India and Russia are boosting trade and transport links with key projects like the Vladivostok-Chennai corridor, aiming for US$100 billion in trade by 2030, a 40% increase on current levels. At the same time, India’s maritime vision aligns closely with Russia’s plans, focusing
[This Day] Journalist, poet and spoken-word artist Tofarati Ige, popularly known as Grand Tycoon, has been named among the 2025 Visibility 50 Africa honourees, a list recognising 50 African personalities and brands noted for building sustained public influence and relevance
[This Day] Abuja -- The world's 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes this year, as booming markets in everything from equities to cryptocurrencies to precious metals sent the value of their holdings soaring, according to the Bloomberg
[This Day] Historic regulatory clearance for RoboMed™ï, confirms safety and efficacy of robotic surgery for Nigerian patients
Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro says Caracas is ready to engage in constructive dialogue with Washington to combat drug trafficking amid continued pressure and military strikes from the Trump administration.
China defended the drills as "legitimate" on Friday (Jan 2), and warned countries to "stop stirring up trouble on the Taiwan Strait issue".
Some insist ties cultivate self-discipline, while others think comfort matters for tropical climate.
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Beijing’s December 29 announcement of the 2026 Tariff Adjustment Plan provides a clear window into the priorities of its 15th Five-Year Plan. Beginning January 1, China will reduce import duties on 935 items to levels below Most-Favored-Nation rates. While such moves are often
New year plant hunt shows rising temperatures are shifting natural cycles of wildflowers such as daisies Daisies and dandelions are among hundreds of native plant species blooming in the UK, in what scientists have called a “visible signal” of climate breakdown disrupting the
Mamdani pledges to reel in a new era of New York in his first speech as mayor, vowing to govern “expansively and audaciously” to fulfil campaign promises and improve the lives of millions of New Yorkers “abandoned” by previous administrations.
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[RFI] In 2025, we reported on war and displacement, culture and climate, power and pushback. Our journalists followed conflicts, questioned politics, unpacked new technologies and listened to people living through change. Some stories were hard reads. Others offered hope,
The court may impose on offenders a community service order for up to six months.
The regulations go further by targeting those who provide space for such activity.
It has been a dark and stormy year, although not in as benign a sense as the much-mocked melodrama by Edward Bulwer-Litton from which this paraphrase of his opening line derives, nor as funny as the Peanuts cartoons that played on it. The year has blended dangerous geopolitical
The move comes as textile product waste has become a major issue worldwide.
Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major Clovis-era sites, researchers found shocked quartz—evidence of intense heat and pressure consistent with a comet airburst rather than volcanism or human
According to Japan’s meteorological agency, a strong winter-type pressure pattern is developing near Japan.
PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang is at the forefront to take over the helm of Perikatan Nasional.
Condoms and contraceptive pills now incur value-added tax of 13 per cent.
Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler said Thursday night that her agency has suspended "6,900 Minnesota borrowers” over suspected fraudulent activity regarding COVID-era lending programs. Loeffler said the SBA over the last week reviewed “thousands”
Indonesia’s rise as the undisputed giant of global palm oil has few parallels in the modern commodity economy. No other country has so thoroughly converted a natural comparative advantage, climate suitability, abundant land and an early start in plantation development into such
Moss may look insignificant, but it can carry a hidden forensic fingerprint. Because different moss species thrive in very specific micro-environments, tiny fragments can reveal exactly where a person has been. Researchers reviewing 150 years of cases found moss has helped
It would mark the first time the Chinese firm has outpaced its American rival for annual sales.
Japan's parliament building was built in 1936, a decade before women was given the right to vote.
Taipei condemned the exercises as highly provocative.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says he is open to holding talks with the Trump administration over drug trafficking and the country’s oil reserves, but he dodged when asked about the CIA’s recent drone strike inside his South American nation. “The U.S. government knows,
In an interview with state TV, the Venezuelan president also evaded a question about an attack in his country claimed by the US.
In an interview about his health, Trump talked about using hand makeup, getting by on little sleep and taking lots of aspirin.
Millions around the world are living in the shadows as stateless people as they lack official papers.
Freshly sworn-in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a number of executive orders on his first day in office Thursday, including one to revoke most executive orders issued by former Mayor Eric Adams after he was indicted in September 2024. “We speak about this day as a
Tony Dokoupil, who starts Monday as anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” spoke out on New Year’s Day about where he thinks the press has gone wrong, and vowed that starting Monday, the audience would come first — ahead of advertisers, politicians or corporate interests including
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the series finale of “Stranger Things,” now streaming on Netflix. Matt and Ross Duffer, the creators of “Stranger Things,” didn’t expect the review bombing that took place after the series’ penultimate episode dropped on Netflix
The price of Ram - once one of the cheapest computer parts - has more than doubled since October 2025.
President Trump said in new interview regarding his health that he has rejected his doctors’ advice to take less aspirin for cardiac prevention because he has been taking it for more than two decades and is a “little superstitious.” "They say aspirin is good for thinning out
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the series finale of “Stranger Things,” now streaming on Netflix. And so ends the nine-and-a-half-year journey of “Stranger Things,” which launched in July 2016 and concluded on Dec. 31, 2025. Creators Matt and Ross Duffer
You’ve probably seen a variation of this news on social media over the past few days: MTV officially shut down on New Year’s Eve, ending their final broadcast the same way the network started: With the clip “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles. But those posts are
Attracting younger workers into the defence industry can be challenging.
The elderly woman was allegedly dragged and forced out of her house.
Nearly three-quarters of Americans dealt with financial setbacks last year, driving focus on emergency funds.
New class-action lawsuit alleges a racketeering conspiracy that preyed on consumers