World

Interview: Forgetting history is to risk its repetition,...
Germany [Berlin], December 13: Societies that forget or deny their past risk repeating the same mistakes, said Christoph Reinhardt, the...

Roundup: German economy likely to remain weak in...
Germany [Berlin], December 13: Germany's long-awaited economic recovery appears to be slipping further out of reach, with key economic institutes...

Russia hopes to keep military bases in Syria...
Russia [Moscow], December 13: Russia hopes to keep its military bases in Syria as they are important in the fight...

BiH's Livno Cheese added to EU' register of...
Bosnia and Herzegovina [Sarajevo], December 13: The European Commission has officially recognized Bosnia and Herzegovina's "Livno Cheese" (Livanjski sir) as...

2024 Imperial Springs Int'l Forum highlights collective actions...
Spain [Madrid], December 13: The 2024 Imperial Springs International Forum (ISIF) concluded here on Thursday, with attendees from various fields...

Int'l conference held in London to explore role...
England [London], December 13: An international conference on online education and massive open online courses (MOOC) opened in London on...

US House passes massive defense policy bill
Washington DC [US], December 13: The U.S. House of Representatives passed a defense policy bill on Wednesday, governing a record...

UN General Assembly demands ceasefire in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], December 13: The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved resolutions Wednesday demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and backing...

Tonga's prime minister quits moments ahead of no-confidence...
Nuku'alofa [Tonga], December 13: Tonga's Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni abruptly resigned in parliament on Monday ahead of a planned no-confidence...

Tech giants must pay news
Canberra [Australia], December 13: Social media giants Meta, Google and TikTok's owner ByteDance will be forced to pay Australian media...

Chemical weapons use in Syria must be investigated
Damascus [Syria], December 13: The head of the chemical weapons watchdog said he would ask Syria's new leaders to grant...

Israel kills 36 Palestinians in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], December 13: Israel killed 13 Palestinians in two airstrikes in Gaza that Gaza medics and Hamas said were...

Hong Kong ex-democratic lawmaker among seven convicted for...
Hong Kong, December 13: A Hong Kong court convicted prominent former pro-democracy lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting for rioting after a white-shirted...

Major surgeries affected as nurses and midwives strike
Australia [Melbourne], December 13: Major surgeries will be halted at a major hospital as hundreds of nurses and midwives strike...

Time magazine to name Trump 'Person of the...
New York [US], December 12: Donald Trump will ring the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday...

Syria's Golani vows to punish those responsible for...
Damascus [Syria], December 12: The main commander of the fighters who toppled Bashar al-Assad said that anyone involved in the...

Blinken faces Republican critics of Afghanistan withdrawal
New York [US], December 12: Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as an ending...

South Korea police try to raid Yoon's office...
Seoul [South Korea], December 12: South Korean police tried to search President Yoon Suk Yeol's office but have not been...

Vienna Airport welcomes over 30 million passengers for...
Vienna [Austria], December 12: Vienna International Airport has announced surpassing 30 million passengers for the first time since 2019, signalling...

UN appeals for $4.07 billion to support Gaza,...
New York [US], December 12: The United Nations launched an urgent humanitarian appeal today, calling for US$4.07 billion to address...

2024 hottest year on record: WMO report
Geneva [Switzerland], December 12: The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has projected that 2024 is on course to become the hottest...

FAO launches first major global assessment of salt-affected...
Geneva [Switzerland], December 12: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has released the first major global assessment of salt-affected soils...

EU spent €381.4 billion on R&D in 2023
Brussels [Belgium], December 12: In 2023, the EU spent €381.4 billion on research & development (R&D), which is 6.7% more...

Austria drops veto on Bulgaria, Romania fully joining...
Vienna [Austria], December 12: Austria is dropping its veto on Romania and Bulgaria becoming full members of Europe's Schengen free-travel...

Finance Minister Keller-Sutter to be next president of...
Bern [Switzerland], December 12: Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter will become president of her country in 2025, after her formal...

Hungary's Orban calls Putin to discuss diplomacy options...
Moscow [Russia] / Kiev [Ukraine], December 12: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban have spoken on...

Girl, 11, rescued in Med after 3 days...
Freetown [Sierra Leone], December 12: An 11-year-old girl has been rescued after clinging to inner tubes for three days in...