Lebanese blast investigator charges former PM, top public prosecutor
BEIRUT,Jan 25,2023: The judge probing the 2020 Beirut blast has charged Lebanon’s top public prosecutor, the then-premier and other ...
Russia downgrades ties with Estonia, expels ambassador
Jan 23,2023:Russia has downgraded diplomatic relations with Estonia and ordered its ambassador to leave, citing the Baltic nation’s ...
EU lawmakers to vote on tighter crypto, environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk rules for banks
Jan 23,2023:Banks would have to set aside a punitive amount of capital to cover holdings of cryptoassets under a draft law due to be ...
It’s ‘now or never’ to stop Japan’s shrinking population, PM says
TOKYO,Jan 23,2023: Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida pledged on Monday to take urgent steps to tackle the country’s declining ...
Thousands march on Peru’s capital as unrest spreads
Jan 21,2023:Thousands of protesters in Peru, many from the country’s heavily indigenous south, descended on Lima, the capital, ...
Chris Hipkins set to replace Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand prime minister
Wellington: Chris Hipkins, New Zealand’s incumbent minister for police, education and public service, is set to replace Jacinda ...
Google parent to lay off 12,000 workers as AI focus intensifies
Jan 20 ,2023: Google’s parent Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) is cutting about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, it said in a staff ...
Jacinda Ardern to step down as NZ leader
WELLINGTON, Jan 19,2023: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday made a shock announcement she had “no more in the ...
UN reports ‘alarming’ rise in Rohingya deaths at sea in 2022
Jan 18,2023:The UN says there was an “alarming” rise in the number of Rohingya refugees lost at sea fleeing their Myanmar homeland ...
China’s population shrinks for first time in over 60 years
Jan 17,2023:China’s population has decreased for the first time in more than 60 years, official data shows — a historic turn for ...