Manama, Aug 17 (AFP/APP): Already battling extreme heat, Bahrain is scrambling to ward off another environmental threat: rising seas that could swallow parts of its coast, the island nation’s oil and environment minister told AFP.By next year, the tiny…
Read MoreUNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 (XINHUA/APP): China on Wednesday commended the efforts of the United Nations and others involved in offloading crude oil from a tanker that had been abandoned off Yemen’s western coast to avert potential environmental hazards.The…
Read MoreKyiv, Ukraine, Aug 17 (AFP/APP): Ukraine’s military will liberate all territory occupied by Russian forces regardless of how long it takes, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told AFP this week, adding this was the Ukrainian people’s wish.”Our goal is vict…
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug 17 (XINHUA/APP): Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, attended and addressed the opening ceremony of the seventh China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province.Wang, also a mem…
Read MoreBEIJING, Aug 17 (XINHUA/APP): China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Wednesday said it has taken notice of the World Trade Organization (WTO) panel report regarding China’s countermeasures against the United States’ Section 232 tariff measures related t…
Read MoreLahaina, United States, Aug 13 (AFP/APP): Anger was growing Saturday over the official response to a horrific wildfire that levelled a Hawaiian town, killing at least 89 people as it consumed everything in its path.Over 2,200 structures were damaged or…
Read MoreMAKKAH: Minister of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance Sheikh Dr. Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz Al Al-Sheikh today met with Grand Mufti of Egypt Sheikh Dr. Shawki Allam in MakkahMeeting on the sidelines of the Islamic conference titled “Communication with…
Read MoreDHAKA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua/APP): As a significant surge in dengue fever cases has gripped Bangladesh, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for efforts to control the mosquito vector population and minimize individual exposure such as using mosquito r…
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