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Pakistan suffers major power outage following failure of the grid
A "major breakdown" of the national grid caused nationwide power outages in Pakistan on Monday morning, affecting factories, hospitals, and schools. A voltage…
Rapid and concrete EU expansion is sought by Germany and France
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron emphasized that they wanted to see rapid and concrete progress in the EU enlargement process.…
Lebanon loses voting rights in the 193-member UN General Assembly
Lebanon has been stripped of its UN General Assembly voting rights, according to its state-owned National News Agency (NNA). In a letter on Thursday, UN…
GCC, Egypt and Jordan leaders meet with Sheikh Mohamed
President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Wednesday held a fraternal consultative meeting with leaders of a number of brotherly countries.…
One dead, eight missing after a tanker explodes in Thailand
The Mae Klong river dockyard in Muang district, in Thailand was damaged by an oil tanker explosion Tuesday morning, leaving eight workers missing. Police were…
Nepal resort town plane crash leaves 68 dead and 4 missing
At least 68 of the 72 people aboard the plane died when it crashed into a gorge while trying to land at a newly opened airport in Nepal on Sunday. Witnesses…
Tornado, thunderstorms kill at least 6 in Alabama
Thunderstorms and one tornado struck central Alabama on Thursday, killing at least six people. In a statement to Reuters, an Autauga County Sheriff's…
Donors pledged over $9 billion to help Pakistan recover from the floods
More than $9 billion has been committed by international donors to help Pakistan recover from the devastating floods last year. It has surpassed its external…
Attack at Paris metro leaves several injured
According to reports in the French media, a number of people were injured in a stabbing incident at a Paris train station before police "rapidly neutralized"…
Global warming will not stop half of the glaciers from melting, a study…
New research suggests that even at 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above preindustrial levels, the Earth will lose nearly half of its glaciers. The shrinking…