Hospital doctors in England to stage five-day strike
AFP :Hospital doctors in England on Friday announced the longest strike in the history of the state-funded National Health Service (NHS), in an ongoing row...
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Three killed in Israel West Bank drone strike as violence escalates
AFP :Israel’s military on Wednesday killed three members of a “terrorist cell” in a rare West Bank drone strike, the army said, as violence there...
Malaysia to charge Thai nationals over mass graves found in 2015
Reuters :Four Thai nationals will face charges in a Malaysian court on Friday over the 2015 discovery of mass graves and suspected human trafficking camps...
Risk of mosquito-borne diseases rising in Europe
Reuters :Europe recorded almost as many locally caught cases of dengue in 2022 as it had over the previous 11 years, new figures from the...
Ukraine tells West it needs over $6b more to rebuild
Reuters : Ukraine called on Wednesday for Western countries to pledge over $6 billion more to help the country rebuild over the next 12 months,...
Four dead after latest New York e-bike fire
AFP : Four people have died after lithium batteries for e-bikes sparked a fire in a New York building, officials said Tuesday, sounding the alarm...
41 dead in gang violence, fire at Honduras women’s prison
AFP : At least 41 people were killed Tuesday at a women’s prison in Honduras, where violent clashes between rival gangs sparked a fire that...
Ex-Pakistan PM Khan gets bail extended again in graft case
AFP :Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s bail on corruption charges was extended again Monday, after he urged supporters to take to the streets if...
14 deaths in India’s UP, 7 in Bihar take heatwave toll past 100
Times of India :Heat deaths in the past four days crossed the 100-mark to 117 in India’s Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as the scorcher in...
Massive overnight drone attack on Kyiv
AFP :Russian forces launched a major drone assault on Kyiv overnight and attacked several other regions, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday, but there were no...
UK lawmakers set to punish ex-PM Johnson for ‘Partygate lies’
AFP :British MPs vote Monday (19 June) on a damning report that found ex-prime minister Boris Johnson deliberately lied to parliament about lockdown-breaking parties, in...
Russia’s Navalny faces decades in prison in new trial
AFP :Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is set to go on trial on Monday (19 June) on charges of “extremism” that could keep him behind...