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January 1, 2026 10:16 AM
Facing a severe cash crunch, the United Nations has begun 2026 with a reduced budget of $3.45 billion and plans to cut 19 per cent of its workforce. The General Assembly adopted a budget that broadly reflects Secretary-General António Guterres’ p...
January 1, 2026 9:42 AM
10...nine...eight... As Wednesday turned to Thursday, people around the world said goodbye to a sometimes challenging 2025 and expressed hopes for the New Year to come. Midnight arrived first on the islands closest to the International Date Line in...
December 31, 2025 9:10 PM
As Wednesday turned to Thursday, people around the world said goodbye to a sometimes challenging 2025 and expressed hopes for the new year to come. Midnight arrived first on the islands closest to the International Date Line in the Pacific Ocean, in...
December 31, 2025 9:06 PM
Auckland was among the first major cities to welcome 2026 on Wednesday, as thousands gathered to watch a dazzling fireworks display from the iconic Sky Tower. The annual show lit up the night sky as large crowds converged on the Central Business Dis...
December 31, 2025 7:22 PM
Finnish police said on Wednesday they seized a ship believed to have damaged an undersea telecoms cable which runs from Helsinki to Estonia's capital Tallinn across the Gulf of Finland, an area hit by suspected sabotage incidents in recent years. "F...
December 31, 2025 4:05 PM
Heavy snowfall in Poland caused tailbacks stretching as far as 20 km (12.43 miles) on a motorway between the capital Warsaw and the Baltic port city of Gdansk during the night, police said on Wednesday. While the situation left hundreds of people tr...
December 31, 2025 11:26 AM
The United Arab Emirates has announced it is removing all its remaining counter-terrorism teams from Yemen. The UAE officially left the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen in 2019 but kept a small number of special counter-terrorism units in the co...
December 31, 2025 10:57 AM
South Korea will extend a waiver on visa processing fees for group tourists from six countries, including India, for another six months, Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said on Wednesday. The fee exemption for C-3-2 short-term group visas, which had ...
December 31, 2025 10:23 AM
Guinea coup leader Mamady Doumbouya has been elected president, according to provisional results announced on Tuesday, completing the return to civilian rule in the bauxite- and iron ore-rich West African nation. The former special forces commander,...
December 31, 2025 10:00 AM
Thailand on Wednesday released 18 Cambodian soldiers it had detained since July under the renewed ceasefire the two countries agreed on the weekend to end a border conflict, Cambodian and Thai authorities said. The Southeast Asian neighbours agreed ...
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