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Explainer: Why Biden blocks Japan's Nippon Steel from...
Washington [US], January 5: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday blocked Japan's Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel, citing...
World Insights: Johnson reelected U.S. House speaker, but...
Washington [US], January 5: Republican Mike Johnson was elected House speaker Friday. But the GOP faces a tough road ahead,...
California egg prices continue to rise amid bird...
Los Angeles [California], January 5: California's egg prices have continued to rise due to ongoing outbreaks of the highly pathogenic...
Zambia reports 4th mpox case
Lusaka [Zambia], January 5: Zambia's health authorities reported the country's fourth case of mpox on Friday.
Libya launches anti-crime military operation in west coast
Tripoli [Libya], January 5: The West Coast Military Zone of the Libyan Defense Ministry said Saturday it launched a large-scale...
Ethiopia earns over 216 mln USD from horticulture...
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 5: Ethiopia has earned more than 216 million U.S. dollars from exports of horticultural commodities during...
8 killed, 53 injured in paramilitary attacks in...
Khartoum [Sudan], January 5:At least eight civilians were killed and 53 others injured in artillery shelling by the paramilitary Rapid...
Russia intercepts 4 drones over Leningrad region
Saint Petersburg [Russia], January 5: Four drones were shot down in Russia's Leningrad Oblast, regional Governor Alexander Drozdenko said...
Croatia records 21.3 mln tourists arrivals in 2024
Zagreb [Croatia], January 5: Croatia recorded over 21.3 million tourist arrivals and more than 108.7 million overnight stays in 2024,...
Germany dissatisfied with debt brake policy amid economic...
Frankfurt [Germany], January 5: Up to 98 percent of respondents in a survey by Deutsche Bank believe Germany's debt brake...
Austrian chancellor to resign after coalition talks collapse
Vienna [Austria], January 5: Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Saturday that he would step down in the coming days after...
Russian journalist killed in drone attack
Moscow [Russia], January 5: A Russian war correspondent was killed and four other media workers injured in a Ukrainian drone...
Trump's Republicans reelect Mike Johnson US House Speaker
Washington DC [US], January 5: U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber's top job by...
Blinken heads to South Korea, Japan and France
Washington DC [US], January 5: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to South Korea, Japan and France from...
Three dead in attacks on both sides of...
Moscow [Russia], January 5: Attacks on both sides of the Ukraine-Russia border killed three people, local officials said.
Austrian chancellor quits as coalition talks collapse
Vienna [Austria], January 5: Talks between Austria's two main centrist parties on forming a coalition government without the far-right Freedom...
Moldova breakaway region faces extended blackouts after gas...
Chișinău [Moldova], January 5: The pro-Russian breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria, left without Russian gas supplies no longer transiting through...
Russia clears beaches after Black Sea oil spill
Moscow [Russia], January 5: Russia declared a regional state of emergency in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014,...
SpaceX prepares Starship's seventh flight test
Los Angeles [California], January 4: SpaceX is preparing to launch the seventh flight test of its giant Starship rocket, the...
Sullivan to visit India in final trip to...
Washington [US], January 4: U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will travel to India for a "capstone meeting" with his...
Microsoft to spend 80 bln USD on AI...
San Francisco [California], January 4: Microsoft has earmarked 80 billion U.S. dollars in fiscal 2025 to build data centers designed...
Canada increases cost recovery for removing inadmissible individuals
Ottawa [Canada], January 4: The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced on Friday a new measure to reduce the cost...
Rivian delivers more than 50,000 EVs in 2024
San Francisco [California], January 4: U.S. electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Rivian said on Friday that the company delivered 51,579 electric...
Weekly storage of natural gas in U.S. decreases:...
Houston [Texas], January 4: Working gas storage in the contiguous United States was 3,413 billion cubic feet in the week...
Number of active U.S. drilling rigs unchanged this...
Houston [Texas], January 4: The number of active drilling rigs in the United States stands at 589 this week, unchanged...
U.S. stocks rebound as market sentiment improves
Albany [New York], January 4: U.S. stocks ended higher on Friday, following stronger-than-expected manufacturing data and an optimistic economic outlook...
CES 2025 to convene in U.S. Las Vegas...
Los Angeles [California], January 4: The 2025 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world's premier tech show, will kick off in...