GENEVA, Oct 07 (AP): The U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the world's rivers, as the record-hot year underpinned a drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged droughts in some places.The World Meteorological Organization also says glaciers...
Read moreGAZA, Oct 07 (AP/AFP): A new round of airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs late Sunday as Israel intensified its bombardment of northern Gaza and southern Lebanon in a widening war with Iran-allied militant groups across the region. Palestinian officials said a strike on a mosque killed at least 19 people.A year...
Read moreBENGALURU, Oct 07 (AFP): Soaring temperatures at a hugely crowded airshow in India where organisers had hoped to break record attendance figures left at least five people dead, media reported Monday.Hundreds of thousands of people gathered along a beach in the blazing sun on Sunday with temperatures hitting 35 degrees...
Read moreNEW DELHI, Oct 07 (AFP): Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu was given a red carpet welcome on his first state visit to India Monday, a trip aimed at repairing frail ties between the South Asian neighbours.Pro-China Muizzu came to power a year ago on a promise to evict dozens of Indian...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Oct 07 (AFP): With just one month left in a deadlocked US presidential election, Donald Trump urged supporters Sunday in battleground Wisconsin to get out the vote, as Kamala Harris kicked off a week-long media interview blitz with a focus on reproductive rights.Polls have the Republican and Democrat candidates...
Read moreKARACHI, Oct 07 (BBC): Two Chinese nationals have been killed and at least 10 people injured in a suspected suicide attack near Karachi airport in Pakistan. A third body, not yet officially identified, is thought to be that of the attacker, the BBC understands.The Chinese embassy in Pakistan said the...
Read moreMEXICO CITY, Oct 07 (BBC): The mayor of a Mexican city plagued by drug violence has been murdered less than a week after taking office.Alejandro Arcos was found dead on Sunday in Chilpancingo, a city of around 280,000 people in the southwestern state of Guerrero. He had been mayor for...
Read moreMAPUTO, Oct 07 (AFP): Impoverished Mozambique votes for a president and parliament in a tense mood Wednesday as jihadist violence stalls natural gas projects that could bring a major boost to its morose economy.Barring any major surprises, the socialist Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) will hold on to government despite criticism...
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