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LONDON, UK, Aug 17 (AA/APP): A major British water company on Wednesday announced a hosepipe ban for the south of England from next week, following prolonged heat waves and an official drought. In a statement, Thames Water, which provides water services to over 15 million […]

Sydney, Aug 17 (AFP/APP): Australia’s ex-prime minister on Wednesday defended secretly appointing himself to several key ministries during the Covid-19 pandemic, rejecting accusations he created a “shadow government” and undermined the country’s democracy. Refusing bipartisan calls to apologise and resign from parliament, Scott Morrison insisted […]

London, Aug 17 (AFP/APP):Britain has launched dispute procedures with the European Union over its exclusion from the bloc’s scientific research programmes, using a mechanism set out in a post-Brexit deal. These are the first such legal proceedings launched by the UK against the EU since […]

NEW YORK, Aug 15 (APP): Dr Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani medical expert who became the first woman to head the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), a major UN agency, passed away in her sleep Sunday in New York where she had settled after her retirement. […]

Kisumu, Kenya, Aug 15 (AFP/APP): Violent protests erupted in Raila Odinga’s stronghold of Kisumu and parts of Nairobi after he lost his fifth bid for Kenya’s presidency on Monday, with angry demonstrators alleging vote-rigging as police fired tear gas to disperse them. Odinga, 77, a […]

Brasília, Aug 15 (AFP/APP): Openly reviled by President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes may have to show the stuff that earned him the nickname “RoboCop” as arbiter in polarizing, disinformation-plagued elections to decide the far-right incumbent’s fate. A Supreme Court justice — a […]

Washington, Aug 14 (AFP/APP):A man died early Sunday near the US Capitol building after driving his car into a barricade and firing shots into the air before turning his gun on himself, police said. A statement from the US Capitol Police (USCP) did not identify […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 14 (APP): The world community must step up efforts to urge the Taliban, who are ruling Afghanistan, to adhere to basic human rights principles, a group of rights have said. The future is immensely bleak for Afghans if more is not done […]

BEIJING/XINING, Aug.14 (Xinhua)(APP):A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Zadoi County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China’s Qinghai Province at 4:20 p.m. Beijing Time on Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 33.14 degrees north latitude and 92.85 degrees east […]