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U.S. House passes stopgap funding bill to avert...
Olympia (Washington), December 21: The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a new stopgap spending bill after scrambling for...
Brazil's central bank need to intervene to stabilize...
BrasÃlia (Brazil), December 21: Brazil's Central Bank must intervene to stabilize the exchange rate against the U.S. dollar amid recent...
Hungarian parliament approves 2025 budget
Budapest (Hungary), December 21: Hungary's parliament approved the 2025 budget on Friday, projecting 3.4 percent economic growth, 3.2 percent inflation,...
Ex-IMF chief Rato gets 4-year jail term for...
Madrid (Spain), December 21: Rodrigo Rato, former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Spain's deputy prime minister,...
Six killed in Ukrainian missile attack on Russia's...
Moscow (Russia), December 21: Six people were killed and 10 injured after a Ukrainian missile attack on the town of...
Romania's new parliament convenes amid political deadlock
Bucharest (Romania), December 21: Romania's newly elected Parliament convened on Friday following the Dec. 1 elections, as efforts to form...
Avalanche kills snowboarder, injures skier in Bulgaria
Sofia (Bulgaria), December 21: A snowboarder was killed, and a skier sustained injuries on Friday in an avalanche near Bulgaria's...
Interview: Bridging cultures is enduring legacy of Marco...
Rome (Italy), December 21: Respecting diversity and building bridges between cultures is a crucial legacy of Marco Polo's adventure, an...
EU signals readiness for talks with Trump amid...
Brussels (Belgium), December 21: The European Union (EU) is open to discussing trade issues, including energy, with U.S. President-elect Donald...
Ukraine to stop Russian gas transit on Jan....
Kyiv (Ukraine), December 21: Ukraine will halt the transit of Russian gas through its territory starting Jan. 1, 2025, the...
Italian regulator fines OpenAI 15 mln euros for...
Rome (Italy), December 21: Italy's data protection agency announced on Friday that it has fined artificial intelligence company OpenAI 15...
Black boxes of crashed DHL plane show no...
Vilnius (Lithuania), December 21: A preliminary analysis of the black boxes of the DHL cargo plane that crashed in Vilnius...
Man accused of hoax gunman report in Prague
Prague (Czech Republic), December 21: Czech police announced Friday that a man has been accused of scaremongering after falsely reporting...
Slovak gov't agrees with medical trade union over...
Bratislava (Slovakia), December 21: The Slovak government approved an agreement with the Medical Trade Union Association (LOZ) on Friday to...
ar hits Christmas market in Germany, killing at...
Berlin (Germany), December 21: A car plowed through a Christmas market in the central German city of Magdeburg on Friday...
Mr. Yoon Suk Yeol denies the charges of...
Seoul [South Korea], December 20: According to Reuters, defense attorney Seok Dong-hyeon yesterday asserted that South Korean President Yoon Suk...
Israel continues bombing campaign
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 20: The Middle East war continues to rage despite positive signs of a ceasefire in the...
Mr. Trump 'takes action' before taking office
Washington [US], December 20: President-elect Donald Trump has put pressure on the US House of Representatives to not pass a...
US government close to shutdown despite Trump's support...
Washington [US], December 20: Republicans in the US Congress reached a consensus on a new spending package and voted to...
Russia sentences 2 men to 21 years in...
Moscow [Russia], December 20: AFP news agency reported on December 20 that a Russian military court has sentenced two people...
President Biden to meet Pope Francis before Trump's...
Vatican City, December 20: US President Joe Biden will meet Pope Francis during a trip to Italy early next year,...
Cambodia, US consider resuming joint military exercise suspended...
Washington [US], December 20: The Khmer Times reported today, December 20, that Cambodia and the US are considering the possibility...
UN seeks World Court opinion on Israel's Palestinian...
New York [US], December 20: The United Nations General Assembly voted to ask the International Court of Justice for an...
Suspect in UnitedHealth executive killing faces federal murder
Washington [US], December 20: The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group (UNH.N), executive Brian Thompson was charged with federal...
Syrian girls' right to schooling unrestricted
Damascus [Syria], December 20: Syria will remove all references to the former ruling Baath party from its educational system as...
As cyclone Chido waned, baby Chido was born...
Mayotte [France], December 20: Early last Sunday, after a night spent working at a small Mayotte maternity ward as a...
US officials who have quit over Biden's support...
Washington [US], December 20: President Joe Biden's support for Israel during its more than 14-month war in Gaza has spurred...