Vietnam cuts retail fuel prices slightly
Hanoi [Vietnam], February 22: Vietnam has cut retail prices of gasoline and other oil products by up to 3.5 percent due to recent decreases in...
Severe weather hits southern New Zealand, trapping ultramarathon athletes
Wellington [New Zealand], February 22: Another wave of severe weather has hit southern New Zealand and trapped athletes of an ongoing seven-day ultramarathon, as North...
Fire chiefs warn of unprecedented grass fire risk in Australia
Canberra [Australia],February 22: Australia is facing unprecedented grassfire risk in the summer of 2023/24, experts have warned.
Taiwan to boost military exchanges with US to curb 'authoritarian expansionism'
Taipei [Taiwan], February 22: Taiwan will boost military exchanges with the United States to curb "authoritarian expansionism", President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday after meeting with...
Chilean's appeal over murder of Japanese student delayed
Paris [France], February 22: A French court on Tuesday delayed by two days the start of appeal proceedings for a Chilean man convicted of murdering...
6 dead as new quake hits Turkey, Syria
Antakya [Turkey], February 22: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake has rocked Turkey's southern province of Hatay and northern Syria, killing six people and sparking fresh panic after...
Putin vows to keep fighting in Ukraine
Moscow [Russia], February 22: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday suspended Moscow's participation in a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Washington during a speech in which...
Bird flu kills sea lions and thousands of pelicans in Peru's protected...
Lima [Peru],February 22: Bird flu has killed tens of thousands of birds, mostly pelicans, and at least 716 sea lions in protected areas across Peru,...
Madagascar hit by cyclone Freddy, at least one person killed
Antananarivo [Madagascar], February 22: Madagascar's government suspended schools and transport in the path of tropical cyclone Freddy, which made landfall in the southeast of the...
Russian mercenary boss accuses top army brass of 'treason', Moscow pushes back
Moscow [Russia], February 22: Outspoken Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin accused top brass on Tuesday of deliberately depriving his Wagner fighters of munitions in what...
Jesuits say abuse accusations against priest are highly credible
Rome [Italy], February 22: The Roman Catholic religious order of Jesuits said on Tuesday that accusations of sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse against a prominent...
Cuba suffers third major blackout in a week
Havana [Cuba],February 22: Cuba suffered its third major blackout in little more than a week, leaving a vast swath of the center and east of...
Death toll from Brazil downpours rises to 46; more rain forecast
Sao Paulo [Brazil], February 22: The death toll from heavy rains that devastated coastal areas of Brazil's southeastern Sao Paulo state rose to 46 people...
Biden: Russians are not our enemies, war is a tragedy, but Putin...
Washington [US], February 22: US President Joseph Biden said today from Warsaw that the Russians are not enemies, and war is not a necessity but...
Emirates transports significant Tasmanian Aboriginal Ancestral object to Australia after 230 years
Dubai [UAE], February 22: A kelp water carrier - or rikawa, as it is known to Palawa, Tasmanian Aboriginal people - has returned to Country...
UAE Commander of Joint Operations receives Jordan's assistant for Operations and Training...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 22: Major General Saleh Mohammed Saleh Al Ameri, Commander of Joint Operations at the Ministry of Defence, received Assistant for Operations...
Belgium, UK strengthening key trade links
London [UK], February 22: P&O FERRIES is joining forces with Finnlines to boost the flow of trade between Belgium and the UK by introducing new...
DP World, Caspian Containers Company partner to help digitise international trade
Dubai [UAE], February 22: DP World has signed a cooperation agreement with the Caspian Containers Company SA (CCCSA) to help digitise trade across the Greater...
Bangladesh shuts down main opposition party's newspaper
Dhaka [Bangladesh], February 21: The only newspaper of Bangladesh's main opposition party has halted printing after a government suspension order was upheld by a watchdog,...
Scottish finance minister hopes to succeed Nicola Sturgeon
London [UK], February 21: Scotland's Finance Secretary has confirmed she is entering the race to succeed Nicola Sturgeon - with Kate Forbes' announcement meaning there...
Russian prank callers release excerpts of call with Germany's Merkel
Berlin [Germany], February 21: A renowned pair of Russian pranksters claim that they duped former German chancellor Angela Merkel into chatting about the war in...
NATO ships containers to set up temporary housing for 4,000 in Turkey
Brussels [Belgium], February 21: The defence alliance NATO is shipping some 1,000 containers to Turkey to set up temporary housing for at least 4,000 people...
German-language film All Quiet On The Western Front storms the Baftas
London [UK], February 21: German language film All Quiet On The Western Front was the big winner at Britain's Bafta film awards on Sunday, scooping...
EU adds two ministers to its new sanctions list on Iran
Brussels [Belgium], February 21: The European Union Monday added 32 individuals and 2 entities in Iran to its news sanctions list.
AU vows 'zero tolerance' to undemocratic change
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], February 21: The African Union insisted on Sunday it had "zero tolerance" for undemocratic changes of power and vowed to push through...
UK returns stolen antiquities to Cambodia
Phnom Penh [Cambodia],February 21: The Cambodian Ministry of Culture said on February 20 that dozens of precious items from the Angkor empire, including things that...
North Korea's new missile move
Pyongyang [North Korea], January 21: In recent days, North Korea has repeatedly test-fired missiles, including intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the US mainland. What...