Canada announces deferral in implementing capital gains tax increase
Ottawa [Canada], February 1: The Canadian Minister of Finance Dominic LeBlanc announced on Friday that the federal government is deferring the date to implement capital...
Canada deploys investigators to Washington for midair collision involving Bombardier
Ottawa [Canada], February 1: Canada has sent a team of investigators following a midair collision accident in Washington, D.C. involving American Airlines flight 5342, a...
OpenAI launches "reasoning" model o3-mini
San Francisco [US], February 1: OpenAI on Friday launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) "reasoning" model o3-mini.
U.S. stocks slump after Trump commits to impose tariffs
New York [US], February 1: U.S. stocks dived on Friday, after the White House confirmed that tariffs on Mexico and Canada would take effect on...
Small plane crashes in Philadelphia
New York [US], February 1: A small plane crashed in a neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia on Friday, sparking a large fire, U.S. media reported.
UN forms task force to coordinate war debris removal in Gaza
New York [US], February 1: International organisations and donor entities have begun assessing aid plans, funding programmes and development initiatives required to be launched once...
UN appeals for $500 million to address global human rights needs
Geneva [Switzerland], February 1: Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has launched an appeal to raise $500 million for 2025 to address...
'Gazans depend on us for sheer survival', insists UNRWA
Geneva [Switzerland], February 1: UNRWA said on Friday that its staff are still providing aid to the people of Gaza and the West Bank including...
Norway seizes ship suspected of sabotaging submarine cables in Baltic Sea
Oslo [Norway], February 1: According to Reuters, Norwegian police have detained a Norwegian ship at the request of Latvia on suspicion of damaging a fiber...
US fires dozens of FBI agents who investigated Trump
New York [US], February 1: CNN reported on February 1 that President Donald Trump's administration is about to lay off law enforcement officials, including dozens...
Trump may raise tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico today
New York [US], February 1: The US leader said he would increase import taxes to 25% on goods imported from Canada and Mexico, and 10%...
Another plane crash causes many casualties in the US
New York [US], February 1: The incident occurred near Roosevelt Mall in northeast Philadelphia. The Learjet 55 crashed at around 6:30 p.m. on January 31...
US limits helicopter flights after Washington crash, 41 bodies found
New York [US], February 1: U.S. authorities restricted helicopter flights near Reagan Washington National Airport indefinitely on Friday, after a midair collision between a passenger...
Investigators find black boxes after deadly Washington plane crash
New York [US], February 1: U.S. authorities said on Thursday it was not yet clear why a regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter collided...
Trump takes aim, without evidence, at diversity policies over midair collision
New York [US], February 1: President Donald Trump suggested without evidence on Thursday that the deadly midair collision of two aircraft in Washington was the...
Russia launches themed train to mark Chinese New Year
Moscow [Russia], January 31: Moscow unveiled a themed metro train on Wednesday to mark the start of the Spring Festival, the traditional Chinese New Year...
Belarus president approves resolution on border protection
Minsk [Belarus], January 31: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday approved a resolution on state border protection in 2025.
Italy's GDP grows 0.5 pct in 2024: ISTAT
Rome [Italy], January 31: Italy's economy sputtered into the final quarter of last year with expansion of just 0.5 percent for 2024 as a whole,...
Norwegian Centre Party quits coalition gov't over EU energy directives
Helsinki [Finland], January 31: Norway's Centre Party announced on Thursday that it is leaving the coalition government due to its opposition to European Union (EU)...
Romania faces surge in respiratory infections
Bucharest [Romania], January 31: Romania recorded 133,635 cases of acute respiratory infections and eight flu-related deaths in the week from Jan. 20 to 26, the...
NATO scrambles for drones that can survive the Arctic
New York [US], January 31: In 2023, Mads Petersen, owner of Greenland-based startup Arctic Unmanned, sat in a car to keep warm while he tested...
Belgian airspace reopens after short closure over technical issue
Brussels [Belgium], January 31: Belgian airspace reopened on Thursday after a closure lasting a little over an hour due to a technical issue with air...
France's Le Pen condemns death threats against those trying her
Paris [France], January 31: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said those behind death threats against a judge and prosecutors trying her in a graft...
Nicaragua's Ortega expands power
Managua [Nicaragua], January 31: Constitutional reforms proposed by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega to further consolidate power by extending his control over other parts of government...
Colombia government to propose $2.86 billion tax reform
Bogota [Colombia], January 31: The Colombian government plans to pitch a new tax reform to Congress.
Japan asks 1.2 million people to refrain from bathing to save driver...
Tokyo [Japan], January 31: The sinkhole suddenly appeared in the city of Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, during the morning rush hour on January 28,...
US court rejects ban on handgun sales to people under 21
New York [US], January 31: In 1968, the US Congress passed a federal law prohibiting firearms dealers from dealing in handguns to people between the...