Neglected elephant touches down in Thai homeland after flight
AFP :A Thai elephant gifted to Sri Lanka two decades ago arrived back in its birth country Sunday, following a diplomatic spat over the animal’s...
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Seven killed in building collapse in Ivory Coast
Reuters A six-storey building collapsed while under construction in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital Abidjan on Friday, killing at least seven of the builders on site,...
Kyiv targeted in overnight drone attack, first in 12 days
AFP :Russia has attacked Kyiv in an overnight drone attack after a 12-day break, Ukrainian officials said Sunday, with air defence forces destroying all targets.“Another...
Muslim grouping OIC says measures needed to prevent Quran desecration
Reuters :An Islamic grouping of 57 states said on Sunday collective measures are needed to prevent acts of desecration to the Quran and international law...
Baltimore police say two dead, 28 injured after mass shooting at housing block
Reuters :Police in the US city Baltimore said that two people had died and 28 others were injured in a mass shooting early on Sunday...
New Zealand bails out struggling universities
AFP :New Zealand on Tuesday announced a multi-million-dollar bailout for cash-strapped universities, in the hope of preventing jobs and courses from being cut at institutions...
Sierra Leone president leads vote count disputed by opposition
AFP :Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio was leading the results of country’s presidential election with 60 percent of votes counted, the electoral commission said...
Guatmala’s shock candidate Arevalo posed to tackle corruption
AFP :Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo, who pulled off an upset in Sunday elections by advancing to a run-off, declared Monday that if he wins,...
Japan to put South Korea back on trade ‘white list’
AFP :Japan will restore South Korea to a list of trusted trade partners in July, the government said Tuesday, reversing its 2019 removal during a...
Muslims being instigated over Uniform Civil Code, says Modi, slams opposition
Hindustan Times :Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Supreme Court has repeatedly called for bringing a Common Civil Code (UCC), whose implementation remains...
Over 1,000 Afghan civilians killed in blasts, violence since August 2021: UN
Reuters :Over a thousand Afghan civilians were killed in bombings and other violence since foreign forces left and the Taliban took over in 2021, according...