First person dies of bird flu in the US

Jan 07, 2025

New York [US], January 7: On January 6, the Louisiana Department of Health announced that a patient over 65 years old had died from H5N1....

Indonesia joins BRICS bloc as full member

Jan 07, 2025

Bali [Indonesia], January 7: Brazil's government said in a statement that Indonesia is formally joining BRICS as a full member, further expanding the group of...

Blinken calls for push to get Gaza truce deal over 'finish line'

Jan 07, 2025

New York [US], January 7: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for a final push for a Gaza ceasefire before President Joe Biden leaves...

Three Israelis killed in northern West Bank Shooting

Jan 07, 2025

Gaza [Palestine], January 7: Three Israelis were killed and several injured in a shooting attack on a car and bus near the settlement of Kedumim...

Venezuela to free 146 more election protesters

Jan 07, 2025

Caracas [Venezuela], January 7: Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek Saab said that 146 more people arrested after a July election are to be freed, taking the...

Russians capture strategic town of Kurakhove in east Ukraine

Jan 07, 2025

Moscow [Russia] / Kiev [Ukraine], January 7: Russian troops have captured the strategically important small town of Kurakhove in the eastern Ukrainian Donetsk region, the...

Far-right Freedom Party of Austria tasked with forming government

Jan 07, 2025

Vienna [Austria], January 7: Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen has officially tasked the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) with forming a government.

Canada's Trudeau resigns as party leader and PM

Jan 07, 2025

New York [US], January 7: Justin Trudeau said on Monday he plans to step down as leader of his governing Liberal Party and as Canada's...

Indonesia gives free meals to children and pregnant women

Jan 07, 2025

Bali [Indonesia], January 7: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's ambitious multibillion-dollar programme to provide free meals to more than a quarter of his people is officially...