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Philippines stops research survey in disputed sea

Philippines stops research survey in disputed sea

Manila [Philippines], January 26: The Philippines says it has suspended a scientific survey in the South China Sea after its...

Yemen's Houthis unilaterally release 153 prisoners of war

Yemen's Houthis unilaterally release 153 prisoners of war

Sanaa [Yemen], January 26: The Houthis in Yemen have unilaterally released 153 prisoners of war to the International Committee of...

US military support to Ukraine unaffected by aid freeze: Zelensky

US military support to Ukraine unaffected by aid...

Kiev [Ukraine], January 26: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that US military assistance to Kiev has not been...

Investigation launched after 23 German police cars destroyed

Investigation launched after 23 German police cars destroyed

Berlin [Germany], January 26: The security services in the southern German state of Bavaria launched an investigation on Saturday after...

Thousands still without power across Ireland as storm clean-up begins

Thousands still without power across Ireland as storm...

Dublin [Ireland], January 26: Thousands were still without power across the island of Ireland on Saturday after Storm Éowyn swept...

Two killed in collapsed apartment building in central Turkey

Two killed in collapsed apartment building in central...

Istanbul [Turkey], January 26: Two people were killed and three were injured in an apartment building that collapsed in the...

Roundup: Sudanese army announces breaking siege on General Command HQ, paramilitary forces deny

Roundup: Sudanese army announces breaking siege on General...

Khartoum [Sudan], January 25: The Sudanese army announced on Friday that it has broken the 21-month-long siege imposed by the...

Man sets himself on fire in Tunisian capital

Man sets himself on fire in Tunisian capital

Tunis [Tunisia], January 25: A man set himself on fire on Friday evening in the Lafayette area of Tunis,...

Libya's rival gov'ts agree to establish joint center to combat terrorism, irregular migration

Libya's rival gov'ts agree to establish joint center...

Tripoli [Libya], January 25: Military and security institutions from Libya's two rival governments, based in the east and west, have...

World Insights: Profiteering landlords gouge LA fire survivors

World Insights: Profiteering landlords gouge LA fire survivors

Los Angeles [California], January 25: Recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area destroyed over 10,000 structures, many of them homes....

Canadian gov't threatening to review commercial relationship with Amazon

Canadian gov't threatening to review commercial relationship with...

Ottawa [Canada], January 25: The Canadian government is threatening to review its commercial relationship with Amazon after the online retail...

Newark mayor slams U.S. ICE for detaining army vet as raids start

Newark mayor slams U.S. ICE for detaining army...

Albany [New York], January 25: Newark's mayor and a Democratic congresswoman for the district hit out at the Immigration and...

Premier combat unit ordered to prep for border amid Trump's anti-immigrant push

Premier combat unit ordered to prep for border...

Albany [New York], January 25: One of the Pentagon's premier units has been ordered to prepare to be deployed to...

Reality TV couple sue Los Angeles after losing home in fires

Reality TV couple sue Los Angeles after losing...

Albany [New York], January 25: U.S. reality TV couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are suing the city of Los...

Estimated cost of fire damage in S. California to exceed 250 bln USD

Estimated cost of fire damage in S. California...

Albany [New York], January 25: As raging wildfires continue to torment Southern California, estimates of the total economic loss have...

U.S. homes sales in 2024 fell to lowest level in nearly 30 years

U.S. homes sales in 2024 fell to lowest...

Albany [New York], January 25: U.S. existing-home sales fell in 2024 to the lowest level since 1995, the second straight...

Unemployment in Finland rises in 2024

Unemployment in Finland rises in 2024

Helsinki [Finland], January 25: Finland's unemployment rate rose as employment weakened in 2024, announced Statistics Finland on Friday.

6 arrested in Bulgaria's crackdown on financial crimes

6 arrested in Bulgaria's crackdown on financial crimes

Sofia [Bulgaria], January 25: Bulgarian law enforcement officers have arrested six people suspected of crimes against Luxembourg's financial system, authorities...

Putin says Russia prepared for talks on Ukraine issue

Putin says Russia prepared for talks on Ukraine...

Moscow [Russia], January 25: Moscow is open to talks on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

Kremlin says Russia open to disarmament talks with U.S.

Kremlin says Russia open to disarmament talks with...

Moscow [Russia], January 25: Moscow is ready for nuclear disarmament talks with Washington, although it would be necessary to take...

Slovenia sees increasing Chinese tourists in 2024

Slovenia sees increasing Chinese tourists in 2024

Ljubljana [Slovenia], January 25: The number of Chinese tourists rose by 68 percent in Slovenia in 2024, the data of...

Feature: A taste of Chinese culture in London ahead of Spring Festival

Feature: A taste of Chinese culture in London...

London [England], January 25: Although the Year of the Snake has yet to arrive, the Chinese Spring Festival spirit has...

Trump orders plan for release of JFK and MLK assassination documents

Trump orders plan for release of JFK and...

Washington DC [US], January 25: US President Donald Trump has ordered officials to make plans to declassify documents related to...

Slovak protests grow in rebuke of PM Fico's Russian tilt

Slovak protests grow in rebuke of PM Fico's...

Bratislava [Slovak], January 25: Tens of thousands of protesters thronged a central square in the Slovak capital, waving banners opposing...

US rejoining international anti-abortion pact

US rejoining international anti-abortion pact

Washington DC [US], January 25: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States was rejoining an international accord...

European cocaine kingpin has high level protection in Sierra Leone-sources

European cocaine kingpin has high level protection in...

Brussels [Europe], January 25: One of Europe's most wanted fugitives, convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers, has found refuge and high-level...

Wildfire north of Los Angeles forces thousands to flee

Wildfire north of Los Angeles forces thousands to...

California [US], January 24: Thousands of Southern California residents on Wednesday were told to evacuate their homes as a new...