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Oil prices rose in early trade on Wednesday following heightened tensions between the United States and Venezuela.Brent crude for February delivery climbed to $59.84 a barrel, up 92cents, while US...

 War-ravaged Sudan, home to the world's worst internal displacement crisis, has topped the annual Emergency Watchlist of countries where humanitarian conditions are expected to deteriorate...

 Elon Musk has become the first person to reach an estimated net worth of more than $600 billion, according to calculations by Forbes magazine published on Monday.The increase was driven by the...

Berlin (dpa) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sees progress following negotiations with US representatives over a peace plan for his country, but he said several difficult questions remain.He...

 US President Donald Trump has threatened Mexico with an additional 5% tariff on imports over a dispute about water allocations along the shared border.Trump said in a post on his Truth Social...

 The year 2025 remains on track to become one of the three hottest ever recorded, the EU's Copernicus Climate ChangeService said on Tuesday.It is currently tied with 2023 as the second-hottest...

 US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said hevplans to meet the newly elected mayor of New York, 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani, at the White House."Communist Mayor of New York City, Zohran...

Twelve people, including nine children, were killed overnight in a house fire in southern Kazakhstan, the Tengri news news agency reported on Tuesday.Three people were rescued unconscious from the...

 The consequences of climate change have already driven millions of people worldwide to flee their homes, according to figures released by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) ahead of the 30thannual UN...

 Nearly 1 million people fled their homes in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Fung-Wong on Sunday brought severe winds and torrential rain, almost a week after another powerful typhoon left more than...

Around 520 million children worldwide lived in conflict zones in 2024, 47 million more than the previous year and the highest number recorded since 2005, according to a report by Save the Children...

Foreign ministers from eight countries will meet in Istanbul on Monday to discuss further steps toward implementing the Gaza peace plan.Turkey says the meeting will include the top diplomats of the...

 About 600 employees in Meta Platforms' artificial intelligence division are set to be laid off as part of a wider effort to speed up decision-making and streamline operations.Meta chief AI...

 Swiss food giant Nestlé said on Thursday it will cut about 16,000 jobs globally over the next two years as part of a cost-savings drive.The reductions will include roughly 12,000 white-collar...

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday for the Gaza peace summit, multiple Israeli media outlets reported.US President Donald Trump will also...

 Indonesian rescue teams on Tuesday concluded a week-long search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed four-storey building at an Islamic boarding school, confirming 61 deaths in one of the...

The 2025 Nobel Prize season begins on Monday with the announcement of the winner in the Physiology or Medicine category.The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm is set to reveal, no...

The United States has denied the Iranian delegation entry to attend the World Cup draw in the country, according to the spokesperson for the Iranian Football Federation (FFI), Amir-Mehdi Alawi.Among...

Elon Musk has become the first person estimated to reach a net worth of $500 billion, according to US magazine Forbes, largely held in shares of electric carmaker Tesla and aerospace firm...

 European Union senior officials on Tuesday welcomed US President Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan for Gaza."President Trump's Gaza plan is an opportunity for lasting peace. It offers the...