Spain braces for wildfires as beef farmers battle red tape
Madrid [Spain], March 3: Across Europe, farmers have jammed roads, burned tyres and dumped manure in protest at a host of pressures threatening their livelihoods...
Gaza truce talks expected as offensive and aid crisis rage on
Gaza [Palestine], March 3: Mediators expected to reconvene in Cairo as soon as Sunday and search for a formula acceptable to Israel and Hamas for...
UN helps Zambian gov't tackle humanitarian crisis
United Nations, March 2: UN humanitarians said Friday that they are supporting the Zambian government-led response to a worsening humanitarian crisis caused by extreme...
Ethiopia secures 46 mln USD grant to improve water access, sanitation
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 2: The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced a 46 million U.S. dollars grant to improve access to water and sanitation...
German public transport paralyzed amid strikes
Berlin [Germany], March 2: The week-long strike in the German local public transport reached its climax on Friday with a nationwide action joined by climate...
19 injured as car strikes crowd in Poland
Warsaw [Poland], March 2: A car struck a crowd at a tram stop in the northwestern Polish city of Szczecin on Friday afternoon, injuring 19...
Ukraine, Netherlands sign deal on security cooperation
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 2: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte signed an agreement on security cooperation between the two countries,...
NASA, SpaceX target Saturday for launching 8th crew mission to space station
Los Angeles [US], March 2: NASA and SpaceX are targeting Saturday to launch the eighth crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
Biden signs stopgap spending bill to avert government shutdown hours before deadline
Washington [US], March 2: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed into law a short-term stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown,...
Canada announces additional ban on imports of Russian diamonds
Ottawa [Canada], March 2: Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly announced on Friday that Canada is imposing additional import restrictions on Russian diamonds.
Services, commerce leading advancement of Mexican economy in 2024
Mexico City [Mexico], March 2: Mexico's economy is advancing at a differentiated pace at the beginning of 2024, with the services and commerce sectors leading...
Australians warned to beware of deep fake scams
Canberra [Australia], March 2: Australians lost millions of dollars to scams promoted in deep fake videos and fake news articles in 2023, a government agency...
Teenager charged over stabbing in Australia's Victoria
Sydney [Australia], March 2: Australian police reported on Saturday that a teenager has been charged in Victoria after a stabbing incident injured two people in...
GETEX 2024 to commence in Dubai on April 24
Dubai [UAE], March 2: GETEX, the Global Education and Training Exhibition, returns to Dubai with its spring edition from April 24 to 26, 2024. The...
Brazil logs $2.17 trillion in GDP in 2023, ninth globally
Sao Paulo [Brazil], March 2: Brazil's gross domestic product (GDP) reached US$2.17 trillion in 2023, placing the South American nation ahead of Canada and...
Thailand attracts nearly 6 million foreign tourists in first eight weeks of...
Bangkok [Thailand], March 2: Thailand welcomed nearly six million foreign visitors between 1st January and 25th February, Minister of Tourism and Sports Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol has...
Germany: 4 shot dead overnight, soldier turns himself in
Lower Saxony [Germany], March 2: A Bundeswehr soldier is suspected of killing four people overnight in the northern German state of Lower Saxony, police and...
Nicaragua accuses Germany of helping 'genocide' in Gaza in ICJ case
The Hague [Netherlands], March 2: Nicaragua on Friday accused Germany of facilitating "genocide" in Gaza in a case started in the International Court of...
Biden says US military to airdrop food and supplies into Gaza
Washington [USA], March 2: U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Friday plans to carry out a first military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza,...
Gaza aid seekers: 100 plus dead, total toll exceeds 30,000
Gaza [Palestine], March 2: Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces on Thursday shot dead more than 100 Palestinians as they waited for an aid delivery,...
WTO 13th Ministerial Conference approves extension to TRIPS Waiver
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 2: The WTO 13th Ministerial Conference today approved an extension to the TRIPS Waiver, enabling developing countries to increase vaccine production...
WTO Director-General: Ministerial Conference got some very good results for developing countries...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 2 : WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said that the Thirteenth WTO Ministerial Conference resulted in very good decisions and thanked the...
1 dead, 2 missing as fishing boat capsizes off S. Korea's southern...
Seoul [South Korea], March 1: A fishing boat capsized off South Korea's southern island of Jeju on Friday, leaving one sailor dead and two others...
The situation in the Middle East worsened
Washington [US], March 1: The Israeli army continues to attack throughout Gaza, while the US is said to be concerned that Israel is planning to...
Former US Ambassador admitted to spying for Cuba for four decades
Havana [Cuba], March 1: Former US Ambassador to Bolivia Victor Manuel Rocha admitted to helping Cuba spy, one of the largest and longest-lasting intrusions into...
Restaurant fire in Bangladesh, at least 43 people died
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 1: The fire at a 6-story building in Bangladesh is believed to have started in a restaurant, possibly due to a gas...
The US is worried that China secretly installed information gathering devices in...
Washington [US], March 1: The US investigated suspicions that technology in cars could help China collect sensitive information, causing Beijing to react harshly.