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Norway this week saw the largest percentage of oil prices increase since the Gulf War in 1991, which could lead to more expensive airfares, public broadcaster NRK reports. An increase of almost 15 percent happened […]

A first-ever private eatery run by staff with hearing impairment was opened in Myanmar’s Yangon earlier this month, creating a deaf-friendly environment. “The Able,” a sign language book cafe, is entirely staffed by six hearing-impaired […]

In 2018, the world’s total private financial assets declined for the first time since the financial crisis in 2008, the “Allianz Global Wealth Report 2019,” published by Germany’s largest insurance company, showed on Wednesday. Financial […]

– Latvian customs has seized over three tons of narcotics raw materials, the Latvian State revenue service said on Wednesday. State revenue service’s customs department carried out raids in warehouses and apartments in the capital […]

More than 100 artillery shells dating back to the World War II have been found in a school yard in Ternopil in western Ukraine and moved to a safe place for disposal, the Ternopil regional […]

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has registered a sharp increase of ceasefire violations in Donbas in eastern Ukraine, OSCE special envoy Martin Sajdik said Wednesday. Sajdik made the remarks during a […]

Tsentr-2019 (Center-2019) military exercises involving eight countries began on Monday in Russia, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. A total of 128,000 troops, more than 20,000 units of […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson likened himself to the Incredible Hulk in an interview on Saturday ahead of talks with European leaders. “The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets,” Johnson told the Mail on […]