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Spain invests 8.4 mln euros to boost global presence of its food, gastronomy

Spain invests 8.4 mln euros to boost global...

Barcelona [Spain], May 10: Spain is investing 8.4 million euros (9.46 million U.S. dollars) in a fresh push to elevate...

Bulgarian president proposes referendum on euro adoption

Bulgarian president proposes referendum on euro adoption

Sofia [Bulgaria], May 10: Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said on Friday that he is submitting to parliament a proposal to...

Malta becomes Europe's largest ship registry

Malta becomes Europe's largest ship registry

Valletta [Malta], May 10: Malta's ship registry had over 10,000 ships registered by the end of the first quarter of...

Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlaender died at 103

Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlaender died at 103

Berlin [Germany], May 10: Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlaender died at the age of 103 on Friday, according to German media...

Dutch national library appeals to public over theft of rare books

Dutch national library appeals to public over theft...

The Hague [Netherlands], May 10: The National Library of the Netherlands (KB) in The Hague is appealing to the public...

Operation to clear WWI, WWII explosives begins off Lithuania

Operation to clear WWI, WWII explosives begins off...

Vilnius [Lithuania], May 10: An operation to find and clear unexploded ammunition off the coast of Lithuania began on Friday,...

Temperatures remain above 1.5°Cthreshold after second hottest April

Temperatures remain above 1.5°Cthreshold after second hottest April

London [UK], May 10: Last month was the second hottest April on record with world temperatures remaining above the key...

Danish minister meets US envoy over alleged Greenland espionage plot

Danish minister meets US envoy over alleged Greenland...

Copenhagen [Denmark], May 10: Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen met with a senior US embassy official on Thursday to...

Israel won't be involved in new Gaza aid plan, only in security, US envoy says

Israel won't be involved in new Gaza aid...

Jerusalem [Israel], May 10: Israel won't be involved in new Gaza aid plan, only in security, US envoy says A...

US, Europeans finalising 30-day Ukraine-Russia ceasefire proposal, says diplomatic source

US, Europeans finalising 30-day Ukraine-Russia ceasefire proposal, says...

Washington DC [US], May 10: The United States and its European allies are finalising a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire...

In Peru's north, locals remember Pope Leo driving pick-up, playing tennis

In Peru's north, locals remember Pope Leo driving...

Lima [Peru], May 10: The small city of Chiclayo in northern Peru was bustling with excitement on Friday, with businesses...

Warm American welcome for new pope masks US church's deep divide

Warm American welcome for new pope masks US...

Washington DC [US], May 10: As Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Sistine Chapel on...

Quad concludes simulation exercise for Indo-Pacific Logistics Network

Quad concludes simulation exercise for Indo-Pacific Logistics Network

Washington DC [US], May 9: The US Department of State in a statement on Wednesday (local time) said that the...

South Korean presidential candidate accuses party of pushing him out

South Korean presidential candidate accuses party of pushing...

Seoul [South Korea], May 9: South Korea's right-wing presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo accused his party on Thursday of trying to...

Colombia's top court orders arrests of former legislature presidents

Colombia's top court orders arrests of former legislature...

Bogota [Colombia], May 9: Colombia's Supreme Court on Wednesday issued arrest orders for Ivan Name, the former president of the...

Swiftly deporting migrants to Libya would violate court order

Swiftly deporting migrants to Libya would violate court...

New York [US], May 9: A U.S. judge said any effort by the Trump administration to deport migrants to Libya...

Dozens of students arrested in pro-Palestinian protest

Dozens of students arrested in pro-Palestinian protest

New York [US], May 9: Police arrested dozens of Columbia University students who seized part of the school's main library...

Romanian hard-right frontrunner Simion leads opinion poll

Romanian hard-right frontrunner Simion leads opinion poll

Bucharest [Romania], May 9: Romania's hard-right presidential frontrunner George Simion will win the May 18 run-off vote against centrist Bucharest...

Dozens of Gaza communal kitchens shut down

Dozens of Gaza communal kitchens shut down

Palestine [Gaza], May 9: Dozens of community kitchens in Gaza shut their doors on Thursday due to a lack of...

US says solution for Gaza aid is 'steps away'

US says solution for Gaza aid is 'steps...

New York [US], May 9: The U.S. State Department said on Thursday that a solution to be able to deliver...

Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by 2045

Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by...

New York [US], May 9: Bill Gates pledged on Thursday to give away $200 billion via his charitable foundation by...

Putin, Xi reaffirm partnership in face of EU, US trade restrictions

Putin, Xi reaffirm partnership in face of EU,...

Moscow [Russia], May 9: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed their close partnership, which has been...

Danish minister meets US envoy over alleged Greenland espionage plot

Danish minister meets US envoy over alleged Greenland...

Copenhagen [Denmark], May 9: Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen met with a senior US embassy official on Thursday to...

Chicago Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes first US pope

Chicago Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes first US pope

Rome [Italy], May 9: The Catholic Church has a new pope: Chicago Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected on Thursday...

Ukraine reports hundreds of Russian attacks amid three-day ceasefire

Ukraine reports hundreds of Russian attacks amid three-day...

Kiev [Ukraine] /Moscow [Russia], May 9: Russia has violated its own three-day ceasefire in Ukraine more than 700 times, Ukraine's...

Temperatures remain above 1.5°C threshold after second hottest April

Temperatures remain above 1.5°C threshold after second hottest...

London [UK], May 9: Last month was the second hottest April on record with world temperatures remaining above the key...

German president warns against forgetting WWII lessons

German president warns against forgetting WWII lessons

Berlin [Germany], May 9: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier reminded the country of the lessons learned from World War II in...