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News Desk  Paris: UNESCO on Thursday awarded its world press freedom prize to all Palestinian journalists covering the war in Gaza. "In these times of darkness and hopelessness, we wish to share a strong message of solidarity and…

APP Islamabad: Developing Asia and the Pacific are unprepared to secure the well-being of its rapidly aging population as the growing share of older people in the region faces challenges from low pension coverage to health problems, social…

AFP/APP Los Angeles: Hundreds of police and protesters were in a tense stand-off early Thursday at the University of California, Los Angeles as unrest over Israel's war against Palestinian group in Gaza simmered on US campuses.…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: Professor Adeeba Malik CBE DL is the first Asian Muslim Woman of Pakistani heritage to become  the High Sheriff of West Yorkshire for 2024-25. She was formally inaugurated into the role on Monday 25 March 2024…

AFP/APP Beijing: The death toll from a highway collapse in southern China has risen to 36, state media said Thursday. "As of 5:30 am on May 2... 36 people have died, and 30 people have been injured," state news agency Xinhua said,…

AFP/APP Waukesha: Donald Trump used a break in his hush money trial to stage back-to-back appearances in two Midwestern battleground states Wednesday -- but kept his legal woes front-and-center as he accused President Joe Biden of…

AFP/APP Paris: Chad's junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno is hoping to sweep May 6 elections and extend the more than three-decade rule of his family over the central African country. The election comes a week after the west African…

AFP/APP Tbilisi: The European Union led condemnation against Georgia on Wednesday after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at thousands of demonstrators protesting against a controversial "foreign influence" bill.  The clashes…

AFP/APP Dhaka: Bangladesh's weather bureau said Wednesday that last month was the hottest April on record, with the South Asian nation and much of the region still enduring a suffocating heatwave. Extensive scientific research has…

AFP/APP New York: Columbia University, the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests that have upended college campuses across the United States, began suspending student demonstrators on Monday after they defied an ultimatum to disperse.…