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Sea search continues after Spanish girl’s body found in bag

MADRID: Spain is in shock after investigators combing the seabed near the Canary Islands found the body of one of…

5 years ago

Indigenous people urge Harvard to scrap solar geoengineering project

OSLO: Indigenous peoples from around the world on Wednesday urged Harvard University to abandon a project to test ways to…

5 years ago

Sweden sees dark clouds with outbreaks of Covid-19 delta variant

STOCKHOLM: Swedish health officials warned on Friday of worrying local outbreaks of the Covid-19 delta variant and urged people to…

5 years ago

Swiss plan to ease entry, loosen public life as virus cases wane

ZURICH: Switzerland plans to ease entry restrictions this month and further open up public life as Covid-19 cases continue to…

5 years ago

Climate protests get creative for G7 summit

FALMOUTH: Hundreds of people have gathered for climate change protests near the site of the Group of Seven leaders' summit…

5 years ago

Lucky number: Biden is 13th US president set to meet queen

LONDON: Imagine trying to make an impression on someone who's met, well, almost everyone.Such is the challenge for President Joe…

5 years ago

Macron calls for easing of supply of ingredients for production of Covid vaccines to India, others

NEW DELHI: Ahead of a crucial summit of the G7 grouping, French President Emmanuel Macron has called for easing the…

5 years ago

Hungary: Bill would ban ‘promoting’ homosexuality to minors

BUDAPEST: Hungary's governing conservative party has prepared new legislation that bans showing pornographic material and any content portraying or promoting…

5 years ago

UK, US back ‘timely, transparent’ WHO-convened Covid-19 origins study

LONDON: The United States and the United Kingdom on Thursday extended support to a "timely, transparent and evidence-based independent process"…

5 years ago

Plastics tax urged for UK fast fashion brands ‘fueling runaway climate change’

LONDON: Half of fast fashion items sold by popular British online brands including Boohoo and Missguided are made entirely from…

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