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News Analysis: Experts expect gradual ECB rate cuts...
Brussels [Belgium], January 8: Eurozone inflation, as Eurostat reported, hit 2.4 percent in December, the highest since July, but experts...

Earthquake in Tibet kills more than 120
Lhasa [Tibet], January 8: A strong earthquake, opens new tab struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's...

US, Taliban in talks to swap detainees
Washington DC [US], January 8: The Biden administration is negotiating with Afghanistan to exchange Americans detained in the country for...

Ghana's Mahama returns as president, vowing to boost...
Accra [Ghana], January 8: John Dramani Mahama was sworn in for a second term as Ghana's president at a ceremony...

Austrian far right demands conservatives be 'honest' in...
Vienna [Austria], January 8: Austrian far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leader Herbert Kickl called on the conservative People's Party (OVP) to...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's post-war far...
Paris [France], January 8: Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front party who tapped into blue-collar anger...

Trump will not rule out force to take...
Nuuk [Greenland], January 8: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out using military or economic action to...

Egypt discovers 4,000-year-old tomb near Cairo
Cairo [Egypt], January 7: A joint French-Swiss archaeological mission has discovered an over 4,000-year-old mastaba at the Saqqara archaeological site,...

US Congress ratifies Trump's victory
New York [US], January 7: As President of the US Senate, US Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost to Mr....

First person dies of bird flu in the...
New York [US], January 7: On January 6, the Louisiana Department of Health announced that a patient over 65 years...

Indonesia joins BRICS bloc as full member
Bali [Indonesia], January 7: Brazil's government said in a statement that Indonesia is formally joining BRICS as a full member,...

Blinken calls for push to get Gaza truce...
New York [US], January 7: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for a final push for a Gaza ceasefire...

Three Israelis killed in northern West Bank Shooting
Gaza [Palestine], January 7: Three Israelis were killed and several injured in a shooting attack on a car and bus...

Venezuela to free 146 more election protesters
Caracas [Venezuela], January 7: Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek Saab said that 146 more people arrested after a July election are...

Russians capture strategic town of Kurakhove in east...
Moscow [Russia] / Kiev [Ukraine], January 7: Russian troops have captured the strategically important small town of Kurakhove in the...

Far-right Freedom Party of Austria tasked with forming...
Vienna [Austria], January 7: Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen has officially tasked the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ)...

Canada's Trudeau resigns as party leader and PM
New York [US], January 7: Justin Trudeau said on Monday he plans to step down as leader of his governing...

Indonesia gives free meals to children and pregnant...
Bali [Indonesia], January 7: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's ambitious multibillion-dollar programme to provide free meals to more than a quarter...

Israel and Hamas close to hostage deal: Report
Gaza [Palestine], January 7: Hamas has approved a list of 34 Israeli hostages to be exchanged in a possible ceasefire...

HMPV virus cases rising across world
Beijing [China], January 7: A Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) outbreak in China has sparked global concern, prompting countries like India to...

US warns of Kremlin plan to share satellite...
Seoul [South Korea], January 7: Russia intends to share advanced space and satellite technology with its ally North Korea, US...

S Korean police asked to arrest Yoon
Seoul [South Korea], January 7: South Korea's police have been asked to arrest suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol, the Yonhap...

Seoul says Pyongyang launched ballistic missile towards Sea...
Seoul [South Korea], January 7: North Korea has fired an unidentified ballistic missile, the South Korean military said on Monday.

Italy reports drop in migrant arrivals via Mediterranean...
Rome [Italy], January 7: Significantly fewer irregular migrants arrived in Italy via the Mediterranean Sea last year than in previous...

Tyres burst as Etihad pilot aborts Melbourne take-off...
Bangkok [Thailand], January 7: The pilot of a fast-moving Etihad Airways passenger jet slammed on the emergency brakes moments before...

Former French president Sarkozy on trial over Libyan...
Paris [France], January 7: The trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges related to alleged Libyan funding of...

Egypt, US Foreign Ministers discuss developments in Gaza,...
Cairo [Egypt], January 6: Egyptian Foreign Minister Dr. Badr Abdel Aaty and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a...