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BEIJING: At least 20 people were killed and 27 are missing in floods surrounding China’s capital Beijing, with thousands of others evacuated to safety, state media reported Tuesday.Days of heavy rains have prompted authorities to close…

A child wearing a rain cover walks as visitors tour near the closed Forbidden City as a rainstorm soak Beijing, Sunday, July 30, 2023. (AP)More than 27,000 people in high-risk areas of Beijing have been evacuated, and another 20,000 were…

GAZA CITY: Several thousand people briefly took to the streets across the Gaza Strip on Sunday to protest chronic power outages and difficult living conditions, providing a rare public show of discontent with the territory's Hamas…

<!-- -->Rescuers evacuate residents after Typhoon Doksuri's landfall in China's Fujian province (AFP)Beijing: Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from flood-prone areas of Beijing as Typhoon Doksuri lashed China's capital with…

BEIJING: Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from flood-prone areas of Beijing as Typhoon Doksurilashed China's capital with heavy rain on Sunday and residents were urged to stay indoors.The deadly storm has been sweeping northeast…

Tel Aviv (AFP) – Thousands of Israelis took to the streets Saturday to protest the government's decision to forge ahead with its judicial reform package despite widespread opposition. Issued on:…

MAGDEBURG, Germany: Thousands took to the streets to protest against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Friday (Jul 28) and Saturday as the party held a convention to choose its candidates for European parliamentary elections…

World-wide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975, according to the World Health Organization. Numerous causes of obesity have been hypothesized including increased dietary fat, carbohydrate or ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption,…

Scientists fear 'time-traveling' pathogens could be leaked into the world as their icy prison in permafrost is melting - and they could spark the next planet and destroy the environment.Ancient viruses, sealed in permafrost for thousands of…

British towns have lost 6,000 retail outlets over the past five years, though the vacancy rate has improved in some settings, figures show.The biggest 650 towns across Britain have lost a combined 6,000 retail outlets, such as…