Thick smog blanketed Hanoi on Friday, obscuring buildings and leaving nine million residents choking on toxic air as the ...

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European stocks dipped at the end of a holiday-shortened week on Friday, with traders focussed on economic data for clues on the path of interest rates and potential changes in U.S. policies under a ...

PARIS, France (AFP) — The world ushered in 2025 on Tuesday, with huge crowds waving goodbye to the old year that brought ...

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Indonesia has in recent weeks released half a dozen high-profile detainees, including a Filipina mom on death row and the ...

Ukraine war remains elusive while the Israel-Gaza war has escalated into a conflict from Hezbollah to Iran and even Yemen ...

World shares drifted lower on Monday as elevated government bond yields prompted investors to pull out of equities at the end ...