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'Life or death' for big cities should planet warm 3C: study

International —19 September, 2024 15:59

 Longer and more frequent heatwaves, soaring demand for air conditioning, and widespread disease: life in cities would become unbearable should the…

'Life or death' for big cities should planet warm 3C: study

At least 18 killed in Israeli strikes

Gaza rescuers and medics said Israeli air strikes killed at…

At least 18 killed in Israeli strikes
Trump rushed to safety, and suspect held

Former President Donald Trump is safe following an apparent…

Trump rushed to safety, and suspect held

Indian Navy's top meet on Bangladesh situation

Indian Navy's top meet on Bangladesh situation

The top commanders of the Indian Navy will hold a meeting to review the security situation in and around the country from Tuesday amid growing instability in the region.  The…

A least 8 people have died trying to cross the English Channel

A least 8 people have died trying to cross the English Channel

At least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French maritime authorities said Sunday. The incident occurred Saturday just before…

Iran says new research satellite launched into orbit

Iran says new research satellite launched into orbit

 Iran on Saturday blasted a new research satellite into orbit, state media said, in the latest such development for an aerospace programme that has long faced Western criticism.…

Myanmar junta makes rare request for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods

Myanmar junta makes rare request for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods

Myanmar's junta chief made a rare request Saturday for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that have displacedhundreds of thousands of people who have endured three years of war.…

E-passport launched for Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi

E-passport launched for Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi

The e-passport services for Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi Arabia have been inaugurated at the Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh.   SM Rakibullah, Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy,…

Vietnam typhoon death toll rises to 233

Vietnam typhoon death toll rises to 233

The death toll in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam climbed to 233 on Friday as rescue workers recovered more bodies from areas hit by landslides and flash floods, state media…

Trump rules out new Harris debate as swing state fight resumes

Trump rules out new Harris debate as swing state fight resumes

 Donald Trump said Thursday he would not take part in another debate with Kamala Harris, as the White House rivals headed back to battleground states that are set to decide a…

Russia can end war now, says PM as Putin warns West

Russia can end war now, says PM as Putin warns West

Russia started the conflict in Ukraine and can end it "straight away”, Sir Keir Starmer has said. It comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Moscow would regard…

Peru's polarising ex-president Alberto Fujimori dies at 86

Peru's polarising ex-president Alberto Fujimori dies at 86

Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori, who ruled his country with an iron fist and then spent 16 years in prison for crimes against humanity, died on Wednesday at age 86 in the…

Harris and Trump ride debate buzz into election sprint

Harris and Trump ride debate buzz into election sprint

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump set out Wednesday to ride the momentum from their high-stakes White House debate into the two-month final sprint to November as they sought to mop up…

Kim vows to make nuclear force for combat with US

Kim vows to make nuclear force for combat with US

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to redouble efforts to make his nuclear force fully ready for combat with the United States and its allies, state media reported Tuesday. The…

40 killed, 60 wounded in Israeli strike on humanitarian zone

40 killed, 60 wounded in Israeli strike on humanitarian zone

Gaza's civil defence agency said early Tuesday that a strike on the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone in the Palestinian territory's main southern city of Khan Yunis killed 40 people and…

Israel strikes on Syria kill 14

Israel strikes on Syria kill 14

  Syrian state media said Monday that overnight Israeli strikes killed at least 14 people in central Hama province, raising an earlier toll of five dead and 19 wounded. "The number…

Venezuelan presidential opposition candidate heads for Spanish exile

Venezuelan presidential opposition candidate heads for Spanish exile

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia was on Sunday heading into exile in Spain aboard a military aeroplane after the South American country's government afforded him…