Toyota is donating $1 million to Trump's inauguration
Washington [US], December 5: Toyota Motor (7203.T), opens new tab of North America is donating $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, a...
Starbucks strike to expand to over 300 US stores on Christmas Eve,...
Washington [US], December 25: A strike at Starbucks (SBUX.O), opens new tab will expand to over 300 U.S. stores on Tuesday, with more than 5,000...
Global hunger crisis deepens as major nations skimp on aid
New York [US], December 25: It's a simple but brutal equation: The number of people going hungry or otherwise struggling around the world is rising,...
Japan to cut 60% of emissions by 2035
Tokyo [Japan], December 25: The Japanese government on Tuesday won an approval for a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by fiscal...
Kuwaiti Cabinet approves bill imposing 15 % tax on multinational entities
Kuwait City [Kuwait], December 25: The Kuwaiti Cabinet endorsed on Tuesday a draft resolution on issuing a law imposing a 15-percent tax on multinational entities,...
Two Palestinian martyrs in Israeli airstrike on Tulkarm
Tulkarm [Palestine], December 25: Two young Palestinian men were martyred on Tuesday evening following an airstrike by an Israeli drone targeting the Al-Hamam neighborhood in...
UN chief 'alarmed' about worsening food security in Sudan
New York [US], December 25: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday expressed concern about the escalating food insecurity in Sudan, warning of famine conditions in...
Over 200 killed in Haiti's Cite Soleil massacre
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], December 24: At least 207 people were killed by members of the Wharf Jeremie gang in Haiti's portside neighborhood of Cite Soleil earlier...
Irish PM Simon Harris issues new pledge over engagements with Israel
London [UK], December 24: Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris has pledged to continue direct relations with Israel on attaining a ceasefire in Gaza, after the...
German police contacted suspect weeks before Christmas market attack
Magdeburg [Germany], December 24: The alleged perpetrator of the deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market last week in Germany had been contacted by police...
Germany gives Kiev tanks, missile launchers and anti-aircraft systems
Berlin [Germany], December 24: Ukraine has received an extensive new weapons package from Germany, the Defence Ministry in Kiev said on Monday.
Russian region in Siberia cancels injury allowance for soldiers
Moscow [Russia], December 24: Authorities in the Russian region of Transbaikal in Siberia have cancelled the one-off payment for soldiers who have suffered permanent injury...
Syria moves to unify militias
Syria, December 24: In his first press conference since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa laid out the priorities...
Europe in turmoil over Russian gas
Moscow [Russia], December 24: On December 22, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico unexpectedly visited Moscow and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin with the main...
America in the vortex of power of billionaire Elon Musk
Washington [US], December 24: With huge assets, many influential companies and a position in the administration of US President-elect Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk is...
Biden pardons nearly 40 death row inmates
Washington [US], December 24: US President Joe Biden announced on December 23 that he would commute the death sentences of 37 prisoners to life in...
Will Trump withdraw the US from WHO in 2025
Washington [US], December 24: Members of US President-elect Donald Trump's transition team are preparing a plan for Washington to withdraw from the World Health Organization...
North Korea proactively offers to send troops to support Russia in dealing...
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 24: US intelligence believes that North Korea proactively offered to send troops to support Russia, contrary to previous assessments that Moscow made...
Former US President Bill Clinton hospitalized
Washington [US], December 24: Former US President Bill Clinton was hospitalized in Washington DC on December 23 after having a fever.
Israel takes first responsibility for assassination of Hamas leader in Iran
Tehran [Iran], December 24: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz publicly admitted for the first time on December 23 that Tel Aviv was responsible for the...
Trump wants US to buy Greenland, island leader says 'never for sale'
Washington [US], December 24: US President-elect Donald Trump has again mentioned the ownership of Greenland, causing the island's leader to issue a statement in response.
Trump transition team plans immediate WHO withdrawal
Washington [US], December 24: Members of Donald Trump's presidential transition team are laying the groundwork for the United States to withdraw from the World Health...
Qatar and Jordan pledge support to Syria
Manama [Bahrain], December 24: Qatar is ready to invest in Syria's energy sector and ports, the de facto Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said after meeting...
Italy to prolong war supplies to Ukraine until the end of 2025
Rome [Italy], December 24: Italy's cabinet on Monday passed a law decree that allows it to continue supplying until the end of 2025 "means, materials...
El Salvador lawmakers overturn mining ban in win for president
San Salvador [El Salvador], December 24: El Salvador's legislature overturned a seven-year-old ban on metals mining, a move that President Nayib Bukele had pushed for...
House Ethics report finds evidence Matt Gaetz paid for sex and drugs
Washington [US], December 24: A US House Ethics Committee's report into Matt Gaetz has found "substantial evidence" he paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl...
Trudeau faces pressure to resign
Ottawa [Canada], December 24: The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose party looks set to lose power early next year, is under increasing pressure from...