Italy experiencing "most severe flu season": health authorities

Jan 20, 2024

Rome [Italy], January 20: Italy is in the midst of its "most severe flu season in years," with some 7.8 million Italians suffering flu-like...

EU's Reynders visits Poland to discuss rule of law

Jan 20, 2024

Warsaw [Poland], January 20: European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders held discussions with the new Polish government on Friday on judicial reforms that could unlock...

Biden signs stopgap measure to extend government funding until March

Jan 20, 2024

Washington [US], January 20: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed a stopgap funding bill that will keep the government open into early March, avoiding...

NASA confirms first U.S. commercial lunar delivery mission ends

Jan 20, 2024

Los Angeles [US], January 20: The first flight of NASA's commercial lunar delivery service carrying agency science and technology, as well as other customer payloads...

Japan's lunar probe not generating power despite moon landing

Jan 20, 2024

Tokyo [Japan], January 20: Japan's national space agency on Saturday confirmed its first moon landing with the Small Lunar Landing Demonstrator (SLIM), but the spacecraft's...

Australian school communities urged to help identify victims of human trafficking

Jan 20, 2024

Canberra [Australia], January 20: Australian authorities have called on schools around the country to be on the lookout for signs of forced marriage amid a...

Rapid rise in dengue mosquitoes reported in Sri Lanka

Jan 20, 2024

Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 20: The population of mosquitoes in Sri Lanka that transmit the dengue virus has increased by 29.5 percent, state media reported...

10 arrested for trafficking stimulant tablets in Myanmar's Yangon

Jan 20, 2024

Yangon [Myanmar], January 20: Myanmar's anti-narcotic police have arrested 10 suspects for trafficking over 1.4 million stimulant tablets in Yangon Region's Mayangone Township, according...

Landslides kill 7 people in S. Philippines

Jan 20, 2024

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 20: At least seven people died in flash floods and landslides in the southern Philippine regions of Davao and Carago, the...