Trump meets U.S. oil companies on investment in Venezuela's oil industry
New York [US], January 10: U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday promoted his plan of securing investment of at least 100 billion U.S. dollars to...
Trump says to make deal to acquire Greenland in "easy way" or...
Washington DC [US], January 10: U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said a deal will be made for the United States to acquire Greenland in...
Trump says Colombian president to visit U.S. in February
Washington DC [US], January 10: U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he looks forward to having a meeting with Colombian President Gustavo Petro in the...
Consumer Electronics Show concludes with AI dominating tech spotlight
Las Vegas [Nevada], January 10: The 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) concluded here on Friday, highlighting rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and its expanding...
Brazilian, Spanish leaders discuss Mercosur-EU deal, Venezuela
BrasÃlia [Brazil], January 10: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday discussed the Mercosur-EU free trade agreement...
Crippling cold, snow, power outages hit Europe, wreaking chaos
Berlin [Germany], January 10: A powerful winter outbreak is sweeping across Europe, battering more than a dozen countries with heavy snow, freezing rain, and gale-force...
Recent U.S. actions, rhetoric unsettle allies, put Finland in bind: Finnish daily
Helsinki [Finland], January 10: Recent U.S. actions and rhetoric are increasingly being viewed in Europe as a drift toward power politics that could put close...
Hungary opposes EU-Mercosur trade deal, citing risks to farmers
Budapest [Hungary], January 10: Hungary rejects any agreement that threatens the competitiveness of its farmers, including the European Union's (EU) trade deal with South America's...
Protest against U.S. actions in Venezuela held in Riga
Riga [Latvia], January 10: A protest against U.S. actions in Venezuela took place on Friday in front of Riga Castle, with demonstrators carrying flags of...
Austria records sharp fall in U.S. exports: Statistics Austria
Vienna [Austria], January 10: Austria's exports to the United States dropped by 20.8 percent to 10.8 billion euros (12.5 billion U.S. dollars) in the first...
German industrial output down 1.2 pct in first 11 months of 2025:...
Berlin [Germany], January 10: Germany's industrial production fell 1.2 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2025, official data showed Friday, putting Europe's largest...
UK slams Grok changes as "insulting" to abuse victims
London [UK], January 10: British media outlets on Friday quoted the office of the British prime minister as saying that changes imposed on Grok, an...
Spanish economy resilient despite global uncertainty: minister
Barcelona [Spain], January 10: Spain ended 2025 with economic growth of 2.9 percent and is expected to expand by 2.2 percent in 2026, "twice the...
Dutch parties opt for minority government
The Hague [Netherlands], January 10: Dutch parties D66, VVD and CDA announced on Friday that they will collaborate to form a minority cabinet following a...
Polish farmers rally against EU-Mercosur trade deal
Warsaw [Poland], January 10: Polish farmers held a protest on Friday, voicing strong opposition to the EU-Mercosur agreement, under which the EU will phase out...
Russian military plane performs first-ever aerial refueling near North Pole
Moscow [Russia], January 10: The crew of a Tu-142MK aircraft from Russia's Northern Fleet completed the first-ever aerial refueling operation near the North Pole, the...
France's LFI files no-confidence motion over EU-Mercosur trade deal
Paris [France], January 10: France's hard-left party La France Insoumise (LFI) on Friday filed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's government, accusing it...
UK allocates $270 million to prepare for possible Ukraine deployment
Moscow [Russia], January 10: Britain said it was allocating 200 million pounds ($270 million) to fund preparations for the possible deployment of troops to Ukraine,...
Sudan war hits 1,000 days as millions face starvation, violence, say UN...
Khartoum [Sudan], January 10: Sudan's war reached the grim milestone of 1,000 days on Friday (January 9), with U.N. aid officials warning of a "staggering"...
Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters rally on the streets of Minneapolis
Washington DC [US], January 10: Hundreds of protesters gathered in Minneapolis on Friday (January 9) to decry Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a...
US talk of Greenland grab already damaging NATO
Washington, DC [US], January 9: NATO has hundreds and hundreds of pages of detailed military plans on how to protect itself against attack, but the...
Trump claims he ended eight wars, says Norway "foolishly" denied him Nobel...
Washington, DC [US], January 9: US President Donald Trump claimed that he had "single-handedly ENDED 8 WARS" and maintained that although the Nobel Peace Prize...
Trump greenlights Russia sanctions bill: "Will give leverage against China, India", says...
Washington DC [US], January 9: American Senator Lindsey Graham on Wednesday said that US President Donald Trump has given a green light to the bipartisan...
Bangladesh: BNP leader Azizur Rahman Musabbir shot dead in Dhaka
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 9: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Azizur Rahman Musabbir was shot dead, while Abu Sufian Masud, General Secretary of the Karwan Bazar...
Vance on Greenland: Take the president seriously
New York [US], January 9: U.S. Vice President JD Vance said European leaders should take President Trump "seriously" on his push to bring Greenland under...
UN predicts world economic growth to slip to 2.7% in 2026
New York [US], January 9: The United Nations released the World Economic Situation and Prospect report on Thursday (January 8).
UN chief regrets US withdrawal from 66 international organisations
New York [US], January 9: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed regret at the US announcement that it will withdraw from 66 international organisations.