ZHENGZHOU : About 80 million cubic meters of water from the Yellow River, China’s second longest river, was diverted to a major lake in Xiongan New Area in north China’s Hebei Province during the past winter. The annual water diversion project, which ran from Nov. 29 last year to March...
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SANAA : Yemeni rebels held a mass funeral Thursday for civilians killed in strikes in a northern region caught in a battle between insurgents and local tribes. The Huthi rebels’ Saba news agency said 17 civilians, including women and children, were buried after the funeral in the capital...
GENEVA : Saudi Arabia on Thursday reiterated its rejection of calls for an international, independent investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, insisting it was well equipped to bring the perpetrators to justice. The head of a Saudi delegation speaking before the UN Human Rights...
NAIROBI : Heads of State and Government on Thursday attended the high level segment of the fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi with renewed call for adoption of sustainable practices to revitalize war against climate change, pollution and habitats’...
SEOUL : The U.N. Security Council has granted sanctions exemptions this week to allow five proposed humanitarian projects in North Korea to move forward, including providing nutritional and medical supplies, according to the U.N. website. The exemptions pave the way for sanctioned items to be...
SAO PAULO : At least 10 people were killed and many more injured in a school shooting in Brazil’s largest city Sao Paulo on Wednesday. Among the dead are seven students, a woman and the two shooters, who killed themselves at the scene, authorities said. The shocking attack took place at...
NEW DELHI :India said Thursday it was “disappointed” by China again delaying a bid to blacklist the leader of a Pakistan-based militant group that claimed a massive suicide bombing in Kashmir last month. The blast on February 14 killed 40 Indian troops and triggered tit-for-tat air...
WASHINGTON : The U.S. is issuing an emergency order Wednesday grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft “effective immediately,” in the wake of the crash of an Ethiopian Airliner that killed 157 people, President Donald Trump said. Many nations had already barred the Boeing 737...
WASHINGTON : President Donald Trump will be making a significant request for border wall funds and seeking money to stand up Space Force as a new branch of the military in the White House budget being released next week, an administration official said. For the first time, Trump plans to stick...
WASHINGTON : Optimism about a rapid resolution of the months-long US-China trade war was undercut by conflicting comments out of Washington and Beijing, sending global stock markets on a downward slide on Friday. President Donald Trump said he remains optimistic but will not agree to a pact with...
