X Corp welcomes Meta's thumbs-down for fact-checking
New York [US], January 10: Meta's decision to ditch independent fact-checking on its US platforms "couldn't be more validating" for its own decision to let...
Search widens for Tibet quake survivors as tens of thousands moved to...
Lhasa [Tibet], January 10: Authorities moved more than 47,000 people to shelters in earthquake-hit Tibet, Chinese officials said, while rescuers widen a massive combing effort...
UN predicts world economic growth to remain at 2.8% in 2025
New York [US], January 10: Global economic growth is projected to remain at 2.8% in 2025, unchanged from 2024, held back by the top two...
Russia keeping close eye on Trump's claim to Greenland
Moscow [Russia], January 10: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia is closely monitoring the situation, after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out...
New York's top court rejects Trump bid to delay hush-money case sentencing
New York [US], January 10: New York's top court has rejected an attempt by United States President-elect Donald Trump to delay sentencing for his criminal...
Jimmy Carter honoured with state funeral in Washington
Washington [US], January 10: Former United States President Jimmy Carter has been honoured with a state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral, capping nearly a...
Five dead, over 1,000 homes destroyed as LA wildfires rage
New York [US], January 10: At least five people have died, four firefighters have been injured and more than 1,000 homes have been destroyed as...
Meloni positions herself as EU-US 'bridge builder'
Rome [Italy], January 10: Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is aiming for a central leadership role in Europe as President-elect Donald Trump prepares his return...
US, Germany pledge more aid for Ukraine
Berlin [Germany], January 10: Washington and Berlin pledged more aid for Ukraine as allies of the embattled nation gathered with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky at...
Massive crowd joins largest religious procession in Philippines
Manila [Philippines], January 10: A massive crowd of over 7.4 million mostly barefoot devotees on Thursday joined the largest religious procession in the predominantly Catholic...
Concert marks a month of Assad's fall
Damascus [Syria], January 10: It's been a month since Bashar Al-Assad was overthrown, ending more than five decades of his family's rule in Syria and...
EIB plans to double support for Bangladesh
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 10: The European Investment Bank (EIB) plans to double its financial support for Bangladesh to €2 billion (approximately $2.06 billion), mainly through...
Donald Trump requests US Supreme Court to pause sentencing in hush money...
Washington [US], January 9: US President-elect Donald Trump requested the Supreme Court, to pause his sentencing in the hush money case, scheduled for Janaury 10,...
"Expected during winter," WHO official on HMPV virus
Geneva [Switzerland], January 9: Amid concerns surrounding the Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) virus, WHO official, Margaret Harris, said that the rise observed in the number of...
10 patients evacuated for treatment in Jordan, US
New York [US], January 9: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said his organisation and partners facilitated the medical evacuation of four patients...
Ukrainian prisoners executed by Russia: UN
Geneva [Switzerland], January 9: The UN Human Rights Office says it has credible reports of the execution of 62 Ukrainian prisoners by members of the...
Israel bombs women, children in Gaza's 'safe zone'
Gaza [Palestine], January 9: Many women and young children have been reported killed in Israel's latest attacks on Gaza, with nearly 50 people killed and...
Palisades fire in Los Angeles destroys 1,000 structures; no containment
Los Angeles [US], January 9: The worst-case scenario has been realized in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles, where an estimated 1,000 structures, many...
Trudeau says not 'a snowball's chance in hell' Canada will join US
New York [US], January 9: There is not "a snowball's chance in hell" that Canada will become the 51st US state, outgoing Canadian Prime Minister...
Germany and France warn Trump over threat to take over Greenland
Berlin [Germany] / Paris [France], January 9: Germany and France have warned Donald Trump against threatening Greenland, after the US president-elect refused to rule out...
Romania's ruling coalition agrees to hold presidential election on May 4
Bucharest [Romania], January 9: Romania's ruling coalition has agreed to have the first round of the presidential elections on May 4, 2025, with a potential...
Wildfires rage out of control near Los Angeles, killing at least two
Los Angeles [California], January 9: At least two people were killed as a trio of fast-growing wildfires raged out of control near Los Angeles, destroying...
Urgency mounts in search for survivors of powerful Tibet earthquake
Lhasa [Tibet], January 9: More than 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet have been rescued.
Russian strike kills 13 in Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia
Moscow [Russia], January 9: A Russian guided bomb attack killed at least 13 people and injured 29 others in Ukraine's southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, authorities...
Italian journalist Sala freed from Iran prison, returns home
Rome [Italy], January 9: Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was freed by Iran and returned home, three weeks after she was detained in Tehran during a...
WHO says respiratory virus HMPV in China is 'common,' not a threat
Geneva [Switzerland], January 8: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday offered reassurance about HMPV, a respiratory infection that is spreading in China, emphasizing that...
Bangladesh revokes passport of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 8: Bangladesh's interim administration has revoked the passport of its ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and 74 others for their alleged role...