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

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

"Expected during winter," WHO official on HMPV virus
Geneva [Switzerland], January 9: Amid concerns surrounding the Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) virus, WHO official, Margaret Harris, said that the rise...

10 patients evacuated for treatment in Jordan, US
New York [US], January 9: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said his organisation and partners facilitated the...

Ukrainian prisoners executed by Russia: UN
Geneva [Switzerland], January 9: The UN Human Rights Office says it has credible reports of the execution of 62 Ukrainian...

Israel bombs women, children in Gaza's 'safe zone'
Gaza [Palestine], January 9: Many women and young children have been reported killed in Israel's latest attacks on Gaza, with...

Palisades fire in Los Angeles destroys 1,000 structures;...
Los Angeles [US], January 9: The worst-case scenario has been realized in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles, where...

Trudeau says not 'a snowball's chance in hell'...
New York [US], January 9: There is not "a snowball's chance in hell" that Canada will become the 51st US...

Germany and France warn Trump over threat to...
Berlin [Germany] / Paris [France], January 9: Germany and France have warned Donald Trump against threatening Greenland, after the US...

Romania's ruling coalition agrees to hold presidential election...
Bucharest [Romania], January 9: Romania's ruling coalition has agreed to have the first round of the presidential elections on May...

Wildfires rage out of control near Los Angeles,...
Los Angeles [California], January 9: At least two people were killed as a trio of fast-growing wildfires raged out of...

Urgency mounts in search for survivors of powerful...
Lhasa [Tibet], January 9: More than 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet have been rescued.

Russian strike kills 13 in Ukrainian city of...
Moscow [Russia], January 9: A Russian guided bomb attack killed at least 13 people and injured 29 others in Ukraine's...

Italian journalist Sala freed from Iran prison, returns...
Rome [Italy], January 9: Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was freed by Iran and returned home, three weeks after she was...

WHO says respiratory virus HMPV in China is...
Geneva [Switzerland], January 8: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday offered reassurance about HMPV, a respiratory infection that is...

Bangladesh revokes passport of ousted prime minister Sheikh...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 8: Bangladesh's interim administration has revoked the passport of its ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and 74...

US authorities seek to identify bodies found in...
Florida [US], January 8: Authorities in the United States have been working to identify two bodies discovered in the wheel...

Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers
New York [US], January 8: Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them...