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World's rivers face driest year in three decades in 2023

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...

Israel intensifies bombardment of Gaza, Beirut

GAZA, 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...

Sweltering heat kills five at India airshow

BENGALURU, 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...

Muizzu gets red carpet welcome in India

NEW 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...

Seven key states likely to decide result

WASHINGTON, 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...

Blast kills two Chinese near Karachi airport

KARACHI, 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...

Mexican mayor murdered days after taking over

MEXICO 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...

Little change expected

MAPUTO, 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...