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U.S. House passes stopgap funding bill to avert...
Olympia (Washington), December 21: The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a new stopgap spending bill after scrambling for...
Brazil's central bank need to intervene to stabilize...
BrasÃlia (Brazil), December 21: Brazil's Central Bank must intervene to stabilize the exchange rate against the U.S. dollar amid recent...
Hungarian parliament approves 2025 budget
Budapest (Hungary), December 21: Hungary's parliament approved the 2025 budget on Friday, projecting 3.4 percent economic growth, 3.2 percent inflation,...
Austria's GDP to contract 0.6 pct in 2024:...
Vienna (Austria), December 21: The Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) on Friday projected Austria's gross domestic product (GDP) to...
Ex-IMF chief Rato gets 4-year jail term for...
Madrid (Spain), December 21: Rodrigo Rato, former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Spain's deputy prime minister,...
Six killed in Ukrainian missile attack on Russia's...
Moscow (Russia), December 21: Six people were killed and 10 injured after a Ukrainian missile attack on the town of...
Romania's new parliament convenes amid political deadlock
Bucharest (Romania), December 21: Romania's newly elected Parliament convened on Friday following the Dec. 1 elections, as efforts to form...
Bulgarian President, Hungarian PM call for peace in...
Sofia (Bulgaria), December 21: Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met in Sofia on Friday, emphasizing...
Avalanche kills snowboarder, injures skier in Bulgaria
Sofia (Bulgaria), December 21: A snowboarder was killed, and a skier sustained injuries on Friday in an avalanche near Bulgaria's...
Interview: Bridging cultures is enduring legacy of Marco...
Rome (Italy), December 21: Respecting diversity and building bridges between cultures is a crucial legacy of Marco Polo's adventure, an...
EU signals readiness for talks with Trump amid...
Brussels (Belgium), December 21: The European Union (EU) is open to discussing trade issues, including energy, with U.S. President-elect Donald...
Ukraine to stop Russian gas transit on Jan....
Kyiv (Ukraine), December 21: Ukraine will halt the transit of Russian gas through its territory starting Jan. 1, 2025, the...
Italian regulator fines OpenAI 15 mln euros for...
Rome (Italy), December 21: Italy's data protection agency announced on Friday that it has fined artificial intelligence company OpenAI 15...
Black boxes of crashed DHL plane show no...
Vilnius (Lithuania), December 21: A preliminary analysis of the black boxes of the DHL cargo plane that crashed in Vilnius...
Roundup: Volkswagen, unions reach agreement, cutting 35,000 jobs...
Berlin (Germany), December 21: German automotive giant Volkswagen and employee representatives concluded their five-day intense talks over the company's far-reaching...
Man accused of hoax gunman report in Prague
Prague (Czech Republic), December 21: Czech police announced Friday that a man has been accused of scaremongering after falsely reporting...
Slovak gov't agrees with medical trade union over...
Bratislava (Slovakia), December 21: The Slovak government approved an agreement with the Medical Trade Union Association (LOZ) on Friday to...
ar hits Christmas market in Germany, killing at...
Berlin (Germany), December 21: A car plowed through a Christmas market in the central German city of Magdeburg on Friday...
Heatwave looms as fires burn nation's east and...
Canberra (Australia), December 21: Out-of-control bushfires are raging in different corners of the nation, confirming grim forecasts of a difficult...
Australians return home as Vanuatu rescues continue
Canberra (Australia), December 21: Hundreds of Australians are now back on home soil after being airlifted out of earthquake-stricken Vanuatu...
Mr. Yoon Suk Yeol denies the charges of...
Seoul [South Korea], December 20: According to Reuters, defense attorney Seok Dong-hyeon yesterday asserted that South Korean President Yoon Suk...
Israel continues bombing campaign
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 20: The Middle East war continues to rage despite positive signs of a ceasefire in the...
Mr. Trump 'takes action' before taking office
Washington [US], December 20: President-elect Donald Trump has put pressure on the US House of Representatives to not pass a...
US government close to shutdown despite Trump's support...
Washington [US], December 20: Republicans in the US Congress reached a consensus on a new spending package and voted to...
Russia sentences 2 men to 21 years in...
Moscow [Russia], December 20: AFP news agency reported on December 20 that a Russian military court has sentenced two people...
President Biden to meet Pope Francis before Trump's...
Vatican City, December 20: US President Joe Biden will meet Pope Francis during a trip to Italy early next year,...
Cambodia, US consider resuming joint military exercise suspended...
Washington [US], December 20: The Khmer Times reported today, December 20, that Cambodia and the US are considering the possibility...