Kyiv, July 22 (AP) Emergency workers recovered three bodies from a school hit by a Russian strike in eastern Ukraine, officials said on Friday, one of a string of attacks in several parts of the nation.
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Tokyo, July 22 (AP) Japan warned of escalating national security threats stemming from Russia's war on Ukraine and China's tensions with Taiwan in an annual defence paper issued Friday, as Japan tries t
Washington, July 21 (AP) President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation's efforts to resume no
WASHINGTON, July 21 (AP) — Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska long has made clear she has no personal craving for the spotlight. Yet on Wednesday, she stood in the U.S. Capitol and made the case for more
Kharkiv (Ukraine), July 21 (AP) Russian shelling pounded a densely populated area in Ukraine's second-largest city Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 21 with a barrage that struck a
London, July 21 (PTI) Former UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has vowed to work night and day as he began the last leg of his campaign on Thursday to win over the Conservative Party membership after winning a solid ma
Colombo, July 21 (PTI) Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday sworn in as Sri Lanka's eighth president and will face the tough task of leading the country out of its unprecedented economic
Rome, July 21 (AP) Italian Premier Mario Draghi resigned Thursday after key coalition allies boycotted a confidence vote, signalling the likelihood of an early election and a renewed period of uncertainty for I
Islamabad, July 20 (AP) Hundreds of people have been killed in Afghanistan since the Taliban overran the country nearly a year ago, even though security on the whole has improved since then, the United Nations
Kyiv, July 20 (AP) Ukrainian forces have struck and seriously damaged a bridge that is key for supplying Russian troops in southern Ukraine, a regional official said Wednesday, as Russian shelling killed civili
Taipei, July 20 (AP) European Parliament Vice President Nicola Beer met with Taiwan's leader Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday and called for China to open a mutual and respectful dialogue with the self-governing i
Colombo, July 20 (PTI) Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Wednesday elected as Sri Lanka's new President by Parliament, in a rare move that could provide continuity for ongoing discussions with the IMF for a bailo
London, July 19 (AP): The head of the UN weather agency says he hopes a heat wave sweeping Europe and setting record-high temperatures in Britain serves as a wake-up call for governments and voters to do more o
Colombo, July 19 (PTI): For the first time in 44 years, Sri Lanka's Parliament will directly elect a President on Wednesday in a triangular contest, with last minute political maneuvering indicating an
New York, July 19 (AP): The FBI and Justice Department recently disrupted the activities of a hacking group that was sponsored by the North Korean government and that targeted US hospitals with ransomware, ulti
Dover (US), July 19 (AP): Twitter's lawsuit to force billionaire Elon Musk to make good on his promise to buy the social media giant will be resolved in a small but powerful Delaware court that specialises
Colombo, July 19 (PTI): A majority of members of Sri Lanka's ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party was in favour of nominating Dullas Alahapperuma, a leader of its breakaway faction, for the post
London, July 19 (AP): The World Health Organisation said Tuesday that coronavirus cases have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly half of all infections globally. Hospitalisation r
Berlin, July 19 (AP): Egypt's foreign minister called on rich and developing countries to show readiness to compromise at the UN climate talks he is set to chair in November, saying Tuesday that the negotia
Paris, July 18 (AP) A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and fuelled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes an