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As the 2026 FIFA World Cup opens up in North America in June, TikTok will be at the centre of the action, providing coverage from all angles. It was previously
London is just Time Out’s best city for culture. The British capital received a good score after taking into account the opinions of over 24,000 urbanites who were surveyed
A U.S. blockade has deprived the Cuban island of fuel, leading to the worst rolling blackouts in decades in Havana on 13th May. Hordes of angry Cubans poured out
The Ministry of National Defense of South Korea recently, sort of offered a rare up-close glimpse at two of the country’s leading defense programs. During a broad demonstration on Wednesday,
Oil prices saw a fairly big jump this Friday, after President Donald Trump seemed to put more attention back on the long-running, almost-stuck conflict with Iran. It all happened not
During a very high-stakes summit in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a sharp warning to U.S. President Donald Trump, saying mishandling disagreements over Taiwan could shove bilateral relations into
The Republic of Serbia and NATO have officially launched their first-ever joint military exercise, and yeah, it’s pretty much a big deal. This historic drill is happening this week, and
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it has officially gotten to a staff-level agreement with the government of Tanzania, a kind of done deal i guess, but not fully i
Football’s global players’ union on 14th May rekindled worries over heat at the 2026 World Cup, with scientists saying there is now a high risk of dangerous temperatures for players
The new project on strengthening the actions against cultural heritage protection and the illegal trafficking of cultural goods in the Southeast European region featured a light projection on the historic
An outbreak on a British cruise ship that followed the death of an elderly passenger from a heart attack has been blamed on a gastrointestinal virus, and has been declared
Peru’s leftist presidential hopeful Roberto Sanchez has officially made the cut to compete in that highly anticipated runoff election, yes. The Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE) says Sanchez sailed through
Meta is rolling out fresh supervisory capabilities for Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and Meta Horizon, bringing together all parental capabilities. This update is coming at a time when teen enrollment in
A three-day exhibition displaying Japanese culture and civilisation with the help of artistic calendars has opened in Quetta, highlighting cultural exchange between Pakistan and Japan. The exhibition was inaugurated
Protestors gathered in numbers in cities around Argentina, including the capital Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Mendoza and Tucuman, on 12th May. Protestors demanded that the government of libertarian President Javier
Russia on 8th January, days after France and the UK vowed to send troops to Ukraine in case of a peace agreement, reiterated its long-standing stance of declaring the Western
President Donald Trump issued a warning to Republicans on 6th January that unless they retain their control of Congress during this year’s midterm elections, the Democrats will have him impeached
Provisional results of the electoral commission announced on Monday showed that a third term of office has been won by the President of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadera, who
The first occurrence in a U.S. courtroom of Nicolás Maduro provided an insight into the forthcoming legal battle over the questions to be addressed infrequently, with the primary one being
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the leader of Iran, is said to intend to fly to Moscow in case his security agents betray him or rebel against him due to the current
In his speech as the newly elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani affirmed that he was the one who would reinvent New York City and bring a new generation to the city,
In the early morning, President Trump claimed that the United States had conducted airstrikes on Venezuela and seized President Nicolás Maduro and his wife after a series of explosions and
When asked whether the military action by US leader Donald Trump against Venezuela might have violated international law, Labour leader Keir Starmer has not given an outright response. During an
Mali and Burkina Faso announce that they will reject the entry of U.S. citizens in their countries, as the Trump administration did. In the recent past, the two West African
The leader of Thailand pledged to continue fighting along the contentious border with Cambodia, with fighter jets hitting targets on 13th December, hours after the U.S. President Donald Trump announced
Mexico has failed to supply more water to aid farmers in the United States, so President Donald Trump is threatening to add another 5 percent tariff on Mexico on 8th
Last week, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) made a phone call to Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and discussed the military build-up of the US against the neighboring country.
