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November 4, 2025 4:55 PM

EU in last-minute talks to set new climate goal for COP30

EU climate ministers will make a last-ditch attempt to pass a new climate change target on Tuesday, in an effort to avoid going to the U.N. COP30 summit in Brazil empty-handed. Failure to agree could undermine the European Union's claims to leadersh...

November 4, 2025 4:36 PM

Star-eating black hole unleashes record-setting energetic flare

Scientists are observing the most energetic flare ever seen emanating from a supermassive black hole, apparently caused when this celestial beast shredded and swallowed a huge star that strayed too close. The researchers said the flare at its peak w...

November 4, 2025 4:17 PM

Floods kill 15, mostly children, in Indonesia’s Papua

Indonesian authorities said on Tuesday that 15 people, mostly children, were killed after being swept away while crossing a river in the easternmost Papua region, while the search for eight children missing in another flood-hit village was ongoing. ...

November 4, 2025 4:10 PM

China accuses Netherlands of not working to fix Nexperia dispute

China's commerce ministry accused the Netherlands on Tuesday of not working with Beijing to resolve the dispute surrounding the Dutch government's seizure of chipmaker Nexperia and warned of further supply chain disruptions as a result. The Dutch go...

November 4, 2025 3:40 PM

Afghans begin clean-up after powerful earthquake that killed 20

Residents of northern Afghanistan began a clean-up operation on Tuesday after a powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake left at least 20 dead and almost 1,000 injured. The quake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif early on Monday, killi...

November 4, 2025 3:31 PM

Cyprus mulls Mideast security grouping modelled on NATO, OSCE

Cyprus wants to create a regional organisation to promote security in the Middle East, its president said on Tuesday, saying it could be a platform to anchor stability in one of the world's most volatile neighbourhoods. Discussing the idea publicly ...

November 4, 2025 1:25 PM

Japan confirms season’s third bird flu outbreak

An outbreak of Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed at a poultry farm in the central Japanese prefecture of Niigata, local authorities said on Tuesday. The prefectural government said it has confirmed the outbreak at the farm i...

November 4, 2025 12:36 PM

India, Romania discuss stronger trade and investment ties

Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada held a bilateral meeting with Romania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Oana-Silvia Țoiu in Bucharest on Tuesday, focusing on deepening trade, investment, and supply-chain cooperation between t...

 

Last updated on: 5th Nov 2025