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Air passenger numbers to top five billion in 2025: IATA 10 Dec 2024 - 01:53 pm

Geneva: Air passenger numbers are forecast to top five billion for the first time next year and the sector's revenues will break the...

Japan's atomic bomb survivors to accept Nobel Prize in Oslo 10 Dec 2024 - 12:45 pm

Oslo: This year's Nobel Peace Prize will be presented Tuesday to Japan's atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo, which lobbies against the weapons...

Iceland wants immigrants to learn the language 10 Dec 2024 - 12:38 pm

Reykjavik: In Iceland's parliament, six cleaners take a break from their duties to spend time learning Icelandic, seen as one of the principal...

Spain royals join memorial mass for flood victims 09 Dec 2024 - 11:01 pm

Valencia: Spain's King Felipe joined hundreds of mourners in a memorial mass on Monday for victims of the devastating floods that killed 230...

Ghana opposition leader Mahama officially wins election 09 Dec 2024 - 10:51 pm

Accra: Ghana's opposition leader John Mahama on Monday officially won the country's election, easily defeating the ruling party candidate after voters punished the...

Rare Roman coin sells for €1.98 million at auction 09 Dec 2024 - 10:29 pm

Geneva: A rare Roman coin featuring the portrait of Brutus, the assassin of statesman Julius Caesar, sold on Monday at a Geneva auction...

Nearly 200 dead in Haiti massacre as voodoo community reportedly targeted 09 Dec 2024 - 09:44 pm

Port-au-Prince: Nearly 200 people in Haiti were killed in brutal weekend violence reportedly orchestrated against voodoo practitioners, with the government on Monday condemning...

Situation in Syria set to stabilize within few days, says Syrian Minister 09 Dec 2024 - 07:21 pm

Damascus: Minister of Administrative Development in the former Syrian regime, Salam Al Saffaf, emphasized that Syria has entered a new era following the...

Scandinvian trio suspend Syrian asylum decisions after Bashar fall 09 Dec 2024 - 06:58 pm

Stockholm: Sweden, Norway and Denmark on Monday suspended decisions on Syrian asylum requests and deportations after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. "Given...

Toll in Hague building collapse climbs to six 09 Dec 2024 - 06:38 pm

The Hague: The death toll from an explosion and fire that destroyed an apartment block in The Hague climbed to six on Monday,...

US stocks little changed ahead of key inflation report 09 Dec 2024 - 06:15 pm

New York: Wall Street stocks treaded water early Monday, consolidating the prior week's gains ahead of key inflation data and a European Central...

Coffee-fired Ding levels world chess championsip score 09 Dec 2024 - 06:05 pm

Singapore: DefendingchampionDingLiren bounced back strongly Monday to beat his teenage challenger in the 12th game and level the score in the homestretch of...

India appoints new central bank chief 09 Dec 2024 - 04:54 pm

Mumbai: India on Monday appointed finance ministry bureaucrat Sanjay Malhotra to helm the country's central bank, a day before his predecessor's term was...

Germany suspends Syrian asylum decisions citing 'unclear situation' 09 Dec 2024 - 04:44 pm

Berlin: Germany has suspended decisions on asylum requests from Syrians amid the "unclear situation" in the war-torn country after the ouster of President...

Death toll from ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza surges to 44,758 martyrs 09 Dec 2024 - 04:32 pm

Gaza: The number of victims from the ongoing Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 44,758 martyrs and 106,134 injured. Medical...

Algerian, Sudanese Foreign Ministers discuss enhancing relations, developments in Sudan 09 Dec 2024 - 04:22 pm

Algiers:Algeria's Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf received a phone call, on Monday, from his Sudanese counterpartDr. Ali Youssef Ahmed Al-Sharif. During the call, both...

Philippines arrests suspected depleted uranium traders 09 Dec 2024 - 03:55 pm

Manila: The Philippine government said Monday it has arrested three suspected illegal traders of depleted uranium, seizing about 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of...