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Tokyo hit by 6.1 magnitude earthquake, bringing public...
The Japanese capital and surrounding areas have been hit by a strong earthquake, causing power cuts and stopping trains, although...
India to welcome back tourists after Covid-19 restrictions...
The Indian government announced on Thursday that officials will reopen the country to tourists from October 15, lifting restrictions...
UN votes to end Yemen war crimes probe in narrow defeat...
Following a close vote, the United Nations Human Rights Council is ending the mandate of its independent investigators who found that...
EU chief tells Balkans they are ‘one family’ despite Germany...
Brussels and Berlin issued mixed messages on Wednesday over the Balkans, as the EU chief, Ursula von der Leyen, claimed they were...
Lithuanian govt proposes paying pensioners to get Covid...
The Lithuanian government has proposed dishing out €100 payments to vaccine-wary pensioners aged 75 and over in a bid to motivate...
EU Commission should buy gas on behalf of member states,...
Spain’s prime minister has proposed that the European Commission (EC) negotiate gas contracts on behalf of all EU member states in...
Austria’s Chancellor Kurz & 9 others under investigation...
The Austrian anti-corruption prosecutors' office has said that Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and nine others have been placed under investigation...
Sweden halts use of Moderna’s Covid vaccine for younger...
The Swedish Public Health Agency has decided to suspend offering Moderna’s Covid vaccine to anyone born in 1991 and later for precautionary...
Serbia’s president blasts world’s ‘thunderous silence’...
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says foreign partners are turning a blind eye to a security crackdown in Serb-majority areas of...
‘Beyond the pale’: Americans horrified by report that CIA...
Journalists, political analysts, and press organizations expressed shock on Sunday over a report that claimed members of former president...
German election: Merkel successor Laschet’s conservatives...
Exit polls from the German election reveal a neck-and-neck race, with the conservative CDU party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel...
Iceland’s ruling coalition retains power as women win majority...
Iceland’s ruling coalition has increased its majority in the general election, while the final tally shows that women will make up...
Aussie PM offers lockdown-frustrated people ‘gift’ of getting...
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has teased fellow Australians with a return to some normalcy by Christmas, provided they vaccinate in...
Dutch junior minister SACKED after criticizing ‘illogical’...
Junior Economic Affairs Minister Mona Keijzer has been fired by Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Her crime? Suggesting that the country’s...
Xi Jinping calls on world to OPEN UP to science & tech...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on countries worldwide to pursue openness in global scientific and technological cooperation,...
‘Political persecution’: China says US ‘totally fabricated’...
China’s Foreign Ministry has rejected the United States’ charges of fraud against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, which led to her detainment...
