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Tens of thousands of German SMEs facing closure due to succession crisis: survey

Tens of thousands of German SMEs facing closure...

Frankfurt [Germany], January 11: Approximately 231,000 owners of small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs) in Germany are considering closing their businesses...

Brussels Motor Show kicks off, Chinese brands under spotlight

Brussels Motor Show kicks off, Chinese brands under...

Brussels [Belgium], January 11: The 101st edition of the Brussels Motor Show kicked off on Friday, offering car enthusiasts an...

Austria's coalition talks led by far-right Freedom Party start, uncertainty remains

Austria's coalition talks led by far-right Freedom Party...

Vienna [Austria], January 11: Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg was sworn in as the country's interim chancellor on Friday, succeeding...

South Korea presidential security chief warns against violent attempt to arrest Yoon

South Korea presidential security chief warns against violent...

Seoul [South Korea], January 11: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's security chief said the impeached leader, who faces arrest...

Trump avoids punishment at hush money sentencing before inauguration

Trump avoids punishment at hush money sentencing before...

Washington DC [US], January 11: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or face any other punishment for...

Australia violated refugees' rights in offshore detention centre, says UN

Australia violated refugees' rights in offshore detention centre,...

Canberra [Australia], January 11: A U.N. committee found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of...

74 children killed in Gaza in first week of 2025: UNICEF

74 children killed in Gaza in first week...

Gaza [Palestine], January 10: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported that at least 74 children have been killed...

Urgent upskilling needed to cater 78 million new jobs: World Economic Forum

Urgent upskilling needed to cater 78 million new...

Geneva [Switzerland], January 10: The World Economic Forum (WEF) said that job disruption will equate to 22 percent of the...

California fires: Biden cancels final official overseas trip

California fires: Biden cancels final official overseas trip

California [US], January 10: US President Joe Biden has called off a trip to Rome and the Vatican to monitor...

Venezuela: Opposition leader Machado arrested

Venezuela: Opposition leader Machado arrested

Caracas [Venezuela], January 10: Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's team and Venezuelan media report that Machado was arrested in Caracas...

Elon Musk's Starlink talks with Italy raise concerns

Elon Musk's Starlink talks with Italy raise concerns

Rome [Italy], January 10: As a debate intensifies in several European countries over Elon Musk's attempts to influence domestic politics,...

Los Angeles wildfires spread to Hollywood as 100,000 ordered to evacuate

Los Angeles wildfires spread to Hollywood as 100,000...

Los Angeles [US], January 10: Raging wildfires surrounding Los Angeles spread to the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday, after five other...

X Corp welcomes Meta's thumbs-down for fact-checking

X Corp welcomes Meta's thumbs-down for fact-checking

New York [US], January 10: Meta's decision to ditch independent fact-checking on its US platforms "couldn't be more validating" for...

Search widens for Tibet quake survivors as tens of thousands moved to shelters

Search widens for Tibet quake survivors as tens...

Lhasa [Tibet], January 10: Authorities moved more than 47,000 people to shelters in earthquake-hit Tibet, Chinese officials said, while rescuers...

UN predicts world economic growth to remain at 2.8% in 2025

UN predicts world economic growth to remain at...

New York [US], January 10: Global economic growth is projected to remain at 2.8% in 2025, unchanged from 2024, held...

Russia keeping close eye on Trump's claim to Greenland

Russia keeping close eye on Trump's claim to...

Moscow [Russia], January 10: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia is closely monitoring the situation, after US President-elect Donald...

New York's top court rejects Trump bid to delay hush-money case sentencing

New York's top court rejects Trump bid to...

New York [US], January 10: New York's top court has rejected an attempt by United States President-elect Donald Trump to...

Jimmy Carter honoured with state funeral in Washington

Jimmy Carter honoured with state funeral in Washington

Washington [US], January 10: Former United States President Jimmy Carter has been honoured with a state funeral at the Washington...

Five dead, over 1,000 homes destroyed as LA wildfires rage

Five dead, over 1,000 homes destroyed as LA...

New York [US], January 10: At least five people have died, four firefighters have been injured and more than 1,000...

Meloni positions herself as EU-US 'bridge builder'

Meloni positions herself as EU-US 'bridge builder'

Rome [Italy], January 10: Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is aiming for a central leadership role in Europe as President-elect...

US, Germany pledge more aid for Ukraine

US, Germany pledge more aid for Ukraine

Berlin [Germany], January 10: Washington and Berlin pledged more aid for Ukraine as allies of the embattled nation gathered with...

Massive crowd joins largest religious procession in Philippines

Massive crowd joins largest religious procession in Philippines

Manila [Philippines], January 10: A massive crowd of over 7.4 million mostly barefoot devotees on Thursday joined the largest religious...

Concert marks a month of Assad's fall

Concert marks a month of Assad's fall

Damascus [Syria], January 10: It's been a month since Bashar Al-Assad was overthrown, ending more than five decades of his...

Lebanese parliament elects army commander president

Lebanese parliament elects army commander president

Beirut [Lebanon], January 10: The Lebanese parliament elected armed forces commander Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday...

Three Gaza hospitals face imminent closure as latest Israeli raids kill 50

Three Gaza hospitals face imminent closure as latest...

Gaza [Palestine], January 10: Three more hospitals in Gaza could be shut down due to lack of fuel, the UN...

EIB plans to double support for Bangladesh

EIB plans to double support for Bangladesh

Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 10: The European Investment Bank (EIB) plans to double its financial support for Bangladesh to €2 billion...

Donald Trump requests US Supreme Court to pause sentencing in hush money case

Donald Trump requests US Supreme Court to pause...

Washington [US], January 9: US President-elect Donald Trump requested the Supreme Court, to pause his sentencing in the hush money...