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Paris 2024 Olympics: China wins first gold medal in air rifle shooting 27 Jul 2024 - 04:48 pm

Paris:China won the first gold medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics, after winning the 10-meter air rifle mixed team event held Saturday morning....

France suffers second day of sabotage train delays 27 Jul 2024 - 04:02 pm

Paris: Tens of thousands of rail passengers struggled through a second day of cancelled trains Saturday as investigators tracked saboteurs who paralysed the...

US hails 'productive' meeting between Blinken and China FM 27 Jul 2024 - 03:57 pm

Vientiane: The United States hailed "open and productive" discussions between China's foreign minister and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Laos on Saturday...

Upset bishops and mixed reviews for Paris Olympics ceremony 27 Jul 2024 - 03:35 pm

Paris: French bishops complained on Saturday about the "scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity" during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic...

Israeli air strike on school shelter kills 30 in Gaza 27 Jul 2024 - 02:57 pm

Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said an Israeli strike hit a school housing a field hospital...

Electricity consumption soars as heat wave forces Iran to shutter government offices 27 Jul 2024 - 02:47 pm

Tehran, Iran: A heat wave blanketing Iran has forced authorities to cut operating hours at various facilities Saturday and order all government and...

Ethiopia PM visits village hit by deadly landslide 27 Jul 2024 - 02:32 pm

Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday visited a remote and mountainous village hit by the country's deadliest landslide which killed...

Seven out of 10 French high speed trains to run Saturday after sabotage 27 Jul 2024 - 11:19 am

Paris: Seven out of 10 French high speed trains will run Saturday on three key routes, a day after saboteurs paralysed much of...

Bangladesh says student leaders held for their own safety 27 Jul 2024 - 10:52 am

Dhaka: Bangladesh said three student leaders had been taken into custody for their own safety after the government blamed their protests against civil...

Philippine coast guard says oil leaking from sunken tanker 27 Jul 2024 - 09:44 am

Manila: Some of the 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil inside a sunken Philippine tanker has started to leak into Manila Bay,...

Japan's Sado mines added to World Heritage list 27 Jul 2024 - 09:26 am

New Delhi:A network of mines on a Japanese island infamous for using conscripted wartime labour was added to UNESCO's World Heritage register Saturday...

'Windmill love' sees Dutch artist become mill operator 27 Jul 2024 - 08:57 am

Rucphen, Netherlands: Dutch artist Peet Wessels might not call it an obsession, but with over 100 images of windmills in her home, it's...

California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West 27 Jul 2024 - 08:32 am

California's largest active fire exploded in size on Friday evening, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scrambled...

Divers attempt to reach sunken Philippine oil tanker 27 Jul 2024 - 08:17 am

Manila: Divers will attempt Saturday to inspect the hull of a Philippine tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil that sank...

IOC apologises for South Korea gaffe in Olympics opening ceremony 27 Jul 2024 - 07:59 am

Seoul: The International Olympic Committee apologised Saturday for a gaffe during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics in which South Korean athletes...

Ukraine court orders detention of suspect in murder of nationalist ex-MP 26 Jul 2024 - 09:00 pm

Kyiv, Ukraine: A Ukrainian court on Friday remanded an 18-year-old man in custody over the murder of a nationalist former lawmaker, state media...

Turkiye and Germany in spicy feud over Doner kebab 26 Jul 2024 - 07:54 pm

Berlin: A spicy row has erupted between Turkiye and Germany over what constitutes aDonerkebab, with Berlin objecting to a Turkish push for protected...