Former Greek prime minister Simitis dies aged 88
Athens [Greek], January 6: Former Greek prime minister Costas Simitis, who led the country into the European Union's single currency in 2001, died aged 88...
Austria heads towards coalition talks led by far right
Vienna [Austria], January 6: Austria headed towards coalition talks led by the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) after efforts to form a government without the party...
US President Joe Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton,...
Washington DC [US], January 5: US President Joe Biden has awarded 19 individuals with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honour. Former...
Another 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrive in Haiti to battle gangs
Washington DC [US], January 5: A second group of 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrived in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince to boost a United Nations-backed mission tasked...
Explainer: Why Biden blocks Japan's Nippon Steel from acquiring U.S. Steel and...
Washington [US], January 5: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday blocked Japan's Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel, citing national security concerns -- a...
World Insights: Johnson reelected U.S. House speaker, but tough road ahead for...
Washington [US], January 5: Republican Mike Johnson was elected House speaker Friday. But the GOP faces a tough road ahead, given its razor-thin House majority.
California egg prices continue to rise amid bird flu outbreaks
Los Angeles [California], January 5: California's egg prices have continued to rise due to ongoing outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) or bird...
Zambia reports 4th mpox case
Lusaka [Zambia], January 5: Zambia's health authorities reported the country's fourth case of mpox on Friday.
Libya launches anti-crime military operation in west coast
Tripoli [Libya], January 5: The West Coast Military Zone of the Libyan Defense Ministry said Saturday it launched a large-scale anti-crime military operation in the...
Ethiopia earns over 216 mln USD from horticulture exports
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 5: Ethiopia has earned more than 216 million U.S. dollars from exports of horticultural commodities during the first five months of...
8 killed, 53 injured in paramilitary attacks in Sudan's capital, western city
Khartoum [Sudan], January 5:At least eight civilians were killed and 53 others injured in artillery shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the...
Russia intercepts 4 drones over Leningrad region
Saint Petersburg [Russia], January 5: Four drones were shot down in Russia's Leningrad Oblast, regional Governor Alexander Drozdenko said Saturday.
Croatia records 21.3 mln tourists arrivals in 2024
Zagreb [Croatia], January 5: Croatia recorded over 21.3 million tourist arrivals and more than 108.7 million overnight stays in 2024, marking increases of four percent...
Germany dissatisfied with debt brake policy amid economic struggles
Frankfurt [Germany], January 5: Up to 98 percent of respondents in a survey by Deutsche Bank believe Germany's debt brake policy should be reformed, according...
Austrian chancellor to resign after coalition talks collapse
Vienna [Austria], January 5: Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Saturday that he would step down in the coming days after coalition talks between his People's...
Russian journalist killed in drone attack
Moscow [Russia], January 5: A Russian war correspondent was killed and four other media workers injured in a Ukrainian drone strike in the Donetsk region,...
Trump's Republicans reelect Mike Johnson US House Speaker
Washington DC [US], January 5: U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber's top job by a razor-thin margin that highlighted...
Blinken heads to South Korea, Japan and France
Washington DC [US], January 5: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to South Korea, Japan and France from Jan. 4-9, the State Department...
Three dead in attacks on both sides of Ukraine-Russia border
Moscow [Russia], January 5: Attacks on both sides of the Ukraine-Russia border killed three people, local officials said.
Austrian chancellor quits as coalition talks collapse
Vienna [Austria], January 5: Talks between Austria's two main centrist parties on forming a coalition government without the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) collapsed, prompting conservative...
Moldova breakaway region faces extended blackouts after gas cutoff
Chișinău [Moldova], January 5: The pro-Russian breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria, left without Russian gas supplies no longer transiting through neighbouring Ukraine, faced longer periods...
Russia clears beaches after Black Sea oil spill
Moscow [Russia], January 5: Russia declared a regional state of emergency in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared tons of...
SpaceX prepares Starship's seventh flight test
Los Angeles [California], January 4: SpaceX is preparing to launch the seventh flight test of its giant Starship rocket, the company said on Friday.
Sullivan to visit India in final trip to Indo-Pacific as U.S. national...
Washington [US], January 4: U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will travel to India for a "capstone meeting" with his Indian counterpart to highlight the...
Microsoft to spend 80 bln USD on AI data centers in fiscal...
San Francisco [California], January 4: Microsoft has earmarked 80 billion U.S. dollars in fiscal 2025 to build data centers designed to handle artificial intelligence (AI)...
Canada increases cost recovery for removing inadmissible individuals
Ottawa [Canada], January 4: The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced on Friday a new measure to reduce the cost burden of removing inadmissible people...
Rivian delivers more than 50,000 EVs in 2024
San Francisco [California], January 4: U.S. electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Rivian said on Friday that the company delivered 51,579 electric vehicles in 2024, more than...