UN predicts world economic growth to remain at 2.8% in 2025
New York [US], January 10: Global economic growth is projected to remain at 2.8% in 2025, unchanged from 2024, held back by the top two...
Russia keeping close eye on Trump's claim to Greenland
Moscow [Russia], January 10: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia is closely monitoring the situation, after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out...
New York's top court rejects Trump bid to delay hush-money case sentencing
New York [US], January 10: New York's top court has rejected an attempt by United States President-elect Donald Trump to delay sentencing for his criminal...
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 National Cathedral, capping nearly a...
Five dead, over 1,000 homes destroyed as LA wildfires rage
New York [US], January 10: At least five people have died, four firefighters have been injured and more than 1,000 homes have been destroyed as...
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 Donald Trump prepares his return...
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 Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky at...
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 procession in the predominantly Catholic...
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 family's rule in Syria and...
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 in a second round of...
Three Gaza hospitals face imminent closure as latest Israeli raids kill 50
Gaza [Palestine], January 10: Three more hospitals in Gaza could be shut down due to lack of fuel, the UN has warned even as relentless...
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 (approximately $2.06 billion), mainly through...
Donald Trump requests US Supreme Court to pause sentencing in hush money...
Washington [US], January 9: US President-elect Donald Trump requested the Supreme Court, to pause his sentencing in the hush money case, scheduled for Janaury 10,...
"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 observed in the number of...
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 medical evacuation of four patients...
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 prisoners by members of the...
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 nearly 50 people killed and...
Palisades fire in Los Angeles destroys 1,000 structures; no containment
Los Angeles [US], January 9: The worst-case scenario has been realized in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles, where an estimated 1,000 structures, many...
Three people confirmed dead in Australian seaplane crash
Sydney [Australia], January 9: Three people have died after a seaplane crashed near a popular Australian holiday island, Western Australia Premier Roger Cook said on...
Trudeau says not 'a snowball's chance in hell' Canada will join US
New York [US], January 9: There is not "a snowball's chance in hell" that Canada will become the 51st US state, outgoing Canadian Prime Minister...
Germany and France warn Trump over threat to take over Greenland
Berlin [Germany] / Paris [France], January 9: Germany and France have warned Donald Trump against threatening Greenland, after the US president-elect refused to rule out...
Mexican president hits back at Trump with 'Mexican America' jibe
Mexico City [Mexico], January 9: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has suggested renaming the southern United States "Mexican America" in response to US President-elect Donald Trump's...
Romania's ruling coalition agrees to hold presidential election on May 4
Bucharest [Romania], January 9: Romania's ruling coalition has agreed to have the first round of the presidential elections on May 4, 2025, with a potential...
Slovak PM to discuss gas transit issue with EU
Bratislava [Slovakia], January 9: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced Wednesday that he will travel to Brussels on Thursday to meet with the European Commissioner...
Hungarian swimmer 'Iron Lady' Katinka Hosszu announces retirement
Budapest [Hungary], January 9: Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu, nicknamed the "Iron Lady," announced her retirement from competitive swimming on Wednesday.
Wildfires rage out of control near Los Angeles, killing at least two
Los Angeles [California], January 9: At least two people were killed as a trio of fast-growing wildfires raged out of control near Los Angeles, destroying...
Urgency mounts in search for survivors of powerful Tibet earthquake
Lhasa [Tibet], January 9: More than 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet have been rescued.