French rail sabotage causes chaos as Paris Olympics open
Paris [France], July 27: Streets in the centre of Paris have been blocked off, metro stations closed and thousands of police, soldiers and other guards...
Norway closes embassy in Uganda
Kampala [Uganda], July 27: Norway has officially closed its embassy in Uganda, marking the end of 19 years of diplomatic presence in the east African...
Finland probes suspected violation of territorial waters by Russian vessel
Helsinki [Finland], July 27: Finland suspects a Russian vessel to have violated Finnish territorial waters in the Gulf of Finland on Friday.
EU takes action against 7 states for violating budget regulations
Brussels [Belgium], July 27: The European Council on Friday placed France and six other European Union (EU) member states under formal procedures, urging them to...
Severe water shortages threaten central and southern Italy
Rome [Italy], July 27: Central and southern Italy are grappling with a severe water shortage, with agricultural supplies projected to last only three more weeks,...
Harris narrows gap with Trump in presidential race: WSJ poll
Washington [US], July 27: U.S. presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is incredibly close, showed a new Wall Street Journal poll, revealing a...
Biden to announce Supreme Court reform plans next week: report
Washington [US], July 27: U.S. President Joe Biden intends to present a significant proposal aimed at reforming the Supreme Court on Monday, the Politico...
Major Australian uranium deposit to be incorporated into national park: PM
Canberra[Australia], July 27: A northern Australian site previously designated for uranium mining will be included in a national park to protect its Indigenous cultural...
FBI Director Stirs Controversy Over Trump Shot Suspicion
Washington [US], July 27: FBI Director Christopher Wray has cast doubt on former President Donald Trump's claim that he was shot in the July 13...
France investigates 'massive attack' on fast train network
Paris [France], July 27: Paris Mayor Sabotage Anne Hidalgo said Friday that the crippling of France's high-speed TGV rail network would have "no impact on...
Blinken to hold talks with Chinese foreign minister in Laos
Vientiane [Laos], July 27: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Laos on Saturday for a regional meeting and talks with his Chinese counterpart.
Trump vows return to site of assassination attempt, Obamas endorse Harris
Washington [US], July 27: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Friday he will return to the Pennsylvania town where he narrowly survived an assassination...
Opening ceremony lights up Paris in unique style
Paris [France], July 27: The 2024 Olympics opened in Paris in spectacular style with thousands of athletes sailing along the River Seine past lively performers...
'Firenado' rips through California in year's biggest blaze
California [US], July 27: A rare fire tornado has ripped through bushland in northern California, as the state's largest wildfire this year explodes in size.
More than 160,000 people join white women for Kamala Harris Zoom call
Washington [US], July 27: More than 160,000 people joined a Zoom call on Thursday night to build support for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris among...
UN urges peace, respect for Olympic Truce as Paris Summer Games begin
Paris [France], July 27: As the Summer Olympics and Paralympics got underway in Paris on Friday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for global respect of...
Oregon wildfire scorches over 1,500 square kilometres
Oregon [US], July 27: Winds and lightning strikes have sparked and fanned wildfires across the Pacific Northwest this week, including the largest fire in the...
WHO to send one million polio vaccines to Gaza to protect children
Geneva [Switzerland], July 27: The UN health agency said on Friday that it is sending more than a million polio vaccines to Gaza after the...
5 killed, 14 injured in industrial park blast in China's Henan
Zhengzhou [China], July 27:An explosion at a plant on Friday evening in an industrial park of Yongcheng City in central China's Henan Province, resulted in...
For the first time in history, Olympic Games Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony...
Paris [France], July 27: For the first time in the history of the Olympic Summer Games, the Opening Ceremony didn't take place in a stadium....
Harris rises in polls as Trump labels her Marxist
Washington D.C. [US], July 26: Vice President Kamala Harris took her presidential campaign blitz to the largest U.S. teachers' union, promising a "fight for the...
Relatives of 18 dead in Nepal plane crash demand answers
Nepal [Kathmandu], July 26: Relatives of the 18 dead in an airplane crash in Nepal have yet to hear from the government or the airline...
Typhoon Gaemi barrels through Taiwan, killing two, heads to Chinese coast
Taipei [Taiwan], July 26: Typhoon Gaemi swept through northern Taiwan on Thursday, killing two people, bringing floods and snarling traffic, before heading across the sea...
US: Kamala Harris says she "will not be silent" on Gaza suffering;...
Washington D.C. [US], July 26: US Vice President and Democratic party nominee for Presidential elections, Kamala Harris, held discussions with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Study discerns Alzheimer's vulnerability, resilience factors
Washington D.C. [US], July 26: A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study published in Nature reveals new insights into the vulnerability of specific cells and...
Suspects' rights land Hungary, Czech Republic and Bulgaria in EU court
Brussels [Belgium], July 26: The European Commission on Thursday announced that it is sending legal complaints to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) concerning the...
Ex-Islamic State fighter remains silent in German attack plan trial
Berlin [Germany], July 26: A former fighter for the terrorist militia Islamic State has been back in a German court since Thursday around nine months...