Birth of a solar system observed for first time
The new planetary system is forming around the baby star HOPS-315 -- which resembles our own Sun in its youth...
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China’s Baidu to deploy driverless cars on Uber
Beijing, China -- Chinese internet giant Baidu plans to launch its driverless cars on ride-hailing app Uber in Asia and...
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Iran hints it may accept compromise on nuclear deal
Iran may accept the final compromise worked out in Vienna to save the 2015 nuclear agreement, its official news agency...
- The deal meant to curb Iran's nuclear programme has been moribund since the withdrawal of the United States under president Donald Trump in 2018.
- The major powers are awaiting Tehran's response to a proposal submitted on July 26 by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
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Iran seeks to commission three more Khayyam satellites
Iran plans to commission three more versions of a satellite launched this week by Russia, Tehran's government spokesman said Friday....
- A Soyuz-2.1b rocket sent the satellite into orbit from the Moscow-controlled Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
- Khayyam, apparently named after the 11th-century Persian polymath Omar Khayyam, will not be the first Iranian satellite that Russia has put into space.
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‘Hero’ Lebanon hostage-taker turns self in after bank drama
The incident was the latest involving local banks and angry depositors unable to access savings that have been locked in...
- Official media said the suspect turned himself in when the bank agreed to give him $30,000 out of his more than $200,000 in trapped savings
- Inflation is rampant in Lebanon, electricity is scarce and, according to the United Nations, around 80 percent of Lebanese live in poverty
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UN watchdog warns of ‘grave’ crisis amid violence near Ukraine nuclear plant
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of "nuclear blackmail" as he urged the international community to react immediately to chase...
- Moscow and Kyiv on Thursday accused each other of new shelling near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, a dangerous escalation five months into the war
- The Ukrainian plant is under the control of Russian troops, and Ukraine has accused Moscow of basing hundreds of soldiers and storing arms there
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FIFA officially advances World Cup by a day for Qatar
Football's top officials universally approved the decision, FIFA said in a statement while Qatar said it would give unspecified help...
- Under the new plan, the Group A game between Senegal and the Netherlands has been shifted from 1:00pm (1000 GMT) on November 21 to a 7:00pm start
- Official countdown clocks for the event were quickly changed. and the 100 day countdown to the opening match will now start on Friday, instead of Saturday
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US envoy to travel to Gulf to strengthen Yemen truce
Tim Lenderking will travel to the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Saudi Arabia starting August 11, while members of his...
- The United Nations announced on August 2 that a four-month truce had been extended until October 2, buying time for negotiations to establish a longer, more durable ceasefire
- Yemen has been gripped by conflict since the Iran-backed Houthi rebels took control of the capital Sanaa in 2014, triggering a Saudi-led military intervention
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Worst drought in 4 decades parches Morocco’s farmland
No longer having access to potable running water, the villagers of Ouled Essi Masseoud rely solely on sporadic supplies in...
- Nationally, dams are filling at a rate of only 27 percent, precipitated by the country's worst drought in at least four decades
- Al Massira reservoir has been reduced to little more than a pond bordered by kilometres of cracked earth
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Iraq to provide Lebanon with fuel for another year: PM Mikati
Iraq has agreed to renew a one-year deal to provide Lebanon with fuel for its power plants in exchange for...
- For the past year, Lebanon's power plants have depended on the deal with Iraq to produce one to two hours of electricity per day.
- Residents in the poverty-stricken country largely rely on expensive private generators for power the rest of the time.
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UN rights chief calls killing of Palestinian children ‘unconscionable’
Of the 360 Palestinians reported injured, nearly two-thirds were civilians, including 151 children, 58 women and 19 older people, OHCHR...
- "Inflicting hurt on any child during the course of conflict is deeply disturbing," said Michelle Bachelet, the UN high commissioner for human rights.
- Her office said that 19 Palestinian children had been killed in the Palestinian territories in the recent unrest, taking the total number this year to 37.
Economy
Oil demand up as surging gas prices force countries to switch fuels: IEA
Global oil demand will rise more than previously forecast this year as heatwaves and soaring gas prices are prompting countries...
- Oil prices have dropped by $30 per barrel from a peak in June due to growing supplies and "escalating concerns over the deteriorating economic outlook, IEA said.
- Prices of natural gas and electricity have jumped to new records, prompting some countries to switch to oil use.
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Three wounded in Israeli strikes in east Lebanon
Israel has been launching air strikes deeper into Lebanese territory for several weeks against Hizbollah positions, heightening the threat of...
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Turks to vote in local polls as Erdogan seeks to avenge defeat
Erdogan has entrusted his former environment minister Murat Kurum to run for mayor of Istanbul in the March 31 polls...
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Israel military signals extended operation at Gaza hospital
Jerusalem--A top Israeli commander has said troops will continue their operation at Gaza's largest hospital Al-Shifa until the last Hamas...
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End war’s ‘nightmare’, UN chief says at gates of Gaza
Rafah, Egypt - UN chief Antonio Guterres, on a visit to the doorstep of Gaza, on Saturday said the world has...
- "I carry the voices of the vast majority of the world who have seen enough," Guterres said, deploring "generations wiped out"
- Guterres appealed to Israel for "total, unfettered access for humanitarian goods throughout Gaza"
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Gaza health ministry says Israel kills 9 people waiting for aid
Palestinian Territories - The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Israeli fire on Saturday killed nine people and wounded dozens...
- "At least nine martyrs and dozens injured by Israeli occupation army tank fire and shells," said Gaza's health ministry.
- Just over a week ago Gaza's health ministry blamed Israeli fire for the death of 20 people seeking aid at the Kuwait roundabout.
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Israeli minister calls UN ‘anti-Israeli’ as Guterres visits Gaza border
JERUSALEM - Israel's foreign minister said on Saturday the United Nations had become an "anti-Israeli body" under Antonio Guterres, after...
- "Under his (Guterres's) leadership, the UN has become an anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli body that shelters and emboldens terror," Foreign Minister Israel Katz said.
- Katz's government has accused staff at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees of involvement in Hamas's October 7 attack that triggered the war.