions cache in a Pakistan police station rose to 16 yesterday, police said.
25 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Junta must take first step to end violence
Former UN chief Ban Ki-Moon yesterday called for an end to violence in Myanmar after meeting the leader of its ruling military, which he said “must take the first steps”.
25 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Fear and exhaustion: A family's flight from Sudan to Egypt
The family left after a rocket hit Waleed's family home in Khartoum's Al Amarat district on April 18, destroying the bathroom, as fighting raged between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
25 April 2023, 06:14 AM