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China imposes fresh lockdowns as Covid-19 cases surge after holiday

Many in China hope the pandemic policy will ease after the meeting

Malaysian PM Ismail Yaakob dissolves Parliament, calls for early elections

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that Parliament will be dissolved on Monday, paving the way for general elections that are expected to be held in early November

Russia trying to 'wipe us off', says Zelenskyy as explosions rock Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said there were dead and wounded in blasts that rocked cities across Ukraine

North Korea launches missile toward sea after US-South Korea drills

The South Korean military said North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Sunday, the latest in the country's barrage of weapons tests in recent days.

Belarusian activist, Russian and Ukrainian group win Nobel Peace Prize

This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Ukrainian organisation Center for Civil Liberties.

37 dead, mostly preschoolers, in Thailand childcare centre rampage

The assailant, who authorities said was fired from the force earlier this year because of a drug offense, took his own life after killing his own wife and child at home

OPEC-plus agrees on 2 million-barrel-a-day cut to output limit

Besides a token trim in oil production last month, the major cut is an abrupt turnaround from months of restoring deep cuts made during the depths of the pandemic

EU agrees on price cap for Russian oil over Ukraine conflict

EU member-state diplomats struck the deal in Brussels, said the official representing the Czech Republic, which holds the 27-nation bloc's rotating presidency

US job openings sink amid higher rates and slower growth in August

The number of available jobs in the US plummeted in August compared with July, a sign that businesses may pull back further on hiring and potentially cool chronically high inflation

Three physicists share Nobel Prize for work on quantum science

Clauser, Aspect, and Zeilinger have figured in Nobel speculation for more than a decade. In 2010 they won the Wolf Prize in Israel, seen as a possible precursor to the Nobel

125 die as tear gas triggers crush at Indonesia football match

Violence broke out after the game ended Saturday evening with host Arema FC of East Java's Malang city losing to Persebaya of Surabaya 3-2

Nobel Prize season arrives amid Russia-Ukraine war, nuclear fears, hunger

Members of the European Parliament have called for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine to be recognised this year by the Nobel Peace Prize committee

US economy drops at 0.6% annual rate from April through June

It marked the second consecutive quarter of economic contraction, one informal rule of thumb for a recession

Putin to proclaim formal annexation of Ukrainian territory in days

European Union likely to place trade sanctions on Moscow over 'sham' votes

Rajasthan crisis: Three Ashok Gehlot loyalists get show-cause notice

Congress president Sonia Gandhi deputed senior leaders Ambika Soni and Anand Sharma to talk to Gehlot

17 dead, 24 wounded in school shooting in Russia

Russia's Investigative Committee identified the gunman as 34-year-old Artyom Kazantsev, a graduate of the same school

UK: TikTok may face $29 million fine over children's data protection

It said TikTok may have processed the data of children under 13 without appropriate parental consent, and processed special category data without legal grounds to do so

Covid-19: Canada won't require masks on planes, drops vaccine mandate

Canada, like the United States, requires foreign nationals to be vaccinated when entering the country

World Bank pledges $2 billion for flood-ravaged Pakistan, says report

The $2 billion figure includes that amount. Raiser said the bank is working with provincial authorities to begin as quickly as possible repairing infrastructure and housing

Nestle to invest Rs 5K crore in India by 2025: CEO Mark Schneider

The firm currently operates nine plants in India and is eyeing new locations to set up manufacturing capacity