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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 has added another milestone to her long record of public service after becoming the first Asian Muslim woman of Pakistani heritage to serve as High Sheriff of West Yorkshire for…

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.…