Brazil’s Bolsonaro rejects graft claims a month before election
BSS :Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed Thursday to be under attack from the media as he brushed aside allegations of corruption leveled against his family...
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Three dead of mystery pneumonia in Argentina, six others ill
BSS :A third person has died this week in Argentina from a type of pneumonia of unknown origin, with the fatalities thus far limited to...
Two Palestinians killed in West Bank clashes: Palestinian ministry
BSS :Two Palestinians were killed on Thursday in separate clashes with the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.It said...
Russia says Kyiv deployed ‘saboteurs’ near Ukraine nuclear plant
BSS :Russia accused Ukraine of deploying up to 60 “saboteurs” to Europe’s biggest nuclear plant on Thursday just ahead of a visit by UN inspectors...
Trump slams US govt for ‘unjustified’ pursuit of classifed documents
BSS :Former US president Donald Trump’s legal team on Wednesday dismissed the government’s “unjustified” pursuit of classified documents at his home and said the raid...
Chinese city of 16 million to shut down over new Covid outbreak
BSS :Around 16 million people in the Chinese city of Chengdu will be effectively under lockdown from Thursday as authorities race to snuff out a...
Another tanker briefly blocks Egypt’s Suez canal
BSS :An oil tanker briefly became stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal on Wednesday night, officials announced, raising fears that last year’s major blockage of the...
Moscow approves Japan stakes in Sakhalin energy project
BSS :Two Japanese trading houses will maintain stakes in a Russian energy project despite Tokyo joining sanctions on Moscow over the war in Ukraine, as...
Cambodian opposition figure faces French defamation trial
BSS :Longstanding Cambodian opposition figure Sam Rainsy will face a French court on Thursday in defamation cases brought against him by top officials in his...
‘World’s first case of bird flu in porpoise’
BSS : A porpoise found stranded on a Swedish beach in June died of bird flu, the first time the virus has been detected in...
IAEA team reaches Zaporizhzhia en route to Russia-held nuclear plant
BSS/AFP : IAEA inspectors arrived in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday ahead of a visit to a Russian-held nuclear power plant, after...
36 killed, 1,941 injured in rain spells across Pakistan in 24 hours
BSS/Xinhua : At least 36 people were killed and 1,941 others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods and other rain-related incidents in the last...