Egypt enters season of wheat harvest
Cairo [Egypt], May 4: Farmers work at a field in Monufia Province, Egypt, on May 3, 2024. Egypt has entered the season of wheat harvest....
Tunisia calls for more investments in economic zones
Tunisia [Tunis], May 4: Tunisian Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani urged Tunisian and foreign economic operators to invest in economic zones to boost the country's economic...
Ukraine's economic growth to slow to 3 pct in 2024: forecast
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 4: Ukraine's economic growth is projected to slow down to 3 percent this year from 5.3 percent in 2023, the government-run Ukrinform...
Euro falls to historic low against Albanian lek
The euro's value against the lek fell to 100.31 on the local currency exchange market on Thursday, the lowest value ever recorded, according to the...
UK's ruling Conservative Party suffers heavy losses in local elections
London [UK], May 4: Britain's ruling Conservative Party has suffered one of its worst ever election days as massive numbers of voters switched their allegiance...
Belgrade-Novi Sad railway brings convenience to commuters in Serbia
Belgrade [Serbia], May 4: Aleksandra Radovanovic walks to the Novi Sad railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia, April 29, 2024.
Uzbek president outlines priorities for attracting foreign investment
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], May 4: Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Friday outlined the country's priorities for attracting foreign investment, according to his press service.
33 injured in bus accident in eastern Sri Lanka
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 4: Up to 33 people, including 25 schoolchildren, were injured when two buses collided in Ampara in the Eastern province of...
5.1-magnitude quake hits Solomon Islands: GFZ
New York [USA], May 4: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted Solomon Islands at 22:47:39 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre...
New step in China's aircraft carrier ambitions
Beijing [China], May 4: Last week, Xinhua news agency reported that the Fujian aircraft carrier was being tested at sea by the PLA. This is...
Huge fire at the chemical factory of a German weapons manufacturer
Berlin [Germany], May 4: DW radio reported that the fire occurred on May 3 at a metal technology factory in the southwest of the German...
Prosecuted for threatening to kill the attorney general in a case involving...
Washington [USA], May 4: The Guardian newspaper reported on May 4 that a man in California (USA) was just indicted for threatening to kill Ms....
The US nearly doubled its budget for purchasing artillery shells
Washington [USA], May 4: "We proposed an additional 3.1 billion USD related to the production and addition of 155 mm bullets, but were spent 6...
A US congressman and his wife were prosecuted for accepting bribes from...
Washington [USA], May 4: On May 4, CNN reported that US Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, had just been indicted for accepting...
WHO warns of the risk of 'bloodbath' in the Gaza Strip
Geneva [Switzerland], May 4: AFP on May 4 quoted Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warning of serious consequences if...
Germany and France met secretly before Mr. Xi's visit
Brussels [Germany], May 4: The meeting of the two EU leaders was described as a private event, taking place just days before Chinese President Xi...
Canada police charge three with murder of Sikh leader Nijjar
Ottawa [Canada], may 4: Canadian police said on Friday they had arrested and charged three Indian nationals with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep...
Jiu-Jitsu Asian Union assesses progress of initiates, lays down plans for future
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 4: The Jiu-Jitsu Asian Union convened on Friday to strategise and outline plans for the sport's development in the future, with...
UAE President receives condolences over passing of Tahnoun bin Mohammed from Sultan...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 4: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has received a cable of condolences over the passing of Sheikh...
UAE President receives condolences over passing of Tahnoun bin Mohammed from Emir...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], May 4: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has received a cable of condolences over the passing of Sheikh...
29 killed in southern Brazil's worst storms
Sao Paulo [Brazil], May 3: The worst storms killed 29 people and left 60 others missing after four consecutive days of intense rainfall, floods and...
South Korea ups terror alert at five missions due to N Korea...
Seoul [South Korea], May 3: South Korea has raised its terror warning levels by two levels from "caution" to "alert" at five foreign missions due...
EU provides Lebanon with $1bn to halt flow of Syrian refugees
Brussels [Belgium], May 3: The European Commission has promised Lebanon financial aid totalling around 1 billion euros ($1.07bn) in order to stop the flow into...
Swiss invite 160 to Ukraine peace talks, but Russia not among them
Geneva [Switzerland], May 3: Switzerland on Thursday sent out official invitations to more than 160 delegations ahead of June's Ukraine peace conference - though Moscow...
Estonian minister blames Russia for GPS interference over Baltic
Tallin [Estonia], May 3: Estonia's Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna laid the blame for the jamming of GPS signals over the Baltic squarely with Russia on...
Death toll rises to 48 after motorway collapse in southern China
Shenzhen [China], May 3: Shenzhen: The death toll has risen to 48 following the collapse of a carriageway on a motorway in the southern Chinese...
It will take until at least 2040 to repair destroyed homes in...
New York [USA], May 3: If the war in Gaza stopped today, it would still take until 2040 to rebuild all the homes destroyed in...