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Kenyan Athletes dominate Varna Marathon, Bulgaria’s Nikolay Kaufman, Marinela Nineva make top three
Varna, on the Black Sea, May 12 (BTA/GNA) – Kenyan athletes dominated the classic 42-km course at the Varna marathon on Sunday. Shadrack Kimaiyo…
Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies
May 12 (BBC/GNA) – The first man to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died two months after the operation, the hospital…
UK ban on selling arms to Israel would strengthen Hamas, says Cameron
May 12 (BBC/GNA) – The UK has no plans to copy the US and stop some arms sales to Israel if it launches a…
Israeli military orders immediate evacuation of more neighborhoods in eastern Rafah
May 11 (CNN/GNA) – The Israeli military has ordered the immediate evacuation of several more neighborhoods in eastern Rafah as the Israeli military steps…
Ukraine: Hundreds flee Kharkiv area after Russian cross-border attack
May 11 (BBC/GNA) – Russian attacks in north-east Ukraine have prompted the evacuation of almost 1,800 people from the Kharkiv area, the regional governor…
Man rescued five days after South Africa building collapse
Johannesburg, May 11 (Reuters/GNA) – A man was rescued from the rubble five days after a deadly building collapse in South Africa in what…
Peru president’s brother held in corruption probe
May 11 (BBC/GNA) – The brother of Peru’s under-pressure president, Dina Boluarte, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a corruption network. Prosecutors…
Israel condemns General Assembly resolution calling for UN membership for Palestinian Authority
May 11 (CNN/GNA) – Israel’s Foreign Affairs Minister Israel Katz has condemned the passing of the UN General Assembly resolution on Friday calling for…
UNGA passes resolution calling on Security Council to reconsider Palestinian UN membership
May 10 (CNN/GNA) – A United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution calling on the UN Security Council to reconsider Palestinian membership to the UN passed…
Zelensky fires head of bodyguard after failed plot
May 10 (BBC/GNA) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked the head of his personal protection unit after two of its top officials were…
Chad’s interim head of state declared winner of presidential election
Dakar, May 10, (dpa/GNA) – Interim President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno has won the presidential election in Chad, according to preliminary figures released by the Central African…
Israel strikes eastern Rafah as ceasefire talks end with no deal
Cairo/Rafah, Gaza Strip/Washington, May 10 (Reuters/GNA) – Israeli forces bombarded areas of Rafah on Thursday, Palestinian residents said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed…
Trump lawyer questions Stormy Daniels’ account of sex with Trump
New York, May 9 (Reuters/GNA) – Donald Trump’s lawyer sought to show inconsistencies in porn star Stormy Daniels’ various tellings of a 2006 sexual encounter…
Rafah: UN says 80,000 have fled Gaza city as Israeli strikes intensify
May 9 (BBC/GNA) – More than 80,000 people have fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah since Monday, the UN says, as Israeli tanks…
Macron hosts Xi at mountain restaurant in picturesque southern France
TARBES, France, May 8, (Xinhua/GNA) — Amid falling snows in the picturesque mountains in Hautes-Pyrenees Department in southwestern France, Chinese President Xi Jinping and…
Putin claims West trying to undermine history of Soviet victories
Moscow, May 9, (dpa/GNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced the West in remarks at the military parade in Moscow to mark the 79th anniversary of Allied…
Senior conservative says Sunak ultimately to blame for Tory ‘chaos’
London, May 9, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak bears ultimate responsibility for a Tory party mired in chaos, a senior Conservative has said as…
Boeing 737 crashes during take-off in Senegal
May 9 (BBC/GNA) – A Boeing 737-300 aircraft has crashed during take-off in Senegal, injuring 11 people, four of them severely. Air Senegal flight…
Hottest ever April was 11th record month in a row
Berlin, May 8, (dpa/GNA) – April 2024 was the 11th month in a row with record-breaking global temperatures, EU scientists said. It was also the first recorded…