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GCC finance undersecretaries meet in Kuwait

GCC finance undersecretaries meet in Kuwait

Kuwait, May 8: The Sultanate of Oman participated today in the 73rd meeting of GCC Finance Undersecretaries, held in Kuwait...

When OPEC+ 'plays with a knife and cuts its hand'

When OPEC+ 'plays with a knife and cuts...

Vienna [Austria], May 8: Some members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and some partners, collectively known...

North Korea launches a series of missiles

North Korea launches a series of missiles

Pyongyang [North Korea], May 8: North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on the...

Cardinals set for second day of conclave to elect a new pope

Cardinals set for second day of conclave to...

Rome [Italy], May 8: The largest and most geographically diverse conclave in history was due to resume, with Roman Catholic...

Junta in quake-hit Myanmar extends ceasefire to May 31

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...

Vatican conclave to pick new pope, world waits for white smoke

Vatican conclave to pick new pope, world waits...

Rome [Italy], May 8: Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from...

US and China to start talks over trade war this week

US and China to start talks over trade...

New York [US], May 8: US and Chinese officials are set to start talks this week to try to deescalate...

Western WWII narratives challenged during Xi's Moscow visit

Western WWII narratives challenged during Xi's Moscow visit

New York [US], May 8: Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Russia today for a four-day state...

Trump says US forges deal to stop bombing Houthis

Trump says US forges deal to stop bombing...

New York [US], May 8: President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. will stop bombing the Houthis in...

Merz, Macron seek restart of Franco-German ties

Merz, Macron seek restart of Franco-German ties

Paris [France], May 8: Less than 24 hours after taking office, Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with French President...

Finnish city welcomes TikTok data center, anticipates major economic boost

Finnish city welcomes TikTok data center, anticipates major...

Helsinki [Finland], May 8: Kouvola, a city in southeastern Finland, has welcomed TikTok's decision to establish a new data center...

Slovak PM slams EU plan to halt Russian energy imports as "economic suicide"

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

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, but with conditions

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 Russian airports

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 blockade accelerates starvation

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 to end war

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 31

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

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 Dartmoor

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 treatment

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 $360bn in 2025

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 100 days

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...

Oman announces ceasefire between US and Houthis

Oman announces ceasefire between US and Houthis

Cairo [Egypt], May 7: Oman has brokered a ceasefire between the United States and Yemen's Houthi rebels, according to a...

Carney tells Trump Canada will 'never' be for sale

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...

Total blackout after drone strikes, fire in Sudanese city of Port Sudan

Total blackout after drone strikes, fire in Sudanese...

Khartoum [Sudan], May 7: Multiple explosions have been heard and a huge fire has erupted in Port Sudan, as the...

Houthis vow to retaliate after Israel hits Sanaa airport

Houthis vow to retaliate after Israel hits Sanaa...

Tel Aviv [Israel] / Cairo [Egypt], May 7: The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have threatened Israel with retaliation following Israel's...