PARIS, France, April 16, 2018 (AFP) : Recommended limits for safe alcohol consumption are too high in many developed countries and should be lowered to save lives, a study suggested Friday. Regularly drinking more than 100 grammes (3.5 ounces) of alcohol per week — about five or six medium...
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JERUSALEM, April 15, 2018 (AFP) : Israel’s army said Sunday it had destroyed a Hamas tunnel crossing from the Gaza Strip into its territory after more than two weeks of tension along the border of the Palestinian enclave.
Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said it was the longest and deepest...
UNITED NATIONS, April 13 (Xinhua) : Two female candidates, respectively from Central and South America, will run for president of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), a UN spokesman said on Thursday. The Permanent Representative of Honduras to the UN, Mary Elizabeth Flores Flake, and the...
GENEVA, April 12 (Xinhua) : The World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Thursday that the global trade is expected to remain strong, with the merchandise trade volume growing 4.4 percent in 2018 and 4.0 percent in 2019.
The continued expansion depends on robust global growth and governments’...
WASHINGTON, April 8, 2018 (AFP) : US President Donald Trump on Sunday said there will be a “big price to pay” after what he called a “mindless CHEMICAL attack” in Syria, allegedly involving chlorine gas. Trump also called Syrian President Bashar al-Assad an...
WASHINGTON, April 4 (Xinhua): China strongly condemns and firmly opposes new tariffs to be imposed by the United States on a list of Chinese products, the Chinese Embassy in the United States said here Tuesday. “The Chinese side strongly condemns and firmly opposes the unfounded Section 301...
WASHINGTON, April 3 (Xinhua) : An earthquake measuring 6.8 magnitude rattled Bolivia on Monday, causing no damage or casualties but panicking residents as far as neighboring Brazil and El Salvador. The epicenter of the quake, recorded at 10:40 a.m. local time (1340 GMT), was 557 km beneath the...
DAMASCUS, April 1 (Xinhua) : A comprehensive deal has been reached between the Islam Army rebels and the Russians about the situation of the Douma district, the last rebel-held area in Damascus’ Eastern Ghouta countryside, state news agency SANA reported on Sunday.
The official news...
ADDIS ABABA, March 31, 2018 (AFP) – More than 1,100 people have been arrested in Ethiopia since the nation declared a state of emergency following the prime minister’s resignation last month, state media reported Saturday. Hailemariam Desalegn’s surprise resignation came after...
KANO, Nigeria, March 31, 2018 (AFP) : Four teenage girl suicide bombers have killed two people in multiple attacks in northeast Nigeria, residents said Saturday, in the latest assault since the government announced it was in ceasefire talks with Boko Haram. The suspected Boko Haram attack took...
