Finnish gov't reveals 2024 budget with focus on economic challenges
Helsinki [Finland], September 20: The Finnish government completed its 2024 budget talks on Tuesday, raising the budget deficit amid multiple economic challenges.
NASA's Curiosity rover reaches new location preserving Mars' watery past
Los Angeles [US], September 20: NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has reached a ridge on Mars, which preserved an intriguing record of the Red Planet's watery...
Gold rises slightly ahead of Fed's interest rate decision
Chicago [US], September 20: Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose slightly on Tuesday ahead of the Federal Reserve's...
Laos reports 1st monkeypox case
Vientiane [Laos], September 20: The Lao Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the country, urging health officials nationwide to stay...
Latvia closes border crossing with Belarus over illegal arrivals
Riga [Latvia], September 20: Latvia is temporarily closing one of its two border crossings with neighbouring Belarus in response to the rising number of attempted...
One killed, 46 injured in bus crash in Austria
Vienna [Austria], September 20: A woman has been killed and 46 others were injured in a bus accident in southern Austria, police said on Tuesday.
Kuwait strongly denounces Khor Abdullah ruling
New York [US], September 20: Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Salem Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah denounced in the strongest terms a recent Iraqi federal court ruling...
Third Global Trade and Supply Chain Summit kicks off in Dubai
Dubai [UAE], September 20: The third Global Trade and Supply Chain Summit, organised by The Economist Impact, kicked off today at The Address Dubai Marina...
UAE expresses solidarity with Greece, offers condolences over rescue team victims in...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 20: The UAE has expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with Greece over the rescue team involved in a car accident...
Noura Al Kaabi receives copy of credentials of Qatar Ambassador to UAE
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 20: Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of State, today received a copy of the credential of Dr. Sultan Al Mansouri, Ambassador of...
Meetings attended by the UAE's delegation during the first day of high-level...
New York [US], September 20: H. H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania,...
Climate crisis needs critical attention: US President
New York [US], September 20: United States President Joseph Biden said on Tuesday the climate crisis needs critical attention, pointing to tragic flooding in Libya...
Former student charged over alleged campus stabbing in Australian capital
Canberra [Australia], September 19: A 24-year-old man has been charged over an alleged stabbing at the Australian National University (ANU) in the nation's capital.
Australia's Sydney faces 1st total fire ban in 3 years amid spring...
Sydney [Australia], September 19: Australia's Sydney on Tuesday faced its first total fire ban in almost three years since November 2020, with the day-time maximum...
At least 5 injured in Japan's Tokyo construction site accident
Tokyo [Japan], September 19: Steel beams fell at a construction site in downtown Tokyo on Tuesday, injuring at least five people, with four in cardiac...
Italy adopts tougher migration rules
Rome [Italy], September 19: In the face of a rush of migrants coming onto Lampedusa, doubling the population of the Italian island in the last...
24 killed as bus falls into ravine in Peru
Lima [Peru], September 19: At least 24 people have been killed and 21 injured in a coach crash in Peru.
UN chief calls for reopening of girls' schools in Afghanistan
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19: Marking the second anniversary of the ban on girls' education in Afghanistan, United Nations Secretary-General AntonioGuterres on Monday called on the...
Taiwan records 103 Chinese jets around its shores, marking a new high
Taipei [Taiwan], September 19: Taiwan has registered 103 Chinese military aircraft in its airspace in 24 hours, the country's Defence Ministry said on Monday, marking...
UNESCO lists ruins as Palestinian heritage site, sparking Israeli ire
Tel Aviv [Israel], September 19: The UN cultural organization UNESCO recognized ruins near the ancient city of Jericho as a Palestinian World Heritage Site on...
PM meets UN chief, affirms Kuwait support
New York [US], September 19: Representative of HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah, met...
S. Korea opposition leader hospitalised after hunger strike
Seoul [South Korea], September 19:South Korea's main opposition leader was hospitalised on Monday, days into a hunger strike in protest against government policies, while prosecutors...
Ukraine says it breached Russian lines
Kiev [Ukraine], September 19: A top Ukrainian general hailed the recent recapture of two eastern villages as an important breakthrough, saying it had enabled Kyiv's...
Human rights in Russia have 'significantly deteriorated' since war
Moscow [Russia], September 19: The human rights situation in Russia has significantly deteriorated since it invaded Ukraine in February last year, a United Nations expert...
King Charles, Macron hope to build on personal bond post-Brexit
Paris [France], September 19: After flames engulfed France's Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2019, Britain's future King Charles III wrote to President Emmanuel Macron, describing his heartbreak...
UAE, Serbia launch negotiations towards a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
Dubai [UAE], September 19: The United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Serbia have launched negotiations towards establishing a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, paving the...
UAE commends efforts of Saudi Arabia and Oman to achieve peace in...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], September 19: The UAE has welcomed the efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman to achieve peace...