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Spanish police arrest man suspected in 2022 letter-bomb case 25 Jan 2023 - 01:58 pm

Madrid: Spanish police on Wednesday arrested a 74-year-old man suspected of being the sender of letter-bombs in November and December to the Ukrainian...

Half of US mass attacks sparked by personal, workplace disputes: Report 25 Jan 2023 - 01:55 pm

WASHINGTON: Half of the mass attacks in the United States from 2016-2020 were sparked by personal, domestic or workplace disputes, according to a...

Grief grips Asian Americans after California mass shootings 25 Jan 2023 - 01:39 pm

Monterey Park, United States: Asian Americans were reeling Tuesday after two mass shootings in California targeting members of their community left 18 people...

Hundreds protest S. Africa energy crisis 25 Jan 2023 - 01:21 pm

Johannesburg: Hundreds of people took to the streets in Johannesburg on Wednesday to protest a prolonged energy crisis causing record power cuts in...

German business outlook brightens as recession may be avoided 25 Jan 2023 - 12:45 pm

Germany’s business outlook brightened further as the recession many had feared after Russia attacked Ukraine looks increasingly likely to be avoided. A gauge...

Somali PM meets UNICEF delegation 25 Jan 2023 - 12:29 pm

Mogadishu: Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre met Wednesday with a delegation from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), headed by the Regional...

Russian-installed Donetsk chief says Wagner units making progress in Bakhmut 25 Jan 2023 - 12:16 pm

The Russian-installed governor of Ukraine's Donetsk region said on Wednesday that units of the Wagner contract militia were advancing in the town of...

S. Africa's Astral flags profit plunge as power crisis hits poultry production 25 Jan 2023 - 12:04 pm

Harare:Astral Foods expects a 90% plunge in mid-year profit, the poultry processor said on Wednesday, citing rolling power cuts in South Africa that...

Cholera death toll passes 1,000 in Malawi as outbreak spreads 25 Jan 2023 - 11:45 am

The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi has passed 1,000 while cases have risen to 30,621, the highest on record in...

Heavy snow, deep cold halts transport across Japan, at least one dead 25 Jan 2023 - 11:38 am

TOKYO: Heavy snow blanketed wide swathes of Japan on Wednesday, snarling traffic, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations and disrupting train travel, leaving at...

Australia Inflation Hits 33-Year High 25 Jan 2023 - 11:24 am

Australian inflation hit a 33-year high in the fourth quarter of 2022 as the cost of travel and electricity jumped. Data from the...

UK factory price inflation eases to slowest in almost a year 25 Jan 2023 - 11:09 am

UK factories’ fuel and raw material costs are rising at their slowest pace in almost a year, further evidence that pipeline inflationary pressures...

N. Korea locks down capital over 'respiratory illness': report 25 Jan 2023 - 11:07 am

Seoul: North Korea has ordered a five-day lockdown in the capital over "respiratory illness", a report said Wednesday, in what appears to be...

Kimchi inflation pushes South Korea imports from China to record 25 Jan 2023 - 10:59 am

South Korea imported a record amount of kimchi last year as inflation hit prices of cabbage and other key ingredients used to make...

Berlin airport cancels all flights on Wednesday amid strike 25 Jan 2023 - 10:54 am

Berlin’s airport said it has canceled all passenger flights for today because of a strike organised by the Verdi union, grounding the capital’s...

Two killed in Philippines air crash, another plane missing 25 Jan 2023 - 10:49 am

Manila: Two Philippine air force aviators were killed in a crash Wednesday, while rescuers were searching for another plane that went missing the...

New Zealand's Chris Hipkins sworn in as prime minister 25 Jan 2023 - 08:49 am

WELLINGTON: Labour leader Chris Hipkins was sworn in as New Zealand's prime minister in a formal ceremony on Wednesday, following the resignation of...