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Toyota is donating $1 million to Trump's inauguration
Washington [US], December 5: Toyota Motor (7203.T), opens new tab of North America is donating $1 million to President-elect Donald...

Starbucks strike to expand to over 300 US...
Washington [US], December 25: A strike at Starbucks (SBUX.O), opens new tab will expand to over 300 U.S. stores on...

Global hunger crisis deepens as major nations skimp...
New York [US], December 25: It's a simple but brutal equation: The number of people going hungry or otherwise struggling...

Japan to cut 60% of emissions by 2035
Tokyo [Japan], December 25: The Japanese government on Tuesday won an approval for a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...

Kuwaiti Cabinet approves bill imposing 15 % tax...
Kuwait City [Kuwait], December 25: The Kuwaiti Cabinet endorsed on Tuesday a draft resolution on issuing a law imposing a...

Two Palestinian martyrs in Israeli airstrike on Tulkarm
Tulkarm [Palestine], December 25: Two young Palestinian men were martyred on Tuesday evening following an airstrike by an Israeli drone...

UN chief 'alarmed' about worsening food security in...
New York [US], December 25: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday expressed concern about the escalating food insecurity in Sudan,...

Over 200 killed in Haiti's Cite Soleil massacre
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], December 24: At least 207 people were killed by members of the Wharf Jeremie gang in Haiti's portside...

Irish PM Simon Harris issues new pledge over...
London [UK], December 24: Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris has pledged to continue direct relations with Israel on attaining a...

Germany gives Kiev tanks, missile launchers and anti-aircraft...
Berlin [Germany], December 24: Ukraine has received an extensive new weapons package from Germany, the Defence Ministry in Kiev said...

Russian region in Siberia cancels injury allowance for...
Moscow [Russia], December 24: Authorities in the Russian region of Transbaikal in Siberia have cancelled the one-off payment for soldiers...

Syria moves to unify militias
Syria, December 24: In his first press conference since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, new leader Ahmed...

Europe in turmoil over Russian gas
Moscow [Russia], December 24: On December 22, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico unexpectedly visited Moscow and met with Russian President...

America in the vortex of power of billionaire...
Washington [US], December 24: With huge assets, many influential companies and a position in the administration of US President-elect Donald...

Biden pardons nearly 40 death row inmates
Washington [US], December 24: US President Joe Biden announced on December 23 that he would commute the death sentences of...

Will Trump withdraw the US from WHO in...
Washington [US], December 24: Members of US President-elect Donald Trump's transition team are preparing a plan for Washington to withdraw...

North Korea proactively offers to send troops to...
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 24: US intelligence believes that North Korea proactively offered to send troops to support Russia, contrary to...

Former US President Bill Clinton hospitalized
Washington [US], December 24: Former US President Bill Clinton was hospitalized in Washington DC on December 23 after having a...

Israel takes first responsibility for assassination of Hamas...
Tehran [Iran], December 24: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz publicly admitted for the first time on December 23 that Tel...

Trump wants US to buy Greenland, island leader...
Washington [US], December 24: US President-elect Donald Trump has again mentioned the ownership of Greenland, causing the island's leader to...

Trump transition team plans immediate WHO withdrawal
Washington [US], December 24: Members of Donald Trump's presidential transition team are laying the groundwork for the United States to...

Qatar and Jordan pledge support to Syria
Manama [Bahrain], December 24: Qatar is ready to invest in Syria's energy sector and ports, the de facto Syrian leader...

Italy to prolong war supplies to Ukraine until...
Rome [Italy], December 24: Italy's cabinet on Monday passed a law decree that allows it to continue supplying until the...

El Salvador lawmakers overturn mining ban in win...
San Salvador [El Salvador], December 24: El Salvador's legislature overturned a seven-year-old ban on metals mining, a move that President...

House Ethics report finds evidence Matt Gaetz paid...
Washington [US], December 24: A US House Ethics Committee's report into Matt Gaetz has found "substantial evidence" he paid for...

Trudeau faces pressure to resign
Ottawa [Canada], December 24: The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose party looks set to lose power early next year,...

Israel accused of bombing Kamal Adwan Hospital ICU,...
Gaza border [Israel], December 23: The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, encircled by Israeli drones and tanks, has pleaded with...