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Mar 29, 2025
Washington [US], March 29: CNN on March 28 quoted the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as saying that the department will cut 10,000 full-time employees in health agencies, after 10,000 employees voluntarily quit.
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Remaining USAID staff fired
New York [US], March 29: President Donald Trump's administration told Congress on Friday it would cut nearly all remaining jobs at the U.S. Agency for...
Vance accuses Denmark of not keeping Greenland safe from Russia, China
New York [US], March 29: U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Friday accused Denmark of not doing a good job keeping Greenland safe and suggested...
Myanmar-Thailand earthquake: Dozens dead in powerful quake
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], March 29: Myanmar's ruling junta has called for help after the massive earthquake which killed 144 people in the Southeast Asian country.
US Treasury targets Hezbollah finance team sanctions evasion network
New York [US], March 29: The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Friday designated five individuals and three associated companies...
Gaza hasn't received humanitarian aid for over three weeks, says UNRWA Commissioner-General
Gaza [Palestine], March 29: No humanitarian aid has entered Gaza for more than 3 weeks now, Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, said in his official...
UN expresses concern over repeated exchange of fire in Southern Lebanon
New York [US], March 29: Janine Hennis-Plasschaert, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, expressed the UN's deep concern over the escalating tensions along the...
Over half of northern Gaza under forced evacuation orders: OHCHR
Geneva [Switzerland], March 29: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has expressed deep concern over the shrinking space available...
Unsustainable fashion, textiles in focus for International Day of Zero Waste 2025
Nairobi [Kenya], March 29: Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, events in Nairobi, New York and across the world have shone a...
Several killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon
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Beirut [Lebanon], March 28: At least three people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon, Lebanese media reported. The Israeli military said it...
British Royal Navy sailor jailed in Bahrain granted royal pardon
London [UK], March 28: A British Royal Navy sailor jailed in Bahrain has been granted a royal pardon by its king.
11 arrested in Europe-wide drug crime raids across five countries
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Zelensky accuses Moscow of breaking deal
No consensus at Paris summit on sending European troops to Ukraine
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Six Russians dead, 39 tourists rescued after submarine sinks in Red Sea off Egypt
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