Half a million Mpox vaccine doses for Africa ordered by Gavi Alliance
Geneva [Switzerland], September 19: The global vaccine group Gavi has ordered 500,000 Mpox vaccine doses from the German-Danish company Bavarian Nordic.
At least 14 dead, 450 injured as Lebanon hit by 2nd wave...
Beirut [Lebanon], September 19: At least 14 people were killed and 450 others injured in the second wave of explosions related to electronic devices in...
UAE President to begin official visit to US on Monday
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 19: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will start an official visit to the United States of...
UN appeals for maximum restraint to avert further escalation in region
New York [US], September 19: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an end to the escalation in violence in the Middle East amid...
Chinese electric cars in the midst of a tense battle
Beijing [China], September 19: China's electric vehicles (EVs) are looking to increase their competitiveness in the global market amid tariffs imposed by many parties.
Vietnam's gas demand expected to triple by 2030
Hanoi [Vietnam], September 19: According to a recent study by Wood Mackenzie - a global provider of data, analysis and consulting in the fields of...
US interest rate cut: Ms. Harris optimistic, Mr. Trump says 'political trick'
Washington [US], September 19: The US Federal Reserve (Fed) cut interest rates for the first time in more than four years, with forecasts that it...
Family 'devastated' as accused killer pleads not guilty
Washington [US], September 19: The supporters of a young woman allegedly killed by her former partner say they are "devastated" after the 21-year-old man pleaded...
Hezbollah devices explode again in Lebanon, raising fears of wider Israel conflict
Beirut [Lebanon], September 19: Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated across Lebanon's south in the country's deadliest day since cross-border fighting erupted between...
Iran sent stolen Trump info to Biden campaign, FBI says
Washington [US], September 19: Iranian hackers sought to interest US President Joe Biden's campaign in information stolen from rival Donald Trump's campaign, sending unsolicited emails...
Shots fired outside Norway school, suspects apprehended
Oslo [Norway], September 19: Several shots were fired outside a school in Oslo and three suspects have since been apprehended, Norwegian police said.
Beset by wildfires, Portugal gets help from Spain, Morocco
Lisbon [Portugal], September 19: A wave of deadly wildfires in Portugal has pushed emergency services to the limit and much-needed reinforcements arrived from Spain and...
Central Europe flood deaths rise
Washington [US], September 19: Volunteers and emergency personnel raced to secure river banks and buildings in Poland and Hungary as flood waters that have wreaked...
Death toll from 23 Portuguese forest fires rises to four with 40...
Madrid [Spain], September 18: Four people have lost their lives in the 23 forest fires raging in Portugal since Sunday, with the number of injured...
Chinese researchers' report reveals varied soil composition on the moon
Beijing [China], September 18: The first tests of soil samples from the far side of the moon show it has a different type of soil...
Why could pagers be detonated en masse across Lebanon?
Beirut [Lebanon], September 18: After a series of pager explosions in Lebanon, many people wonder if pagers and cell phones can be easily detonated.
NATO lets members decide to remove arms barriers for Ukraine
Moscow [Russia], September 18: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said it would be up to individual members to decide whether to allow Ukraine to use...
Unpredictable amid political violence in the US
Washington [US], September 18: Analysts worry that the suspected assassination of former US President Donald Trump has made political violence the "new normal" and the...
South Korea, Japan warn North Korea over ballistic missile launch
Seoul [South Korea], September 18: This morning (September 18), the Democratic People's Republic of Korea launched a series of short-range ballistic missiles toward the northeast,...
WHO Director-General Accuses Israeli Tanks of Opening Fire on Aid Convoy
Washington [US], September 18: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on September 17 that Israeli tanks fired on an aid convoy last...
US increases troops in Alaska amid Russian military activity in the region
Washington [US], September 18: The US military has deployed a unit of 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to an uninhabited island in the...
Historic floods wreak havoc in many places
Washington [US], September 18: North Carolina (USA) is experiencing a "once in a thousand years" rain, while the death toll from floods in European and...
Election offices in 17 US states receive envelopes containing suspicious white powder
Washington [US], September 18: The FBI and the US Postal Service announced an investigation into the sending of envelopes containing suspicious white powder to US...
Trump: 'Only influential presidents get shot'
Washington [US], September 18: Former US President Donald Trump has suggested that he became the target of assassination plots due to his influential tenure.
Rumors of Israeli intelligence planting explosives in thousands of Hezbollah pagers
Tel Aviv [Israel], September 18: Reuters on September 18 quoted an informed source as saying that the Israeli intelligence agency (Mossad) may have planted explosives...
Instagram teenage accounts private amid safety concerns
Washington [US], September 18: Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing...
Europe's new energy commissioner takes on housing as well as fuel
Washington [US], September 18: The European Union's newly announced Energy Commissioner will for the first time have the task of leading an EU housing division...