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Heavy rains trigger floods in central BiH
Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], January 11: Heavy rains have once more triggered flooding in Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) central region....

Roundup: Ukraine's halt of Russian gas transit tightens...
Valletta [Malta], January 11: Since the halt of Russian gas transit through Ukraine on Jan. 1, Europe has been grappling...

Tens of thousands of German SMEs facing closure...
Frankfurt [Germany], January 11: Approximately 231,000 owners of small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs) in Germany are considering closing their businesses...

Brussels Motor Show kicks off, Chinese brands under...
Brussels [Belgium], January 11: The 101st edition of the Brussels Motor Show kicked off on Friday, offering car enthusiasts an...

Austria's coalition talks led by far-right Freedom Party...
Vienna [Austria], January 11: Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg was sworn in as the country's interim chancellor on Friday, succeeding...

South Korea presidential security chief warns against violent...
Seoul [South Korea], January 11: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's security chief said the impeached leader, who faces arrest...

Trump avoids punishment at hush money sentencing before...
Washington DC [US], January 11: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or face any other punishment for...

Australia violated refugees' rights in offshore detention centre,...
Canberra [Australia], January 11: A U.N. committee found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of...

74 children killed in Gaza in first week...
Gaza [Palestine], January 10: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported that at least 74 children have been killed...

Urgent upskilling needed to cater 78 million new...
Geneva [Switzerland], January 10: The World Economic Forum (WEF) said that job disruption will equate to 22 percent of the...

California fires: Biden cancels final official overseas trip
California [US], January 10: US President Joe Biden has called off a trip to Rome and the Vatican to monitor...

Venezuela: Opposition leader Machado arrested
Caracas [Venezuela], January 10: Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's team and Venezuelan media report that Machado was arrested in Caracas...

Elon Musk's Starlink talks with Italy raise concerns
Rome [Italy], January 10: As a debate intensifies in several European countries over Elon Musk's attempts to influence domestic politics,...

Los Angeles wildfires spread to Hollywood as 100,000...
Los Angeles [US], January 10: Raging wildfires surrounding Los Angeles spread to the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday, after five other...

X Corp welcomes Meta's thumbs-down for fact-checking
New York [US], January 10: Meta's decision to ditch independent fact-checking on its US platforms "couldn't be more validating" for...

Search widens for Tibet quake survivors as tens...
Lhasa [Tibet], January 10: Authorities moved more than 47,000 people to shelters in earthquake-hit Tibet, Chinese officials said, while rescuers...

UN predicts world economic growth to remain at...
New York [US], January 10: Global economic growth is projected to remain at 2.8% in 2025, unchanged from 2024, held...

Russia keeping close eye on Trump's claim to...
Moscow [Russia], January 10: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia is closely monitoring the situation, after US President-elect Donald...

New York's top court rejects Trump bid to...
New York [US], January 10: New York's top court has rejected an attempt by United States President-elect Donald Trump to...

Jimmy Carter honoured with state funeral in Washington
Washington [US], January 10: Former United States President Jimmy Carter has been honoured with a state funeral at the Washington...

Five dead, over 1,000 homes destroyed as LA...
New York [US], January 10: At least five people have died, four firefighters have been injured and more than 1,000...

Meloni positions herself as EU-US 'bridge builder'
Rome [Italy], January 10: Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is aiming for a central leadership role in Europe as President-elect...

US, Germany pledge more aid for Ukraine
Berlin [Germany], January 10: Washington and Berlin pledged more aid for Ukraine as allies of the embattled nation gathered with...

Massive crowd joins largest religious procession in Philippines
Manila [Philippines], January 10: A massive crowd of over 7.4 million mostly barefoot devotees on Thursday joined the largest religious...

Concert marks a month of Assad's fall
Damascus [Syria], January 10: It's been a month since Bashar Al-Assad was overthrown, ending more than five decades of his...

Lebanese parliament elects army commander president
Beirut [Lebanon], January 10: The Lebanese parliament elected armed forces commander Joseph Aoun as the country's new president on Thursday...

Three Gaza hospitals face imminent closure as latest...
Gaza [Palestine], January 10: Three more hospitals in Gaza could be shut down due to lack of fuel, the UN...