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Slovak PM slams EU plan to halt Russian...
Bratislava [Slovakia], May 8: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday blamed the European Commission's proposal to completely halt energy...

Venezuelan opposition members leave Argentinian embassy after months
Washington DC [US], May 8: Five Venezuelan opposition figures that had been sheltering in the Argentinian embassy in Caracas for...

Damascus signals openness to peace talks with Israel,...
Damascus [Syria], May 8: Informed sources in Damascus have revealed that the Syrian government is open to dialogue regarding a...

Ukrainian drone strikes leave 60,000 people stranded at...
Moscow [Russia], May 8: Ukrainian drone attacks have caused major flight chaos in Russia, with delays, diversions and cancellations affecting...

Israeli attacks kill over 60 Palestinians as Gaza...
Jerusalem [Israel], May 8: Israel's attacks on Gaza have killed at least 61 people since dawn, targeting civilians in crowded...

Vance says US thinks Russia's asking too much...
Moscow [Russia], May 8: The US government currently considers Russia's conditions for ending the war in Ukraine to be excessive,...

Junta in quake-hit Myanmar extends ceasefire to May...
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], May 8: Myanmar's junta has extended a temporary ceasefire to May 31 to support reconstruction efforts following a...

Black smoke after first conclave vote
Washington DC [US], May 8: Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signalling an...

Wildfire destroys 12,500 acres of land on England's...
London [UK], May 7: A wildfire has destroyed about 12,500 acres (50.6 square kilometres) of moorland on Dartmoor in south-west...

Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia returns home after medical...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 7: Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia returned to Dhaka on Tuesday after undergoing medical treatment in...

Global AI spending to increase by 60% to...
New York [US], May 7: Global artificial intelligence (AI) spending is projected to rise significantly in the coming years, with...

Dollar dips, gold soars in Trump 2.0's first...
New York [US], May 7: The first 100 days of US President Donald Trump's second term has seen the US...

Carney tells Trump Canada will 'never' be for...
Washington [US], May 7: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney humorously but unequivocally rejected any territorial ambitions on the part of...

No sense in Gaza talks amid Israel's 'hunger...
Gaza [Palestine], May 7: Hamas will no longer engage in ceasefire negotiations with Israel, seeing no point in doing so...

Germany's Merz elected chancellor on second try after...
Berlin [Germany], May 7: German conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected by lawmakers as the country's new chancellor on Tuesday,...

U.S., Canadian leaders disagree on "51st state" and...
Ottawa [Canada], May 7: U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met in the White House on...

2nd Amazon boycott happens May 6 to 12
New York [US], May 7: A second boycott against Amazon and its affiliated businesses will be held from May 6...

Magnitude 4.7 earthquake strikes western Indonesia
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 7: A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck west of Tobelo, Indonesia, on Tuesday, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency...

48 Palestinians martyred in Gaza in past 24...
Gaza [Palestine], May 7: A total of 48 Palestinians were martyred and 142 injured in Israeli airstrikes across various areas...

Saudi Crown Prince, Iraqi Prime Minister discuss enhancing...
Riyadh [Saudi], May 7: His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister...

Drone strikes on Port Sudan puts aid deliveries...
Khartoum [Sudan], May 7: Explosions and fires rocked Sudan's wartime capital, Port Sudan, on Tuesday, a witness said, part of...

Cardinals enter seclusion ahead of secret conclave to...
Washington DC [US], May 7: Cardinals who will take part in the secret conclave to elect a new Catholic pope...

Israel hits Yemen's main airport in airstrike
Jerusalem [Israel], May 7: The Israeli military carried out an airstrike on Yemen's main airport in Sanaa on Tuesday, its...

Russia and Ukraine exchange 205 prisoners of war...
Moscow [Russia], May 7: Russia and Ukraine swapped 205 prisoners of war each in an exchange mediated by the United...

Almost half of Gazans willing to leave
Gaza Strip [Palestine], May 7: Almost half of Gazans may be willing to apply to Israel to help them leave...

All 133 cardinals to elect new pope gather,...
Rome [Italy], May 6: In a statement on May 5, the Vatican confirmed that the cardinals eligible to elect the...

Faced with backlash over photo of Pope in...
Washington [US], May 6: Reuters on May 6 quoted US President Donald Trump trying to calm the backlash against the...