Thailand’s parliament is dissolved for new elections to be held early next year, as the country continues its cross-border skirmishes with Cambodia. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved the House
Russian President Vladimir Putin informed Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday (Dec 10) that Moscow was happy with the emerging military relationship between the two nations and was willing to
The US ambassador to the UN accused Rwanda, which is accused of supporting the M23 armed group in the conflict in eastern DR Congo, of taking the region towards war
Military officials announced on 15th January that the US military has taken another oil tanker at sea to enforce its sanctions against Venezuela, as the sanctions were announced by Donald
On 14th January, the defense ministry once again endorsed the special defense budget proposed to be funded between 2026 and 2033 in the value of NT 1.25 trillion (USD 39.5 […]
The Russian government announced on 13th January, four days after its last major drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, that it was launching another attack on the power grid in
Pakistan has had final negotiations to sell a deal of $1.5 billion to provide arms and jets to Sudan, a former senior official in Pakistan Air Force and three sources
Officials reported that Russia overnight tested Ukraine by bombing it with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles, killing at least four people in the capital. It made only the
The Syrian Army conducts the operation against the SDF controlled by the YPG terrorist group in the city of Aleppo completely, and the developments are observed, the Turkish Ministry of
The warships of some members of the BRICS group of third-world countries were sent to a naval exercise in the waters of Cape Town, which has put host South Africa
On 5th January, the military announced that the IDF had taken the first steps to attack Hezbollah and Hamas terror targets in Lebanon, hours after it had warned that it
A high alert was maintained in Taiwan on 31st December following the large-scale military exercises that it witnessed around the island the day before, with its emergency maritime response centre
On 2nd January, Russian missiles hit the multi-storey apartment building in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, leaving the building in ruins and killing at least two and injuring an estimated 25
Thailand had on 31st December freed 18 Cambodian prisoners of war who had been detained for five months as part of a ceasefire deal between the two countries that had
Somalia’s army has killed 29 members of the al-Shabaab militia group in the town of Jabad Godane, southeastern Somalia, in collaboration with global forces, the Ministry of Defence confirmed Thursday.
The recent attacks add to the total figure of known boat strikes, 35, and the total number of people killed is at least 115 since the beginning of September, according
On 12th December, hundreds of people demonstrated in the capital of Guinea-Bissau, protesting against the military coup of last month and demanding the release of opposition leaders, when the heads
South Korea has also signed a preliminary deal with Peru to sell battle tanks and armoured vehicles as part of its biggest defence contract with a Latin American nation, as
Victims of the disastrous bar fire in the luxury Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana are under special burns treatment in special burns units spread throughout Europe, and investigators estimate that
On 1st January, the most recent among a series of attacks on small-scale gold miners in the Andean country, at least three people were killed in an attack on informal
Nigeria’s state oil company NNPC Ltd reported that on December 10, an explosion at its major Escravos-Lagos gas pipeline had affected the operations and had led to an emergency response.
Two four-story buildings adjacent to each other in the Moroccan city of Fez collapsed overnight, and 22 people are dead, in the second time this year that buildings in the
On 12th December, the frontier guards said that over 180 migrants entered Poland through a tunnel concealed in a forest at the Belarus-Poland border. The Polish Border Guard said in
On 2nd December, a Russian-flagged tanker that was loaded with sunflower oil reported a drone strike on the Turkish coast, as its 13 crew members were safely unharmed, according to
Peru Local media reports that at least 12 people are dead and about 50 more are missing after a landslide hit two boats that were docked at a river port
In central Sri Lanka, the Kithulbadde village residents claim that they have been left in the lurch following the fatal cyclone that occurred last week, and many are languishing in
The Indonesian military increased the relief in Sumatra in three provinces, which were destroyed by the catastrophic floods and landslides, and many of the people are still trapped without government
On 21st November, a powerful 5.5 magnitude earthquake caused fatalities and injuries to more than 300 people in central Bangladesh and killed at least eight people, according to the authorities
The federal police of Brazil on 22nd November arrested the former president, Jair Bolsonaro, on suspicion that he was planning his escape and avoiding a 27-year sentence for spearheading a
On 18th November, Britain, through its MI5 security agency, alerted members of parliament against efforts by Chinese agents to gather information and influence operations, which is contained in an email
State media on 20th November reported that the number of people who have died in a new wave of heavy downpour, flooding, and landslides in central Vietnam that followed the
On a peaceful march in the Serbian capital Belgrade on 22nd November, thousands of anti-government protesters, headed by students, demanded justice for those involved in the deaths of 16 people
