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Microsoft to spend 80 bln USD on AI data centers in fiscal 2025

Microsoft to spend 80 bln USD on AI...

San Francisco [California], January 4: Microsoft has earmarked 80 billion U.S. dollars in fiscal 2025 to build data centers designed...

Canada increases cost recovery for removing inadmissible individuals

Canada increases cost recovery for removing inadmissible individuals

Ottawa [Canada], January 4: The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced on Friday a new measure to reduce the cost...

Rivian delivers more than 50,000 EVs in 2024

Rivian delivers more than 50,000 EVs in 2024

San Francisco [California], January 4: U.S. electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Rivian said on Friday that the company delivered 51,579 electric...

Weekly storage of natural gas in U.S. decreases: EIA

Weekly storage of natural gas in U.S. decreases:...

Houston [Texas], January 4: Working gas storage in the contiguous United States was 3,413 billion cubic feet in the week...

Number of active U.S. drilling rigs unchanged this week

Number of active U.S. drilling rigs unchanged this...

Houston [Texas], January 4: The number of active drilling rigs in the United States stands at 589 this week, unchanged...

U.S. stocks rebound as market sentiment improves

U.S. stocks rebound as market sentiment improves

Albany [New York], January 4: U.S. stocks ended higher on Friday, following stronger-than-expected manufacturing data and an optimistic economic outlook...

CES 2025 to convene in U.S. Las Vegas next week

CES 2025 to convene in U.S. Las Vegas...

Los Angeles [California], January 4: The 2025 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world's premier tech show, will kick off in...

Barcelona coach Flick unhappy with Olmo situation

Barcelona coach Flick unhappy with Olmo situation

Madrid [Spain], January 4: FC Barcelona coach Hansi Flick admitted he was "not happy" about the situation that has seen...

Hostage-taking at French prison ends with no casualties

Hostage-taking at French prison ends with no casualties

Paris [France], January 4: The hostage-taking incident that occurred on Friday afternoon at a prison in the southern French city...

Farmers protest EU trade policies in Warsaw

Farmers protest EU trade policies in Warsaw

Warsaw [Poland], January 4: Farmers' organizations took to the streets of central Warsaw on Friday to protest against European Union...

Italy reports record cyber-fraud cases in 2024

Italy reports record cyber-fraud cases in 2024

Rome [Italy], January 4: Italy's Postal Police said Friday they investigated 18,714 cyber-fraud cases in 2024, resulting in over 181...

Ukrainian prime minister sets out 10 gov't priorities for 2025

Ukrainian prime minister sets out 10 gov't priorities...

Kyiv [Ukraine], January 4: Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Friday outlined ten priorities of his government's agenda this year,...

Croatia sees 21 pct rise in wildfires in 2024

Croatia sees 21 pct rise in wildfires in...

Zagreb [Croatia], January 4: Croatia experienced a 21 percent increase in wildfires last year compared to 2023, the Croatian Firefighting...

Heavy snow disrupts traffic in BiH

Heavy snow disrupts traffic in BiH

Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], January 4: Heavy snow severely disrupted traffic in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Friday, particularly in...

Austrian coalition talks collapse as NEOS quits

Austrian coalition talks collapse as NEOS quits

Vienna [Austria], January 4: Talks on forming a three-party coalition government in Austria collapsed on Friday after the smallest party...

Montenegrin protesters slam police handling of mass shooting

Montenegrin protesters slam police handling of mass shooting

Podgorica [Montenegro], January 4: Hundreds of Montenegrins protested in the capital Podgorica against what they see as a lack of...

Trump to be sentenced over hush money case but judge signals no jail time

Trump to be sentenced over hush money case...

Albany [New York], January 4: A judge has ordered that Donald Trump will be sentenced on 10 January in his...

Australia's southeast sweats through heatwave, facing bushfire risk

Australia's southeast sweats through heatwave, facing bushfire risk

Canberra [Australia], January 4: Australia's southeast sweltered in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and led authorities...

Latest Russian overnight drone attack repelled: Ukraine

Latest Russian overnight drone attack repelled: Ukraine

Kiev [Ukraine], January 3: Ukrainian forces shot down 47 of 72 Russian drones aimed at the country in the latest...

At least 10 wounded in shooting outside event venue in Queens

At least 10 wounded in shooting outside event...

New York [US], January 3: At least 10 people were wounded when a group of men opened fire outside an...

At least 27 people killed and dozens rescued after two shipwrecks off Tunisia

At least 27 people killed and dozens rescued...

Tunis [Tunisia], January 3: At least 27 people including women and children have died and 83 others were rescued after...

Authorities confirm 12 victims of Montenegro gunman attack

Authorities confirm 12 victims of Montenegro gunman attack

Budapest [Hungary], January 3: Authorities in Montenegro confirmed on Thursday that at least 12 people were killed, including two children,...

South Korean police raid Muan airport following fatal plane crash

South Korean police raid Muan airport following fatal...

Beijing [China], January 3: Police in South Korea have raided the airport of Muan following a deadly plane crash on...

Dinosaur footprints dating back 166mn years found in UK

Dinosaur footprints dating back 166mn years found in...

London [UK], January 3: Researchers have discovered nearly 200 dinosaur footprints dating back 166 million years buried under mud in...

High-level Syrian delegation makes first official visit to Saudi Arabia

High-level Syrian delegation makes first official visit to...

Cairo [Egypt], January 3: A high-level delegation from Syria's transitional government visited Saudi Arabia on Thursday, marking their first foreign...

UN urges Palestinian Authority to reverse Al Jazeera suspension

UN urges Palestinian Authority to reverse Al Jazeera...

Geneva [Switzerland], January 3: The United Nations has urged the Palestinian Authority to "reverse course", after it suspended broadcasts by...

'Extraordinary' Zambian musician dies after New Year's Eve crash

'Extraordinary' Zambian musician dies after New Year's Eve...

Lusaka [Zambia], January 3: Dandy Krazy, one of Zambia's most popular musicians, has died from injuries caused by a road...