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Uzbekistan declares 2025 as year of environmental protection, green economy

Uzbekistan declares 2025 as year of environmental protection,...

Tashkent [Uzbekistan], January 1: Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has announced 2025 as the year of environmental protection and green economy...

Myanmar announces provisional population figures for 2024 census

Myanmar announces provisional population figures for 2024 census

Yangon [Myanmar], January 1: The provisional results of Myanmar's 2024 population and housing census show a total population of 51,316,756...

Panama celebrates 25th anniversary of Canal's handover

Panama celebrates 25th anniversary of Canal's handover

Panama, January 1: Panama on Tuesday celebrated the 25th anniversary of the handover of the Panama Canal, which had been...

'Everything will be fine,' Putin tells Russians in New Year address

'Everything will be fine,' Putin tells Russians in...

Moscow [Russia], January 1: Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the population to unite in a new year that...

Hundreds rally in Dublin vigil for killed Palestinian journalists

Hundreds rally in Dublin vigil for killed Palestinian...

Dublin [Ireland], January 1: Hundreds of people have taken part in a vigil in Dublin to show support for Palestinian...

World welcomes 2025

World welcomes 2025

New York [US], January 1: In plazas and parks and restaurants and homes across the globe, people gathered to commemorate...

Pre-flight checks found 'no issues' before South Korea air crash

Pre-flight checks found 'no issues' before South Korea...

Seoul [South Korea], January 1: A pre-flight inspection of a Jeju Air passenger plane hours before it crashed in South...

Heavy rainfall causes flooding in war-torn Gaza

Heavy rainfall causes flooding in war-torn Gaza

Gaza [Palestine] / Tel Aviv [Israel], January 1: Heavy rainfall has caused widespread flooding in war-torn Gaza.

Yemen's Houthis claim attacks on Tel Aviv airport, Jerusalem

Yemen's Houthis claim attacks on Tel Aviv airport,...

Sana'a [Yemen], January 1: The Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen on Tuesday claimed to have attacked the international airport in...

Guantanamo Bay prison inmate repatriated to Tunisia after 23 years

Guantanamo Bay prison inmate repatriated to Tunisia after...

Washington [US], January 1: One of the first inmates to be detained at the notorious US-run Guantanamo Bay prison has...

Pakistan suffers surge in militant attacks in 2024

Pakistan suffers surge in militant attacks in 2024

Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1: Pakistan witnessed an alarming surge in militant attacks in 2024 amid ongoing threats from Islamist militants...

US reports cyberattack on Treasury Department, points finger at China

US reports cyberattack on Treasury Department, points finger...

Washington [US], January 1: The US Treasury Department says it was the target of a Chinese cyberattack, according to US...

China rejects WHO criticism over lack of cooperation on pandemic

China rejects WHO criticism over lack of cooperation...

Beijing [China], January 1: China has rejected claims from the World Health Organization (WHO) accusing it of refusing full cooperation...

Ivory Coast president says French forces to withdraw

Ivory Coast president says French forces to withdraw

Yamoussoukro [Ivory Coast], January 1: Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Tuesday that French forces would withdraw from the...

South Korea court approves arrest of President Yoon in martial law investigation

South Korea court approves arrest of President Yoon...

Seoul [South Korea], January 1: A South Korean court gave authorities approval on Tuesday to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol...

Summer's first case of mosquito-borne virus detected

Summer's first case of mosquito-borne virus detected

Victoria [Australia], January 1: The likely first summer case of a potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus has been identified in regional...

Pakistan: Talks to demilitarise Kurram district end in deadlock

Pakistan: Talks to demilitarise Kurram district end in...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], January 1: Efforts to demilitarise Kurram district and resolve tensions between warring factions were stalled after a...

Berlin police arrest man after knife attack injures 2

Berlin police arrest man after knife attack injures...

Berlin [Germany], January 1: Two people were wounded in a knife attack in western Berlin, police in Germany's capital said...

TikTok fined $10 million for challenge that killed 3 teenagers

TikTok fined $10 million for challenge that killed...

Caracas [Venezuela], December 31: Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice has just fined TikTok $10 million (VND254.8 billion) related to viral...

Fresh U.S. sanctions target Pakistani entities linked to missile programme

Fresh U.S. sanctions target Pakistani entities linked to...

Washington [US], December 31: The US sanctioned four entities that were contributing to Pakistan's Ballistic Missile Program on Wednesday (local...

Drowning warning after couple dies saving daughters

Drowning warning after couple dies saving daughters

Perth [Australia], December 31: Australians have been reminded to play it safe in the water over the New Year period...

Trump loses appeal of E. Jean Carroll $5-million defamation, sexual assault verdict

Trump loses appeal of E. Jean Carroll $5-million...

Washington [US], December 31: A federal appeals court upheld a $5-million verdict that E. Jean Carroll won against Donald Trump...

Hain Celestial must face arsenic claim in baby food labeling lawsuit

Hain Celestial must face arsenic claim in baby...

New York [US], December 31: A U.S. judge said Hain Celestial Group (HAIN.O), opens new tab must face a proposed...

South Korean court approves arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol

South Korean court approves arrest warrant for President...

Seoul [South Korea], December 31: Yonhap news agency reported on December 31 that a court in Seoul has approved a...

Israel issues 'final warning' to Iran, Houthis at UN

Israel issues 'final warning' to Iran, Houthis at...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 31: Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, stressed on December 30 that Israel has...

Germany accuses billionaire Elon Musk of election interference

Germany accuses billionaire Elon Musk of election interference

Berlin [Germany], December 31: "The reality is that billionaire Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election," German government...

Germany halts development projects in Georgia

Germany halts development projects in Georgia

Berlin [Germany], December 31: The German government is limiting its support for Georgia due to the country's plans to suspend...