On 15th November, Iran affirmed that the tanker carrying a cargo of petrochemicals bound for Singapore was captured by the Revolutionary Guards of Iran in the Gulf waters due to
Major stock indices and oil prices increased on 5th January. Energy stocks rose, and investors responded calmly to the potential consequences of a U.S. attack that apprehended the Venezuelan president
US $4.6 billion (RM18.65billion) of electronics component investments in India have been given clearance as the Narendra Modi government tries to establish local supply chains and compete with China. Under
On 31st December, the Saudi Arabia National Debt Management center announced that it had completed the process of arranging a $13 billion, seven-year syndicated loan to fund power, water, and
The economy of Singapore increased 5.7 per cent in the fourth quarter compared to a year ago, boosting the full-year growth in the GDP to the highest in 2021, with
Inflation on consumer prices in Pakistan decreased to 5.6% annually in December, and prices declined in the month of December, according to official data released on 1st January. The data
President Donald Trump announced that he planned to impose fresh 100 percent tariffs on Chinese imports starting next month as a retaliatory measure to what he described as aggressive actions
It is a policy-based loan of 400 million dollars granted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to assist the government in the process of reform to facilitate ease of doing
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has given Morocco a loan of 150 million euros (approximately 176 million U.S. dollars) to renovate infrastructure and accessibility to state services, the representative
The International Monetary Fund announced on 10th December that it had agreed with Ethiopia at the staff level on the fourth review of a 3.4 billion dollar lending programme, which
Canada had recorded a monthly surplus in its international trade after seven months of deficits. According to the statistics from Canada, the country experienced a trade surplus amounting to $153
The Senate of Mexico on 10th December passed up to 50 percent of tariffs on imports next year on the goods of China and some other Asian nations, in an
Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama told reporters on 5th December that all communications with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda had been positive in most aspects since she assumed the
A Country Strategy Paper (CSP), which has been approved by the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group, commits the country to an investment of $1.78 billion to
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) slashed its key repo rate by 25 bps (basis points) on Friday (Dec 5) and did not rule out easing more while it took
The official selling prices (OSPs) of Saudi Aramco and Algerian Sonatrach of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) have increased by a rate of between 3.3% and 5.4% in December, traders added,
UNESCO has again sounded a grave alarm and has shown its great concern over the ongoing war in the Middle East, saying the war is exposing some of the most
Over the upcoming days, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus will all be visible concurrently during the night sky, though binoculars or a telescope will be necessary to view
In 2025, the national police agency (NPA) released figures on the number of elementary school children in Japan who became victims of sex crimes and other offences due to social
Azerbaijan will implement age limits to access social networks, as a new presidential order is supposed to protect children against harmful online content. It is a document signed by
On 17 May 2014, at first reading, the parliamentary Committee on Culture and Media passed a bill to ratify an agreement between Bulgaria and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
As a part of the expanded parental supervision features, Instagram will soon start notifying parents in case a teenager searches the app more than once in a short time to
In Belarus, it will be held in 2026, the Days of Culture of the Republic of Tajikistan, in the comments of Permanent Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to
On 25th February, the North Korean supreme ruler, Kim Jong Un, vowed to develop a nuclear weapons programme as he led a nighttime military parade in Pyongyang, where he was
The presentations of the last ten cities under contention in the title race, Italian Capital of Culture 2028, are conducted up until this afternoon, Saturday, 27 February 2026. The gatherings, […]
Travellers to Britain travelling on the basis of an electronic permit need to obtain it before their trip, or they will not be allowed to travel in the country, the
The world-renowned Louvre museum in France is on the verge of a change in leadership after the resignation of its president, Laurence des Cars, on Tuesday, and there is even
The UK data watchdog has fined Reddit £14.47 million because the company was illegally processing the personal data of children. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) indicated that the site did
The Ministry of Culture assisted the Indonesian Association of Artists, Singers, Songwriters and Musicians (PAPPRI) in bringing the Indonesian music ecosystem together before the National Music Day 2026. According
In response to its president indicating his worry over Germany hosting the Olympics in 2036 on the 100th anniversary of the Berlin Games of the Nazi era, the head of
NASA is aiming to send a crew around the moon in the first mission in over 50 years. The Artemis II mission will involve four astronauts travelling on a 10-day
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