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Oct 17, 2024
Abuja [Nigeria], October 17: The death toll of a gasoline tanker explosion in Nigeria's northern state of Jigawa early this week exceeded 100, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu's spokesman said Wednesday.
Japan PM Ishiba sends offering to notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine
Xi Jinping visits province bordering Taiwan, Beijing affirms striving for peaceful unification
Hong Kong to eliminate 'shoebox' flats
Record number of women run for Japan election
'AI will replace tasks, not jobs', says Stanford professor at Global Future Councils
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European Parliament President Roberta Metsola receives Reem Al Hashimy, Thani Al Zeyoudi
Brussels [Belgium], October 17: Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, and Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, were...
17 killed, 182 wounded in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon in 24 hours
Beirut [Lebanon], October 17: The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that 17 people were killed and 182 others wounded as a result of Israeli airstrikes...
US threatens to cut arms aid to Israel
Oct 16, 2024
New York [US], October 16: Since the Hamas- Israel conflict broke out in October 2023, the US has provided nearly $18 billion in weapons, ammunition...
Record number of people vote early for US President in battleground state of Georgia
New York [US], October 16: Gabe Sterling, an official at the Georgia Elections Administration Office, announced on October 15 that about 252,000 voters had cast...
733 million people suffer from hunger globally: FAO
Geneva [Switzerland], October 16: The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has reported that one in 11 people globally, or 733 million individuals, suffer...
Four-fifths of Ukrainians support ban of Russia-linked church
Kyiv [Ukraine], October 16: Four-fifths of Ukrainians said they supported a new law banning Russia-affiliated religious groups in a survey released.
Australia's planned social media ban raises teen isolation fears
Sydney [Australia], October 16: For Tereza Hussein, a 14-year-old refugee who lives in Darwin, Australia's planned social media ban would mean losing a direct line...
North Korea claims 1.4 million young people joined the army
Pyongyang [North Korea], October 16: North Korean state media on Wednesday said around 1.4 million young people including students and youth league officials joined or...
Harris holds steady, marginal 45%-42% lead over Trump
New York [US], October 16: Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris held a marginal 3-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump - 45% to 42%.
Sydney beach closed over mysterious 'dark spheres'
Sydney [Australia], October 16: People are being urged to avoid an eastern Sydney beach after it became dotted with mysterious ball-shaped debris.
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Mexico's lower house lawmakers pass bill
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested
Venezuela recognizes fiery ritual honoring goddess
Balkan summit: Scholz, von der Leyen talk up EU expansion
UN warns of humanitarian catastrophe in Lebanon
North Korean leader Kim holds security meeting as Seoul says roads destroyed
Israeli forces ramp up north Gaza assault as 55 Palestinians killed across enclave
First migrants picked up off Italy to arrive at Albanian centres
UK announces new wave of Israeli settler sanctions, blasts 'inaction'
