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Beijing said on Wednesday that the FBI was undermining its credibility after comments by its director saying that a laboratory accident in the Chinese city of Wuhan is “very likely” at the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic. FBI boss Christopher Wray’s statements to Fox News on Tuesday came two days …

At least 32 people died and 85 were injured on Tuesday evening in a collision between a freight convoy and a passenger train traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki, Greece, firefighters said on Wednesday. “Thirty-two passengers were found dead,” said Vassilis Vathrakogiannis, the spokesman for the Greek firefighters during a brief …

Billionaire Elon Musk called the American media “racist” on Sunday after several newspapers decided to stop the publication of the comic strip “Dilbert”, the author of which compared in a video the black population to a “group of hate”. “For a very long time the American media was racist towards …

The White House in the United States on Monday ordered federal agencies across the country to ban the use of the TikTok app from their devices. They will have to ensure that their devices are no longer equipped with the application of videos within 30 days, ordered Monday the Office …

Twelve South African cheetahs began a voyage to India on Friday as part of an intergovernmental agreement to reintroduce the big cats to the Asian country, Reuters agency reported. They will join eight cheetahs from neighbouring Namibia that were released into the Kuno National Park in central India last year. …

French authorities have decided to no longer require a negative PCR test less than 48 hours old for travelers coming from China, a measure that was taken in early January in the face of the outbreak of cases in the Asian country. “As of February 16, travelers from China to …

A man has been arrested in the Turkish province of Hatay as he tried to steal a baby from a hospital, taking advantage of the chaos created by the violent earthquake that devastated the south of the country, press reports Thursday. The 55-year-old man, who came from Ankara, introduced himself …

A US military Black Hawk helicopter crashed in the southern United States of America on Wednesday, killing both occupants, local authorities said. Around 3 p.m., a Black Hawk aircraft belonging to the Tennessee Air National Guard was conducting a training flight near a highway and another road, the Tennessee National …

Concerned about rising sea levels, the UN Security Council met on Tuesday to discuss the issue of rising sea levels and its corollaries on peace and global security. UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres expressed Tuesday, his concern about the rise in sea levels. “Rising seas are swallowing up the future,” …

A baby girl whose mother gave birth to her while trapped under the rubble of their Syrian home during the earthquake has been named “Aya”, an Arabic name, meaning “miracle”. The name was given to the newborn by the manager of Afrin children’s hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Dr. Khalid Attiah, …