Tens of thousands of people across the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia have been affected by power outages as post-tropical storm Lee made its exit, provincial agencies said on Sunday. In its latest update, [Read More]
Progress towards the goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 has been too slow in Europe and Central Asia, with most countries likely to miss the interim targets set by the United Nations AIDS [Read More]
The Hungarian government has extended and expanded a ban on Ukrainian agricultural imports . The decision was announced by Hungarian Agriculture Minister Istvan Nagy. Nagy highlighted the termination of the European Union (EU)’s import restrictions [Read More]
Russia’s Central Bank raised the key interest rate by 100 basis points from 12 to 13 percent. The bank last lifted its interest rate during an emergency meeting one month ago in August, where the [Read More]
European stocks closed higher on Thursday after the bloc’s Central Bank (ECB) raised interest rates to 4.0 percent, but hinted this could be the last in a record-setting series of rate hikes. The European Central [Read More]
U.S. President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, was indicted Thursday on federal firearms charges after a planned plea deal collapsed. Hunter Biden, 53, was accused of concealing his drug use during a gun purchase in [Read More]
A forum on logistics of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) on Thursday calls for urgent measures to facilitate trade relations through extensive cooperation. Addressing the forum in Istanbul, Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir [Read More]
A cruise ship carrying 206 passengers and crew remains grounded in a remote location in northeast Greenland, after running aground on Monday afternoon. The Ocean Explorer is stranded in Alpefjord national park, some 600 km [Read More]
An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 rocked Cagayan province in the northern Philippines Tuesday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The institute said the quake, which occurred at 7:03 [Read More]
Five people have sought medical help after a Russian passenger plane made an emergency landing in the southern Novosibirsk region. No casualties were reported following the incident. “According to preliminary information, five people have sought [Read More]
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