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Explainer: Why Biden blocks Japan's Nippon Steel from acquiring U.S. Steel and what comes next?

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 tough road ahead for GOP

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 flu outbreaks

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

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

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 exports

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 Sudan's capital, western city

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

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

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 struggles

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

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

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

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

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 Ukraine-Russia border

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

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 cutoff

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

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

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 Indo-Pacific as U.S. national security advisor

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 data centers in fiscal 2025

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

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

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: EIA

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 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

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 next week

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...