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Pact for $4.5 million signed to aid 4,400 stranded Gazans in West Bank

The Qatar Red Crescent and the U.N. agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) signed an agreement on Sunday, with $4.5 million from a Qatari state development fund, to aid more than 4,400

Pact for $4.5 million signed to aid 4,400 stranded Gazans in West Bank
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Russia takes Ukrainian town in advance on Pokrovsk

Russia said on Sunday its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine as Moscow's forces advance on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk and seek to pierce the

Russia takes Ukrainian town in advance on Pokrovsk
Crime|News

Mother of Georgia mass shooting suspect called school before attack

The mother of the teenager charged with fatally shooting two students and two teachers at a Georgia high school on Wednesday called the school that morning and warned a counselor

Mother of Georgia mass shooting suspect called school before attack
Africa|Economy|Finance

Egypt August inflation seen dropping despite price hikes

Egypt's inflation is forecast to have declined for a sixth month in August, helped by a favourable base effect, but some analysts say it is likely to have increased month on month

Egypt August inflation seen dropping despite price hikes
Election|News|Political

Harris, Trump effectively tied in final stretch of 2024 race, NYT/Siena poll shows

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris are effectively tied heading into the final weeks of the election, according to a

Harris, Trump effectively tied in final stretch of 2024 race, NYT/Siena poll shows
Europe|News|World

Germany's Scholz calls for renewed push for peace in Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for a renewed effort to bring peace to Ukraine, adding that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had both agreed in recent talks on

Germany's Scholz calls for renewed push for peace in Ukraine
Economy|Europe|News|Travel

Greece to tax cruise ship arrivals to protect popular islands from overtourism

Greece plans to impose a 20-euro levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season, in a bid to avert overtourism, Prime Minister

Greece to tax cruise ship arrivals to protect popular islands from overtourism
Business|Technology

Boeing reaches tentative labor deal with 25% pay hike, new plane commitment

Boeing said on Sunday it has reached a tentative agreement with a union representing more than 32,000 workers in the U.S.

Boeing reaches tentative labor deal with 25% pay hike, new plane commitment
Europe|News|Political

Venezuela opposition leader Gonzalez lands in Spain seeking asylum

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez flew into Spain on Sunday to seek asylum, Madrid said, hours after quitting

Venezuela opposition leader Gonzalez lands in Spain seeking asylum
Arts|News

Egyptian archaeologist calls on Berlin to return Nefertiti bust

Prominent Egyptian archaeologist and former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass has launched a petition for the return to Egypt of the pharaonic bust of Queen Nefertiti from the Neues

Egyptian archaeologist calls on Berlin to return Nefertiti bust
Business|Finance

Munich Re says damage inflation well above CPI rate

Munich Re said on Sunday that it will push for higher reinsurance rates to take into account the fact that costs for insured damages are rising much faster than overall consumer

Munich Re says damage inflation well above CPI rate
Africa|News

Fire breaks out at another Kenyan school after 21 die in inferno

A fire broke out at a girls' boarding school in a town in central Kenya late on Saturday, leaving at least three students injured and destroying property, the Kenya Red Cross and

Health|Travel|World

India reports case of mpox in traveller from affected country

India had recorded a suspected case of mpox found in a man who recently travelled from a country suffering an outbreak of the virus, the health ministry said on Sunday.

India reports case of mpox in traveller from affected country
Asia|Crime

Philippines arrests celebrity pastor accused of sex crimes

An influential evangelist preacher from the Philippines accused of sex trafficking and sexual abuse has been arrested, authorities said on Sunday. 

Philippines arrests celebrity pastor accused of sex crimes
Business|Europe|Finance

VW boss says European market shrinking amid tougher competition

Volkswagen's CEO, who is pushing for unprecedented cutbacks in the German carmaker's home market, said change was needed because the European market is shrinking while

VW boss says European market shrinking amid tougher competition
Europe|News|Technology

NATO members Romania, Latvia report Russian drones breach airspace

Romania and Latvia, both NATO members and supporters of Ukraine in its 2 1/2-year-old war with Russia, on Sunday were investigating instances of Russian drones that crashed after

Asia|Business|Health

China plans to allow wholly foreign-owned hospitals in some areas

China on Sunday said it would the allow the establishment of wholly foreign-owned hospitals in nine areas of the country including the capital, as Beijing tries to attract more

China plans to allow wholly foreign-owned hospitals in some areas
Africa|Election

Algerian candidate Hassani Cherif's campaign says it recorded election violations

Algerian presidential candidate Abdelaali Hassani Cherif's campaign said in a statement on Sunday that it had recorded cases of violations in the country's Saturday presidential

Algerian candidate Hassani Cherif's campaign says it recorded election violations
Economy|Europe|Finance

France asks EU to let it delay submitting budget deficit plan, La Tribune reports

France has asked the European Commission to extend beyond Sept. 20 a deadline for submitting a plan to reduce its public deficit to align with Paris' 2025 draft budget, La Tribune du

France asks EU to let it delay submitting budget deficit plan, La Tribune reports
Election

Russia's RT will continue to work in the West, editor says

Russian state media outlet RT, which the United States has accused of trying to influence its presidential election, will continue to work in the West by going around any limits or

Russia's RT will continue to work in the West, editor says
News|World

Russian shelling kills three women in Ukraine's east, governor says

Russian shelling killed three women in a small village in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, governor Vadym Filashkin said.

News

Key points of new Thai government's policy statement

Thailand's new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will deliver a policy statement to parliament on Thursday to mark the start of her administration, which will prioritise

Key points of new Thai government's policy statement
Crime|News

Gunman from Jordan kills three Israelis at border crossing, Israeli army says

A gunman from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians at the Allenby Bridge border crossing in the occupied West Bank before security forces shot him

Gunman from Jordan kills three Israelis at border crossing, Israeli army says
Europe|News|World

Ukraine's Zelenskiy appoints former arms production minister as adviser

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appointed on Sunday former arms production minister Oleksandr Kamyshin as an external adviser for strategic issues, a decree published on the

Ukraine's Zelenskiy appoints former arms production minister as adviser
News|World

Jordan closes bridge with West Bank after shooting incident

‮Jordan‬ has closed‮ ‬the King Hussein bridge crossing with the occupied West Bank as it investigates a shooting incident in which three Israelis were killed, a Jordanian official‮ ‬

Jordan closes bridge with West Bank after shooting incident

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