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Jul 17, 2025
Washington [US], July 17: More adults than ever in low- and middle-income countries now have bank or other financial accounts, leading to a rise in formal saving, according to the World Bank Group's Global Findex 2025 report.
Guterres condemns violence in Suwayda, Israeli airstrikes
Europe loses 171,000 hospital beds in decade
UAE President, Albanian Prime Minister meet in Tirana to discuss bilateral ties
EU threatens accession candidate Georgia with sanctions
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UN reports surge in settler violence against Palestinians in West Bank
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Tehran [Iran], July 16: Iran is bracing for a deepening water crisis as extreme summer heat strains already dwindling resources. "We are in a state...
Weeks of erratic monsoon rains, floods kill over 100 in Pakistan
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 16: More than 100 people have been killed in weeks of erratic monsoon rains and flash floods in Pakistan, officials said on...
World's 'oldest' marathon runner Fauja Singh dies in road accident aged 114
London [UK], July 16: British marathon runner Fauja Singh has died in a road accident in Punjab, India, aged 114.
Ex-Nigeria president Buhari buried at home
Abuja [Nigeria], July 16: Nigeria's former President Muhammadu Buhari has been buried at his home in northern Nigeria two days after his death at the...
Private space crew returns to Earth after stay at ISS
California [US], July 16: A private astronaut crew returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday. The Axiom Mission 4 landed in...
Two dead in New Jersey as soaked US northeast braces for more rain
New Jersey [US], July 16: Two people have been killed in New Jersey following flash flooding in the northeastern United States that caused travel chaos,...
Russian officials mock Trump's Ukraine plans, sanctions threats
Moscow [Russia], July 16: Senior Russian politicians have reacted with derision to US President Donald Trump's announcement of new arms deliveries to Ukraine and threatened...
'Most Europeans would support independent Scotland joining EU'
Edinburgh [Scotland], July 16: A majority of Europeans favour an independent Scotland being allowed into the European Union - though a third of Britons would...
As theories swirl about Air India crash, key details remain unknown
New Delhi [India], July 16: While the preliminary report into what caused the loss of Air India Flight 171 last month has provided some answers,...
Man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio dies
Sydney [Australia], July 16: Bradley Murdoch, the Australian man convicted of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio in 2001, has died from terminal throat cancer.
Thousands of Afghans were moved to UK in secret scheme after data breach
Putin, unfazed by Trump, will fight on and could take more of Ukraine
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President Zelensky wants Ukraine's female Economy Minister to be prime minister
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