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23 dead in two crowd crushes in Nigeria

23 dead in two crowd crushes in Nigeria

Lagos [Nigeria], December 22: At least 23 people died in two incidents in Nigeria on Saturday as crowds, mostly women...

Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes Vanuatu Islands, GFZ says

Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes Vanuatu Islands, GFZ...

Wellington [New Zealand], December 22: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Vanuatu Islands on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre...

Mohammed Al Sharqi attends closing ceremony of Fujairah International Arabian Horse Championship 2024

Mohammed Al Sharqi attends closing ceremony of Fujairah...

Fujairah [UAE], December 22: The ninth edition of the Fujairah International Arabian Horse Championship, held under the patronage of H.H....

Rulers of Emirates congratulate Emir of Kuwait on first anniversary of accession to throne

Rulers of Emirates congratulate Emir of Kuwait on...

Emirates [UAE], December 22: Their Highnesses the Supreme Council Members and Rulers of the Emirates have sent messages of congratulations...

Emir of Kuwait inaugurates Arabian Gulf Football Cup

Emir of Kuwait inaugurates Arabian Gulf Football Cup

Kuwait City [Kuwait], December 22: The Arabian Gulf Football Cup, "Khaleeji Zain 26," officially kicked off on Saturday evening with...

Dozens of martyrs, wounded on 442nd day of war on Gaza

Dozens of martyrs, wounded on 442nd day of...

Gaza [Palestine], December 22: Israel continued bombardment of areas in the Gaza Strip on the 442nd day of the war,...

U.S. House passes stopgap funding bill to avert gov't shutdown

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 exchange rate: finance minister

Brazil's central bank need to intervene to stabilize...

Brasília (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

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: WIFO

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 corruption

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 Kursk region: local governor

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

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 Europe, closer bilateral ties

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

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 Polo's journey, says curator

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 tariff threats

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. 1, 2025: PM

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 personal data abuses

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 signs of illegal interference: Lithuanian authority

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 by end of 2030

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

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 salary rise

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 least 2

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 west

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

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 rebellion

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...