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Canada's employment rises in December
Ottawa [Canada], January 11: Canada's employment rose by 91,000, or 0.4 percent, in December and the employment rate increased 0.2...

3.6-magnitude tremor hits same site as 1906 San...
San Francisco [California], January 11: U.S. San Francisco was jolted by a 3.6-magnitude earthquake Friday morning at the same location...

4 injured after flight evacuation due to engine...
Houston [Texas], January 11: Four passengers were injuried after a Delta flight had to be evacuated on the tarmac at...

Number of active U.S. drilling down this week
Houston [Texas], January 11: The number of active drilling rigs in the United States stood at 584 this week, down...

Meta ends its DEI programs
San Francisco [California], January 11: Meta on Friday announced the end of its DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) programs.

IMF chief says global economy faces heightened uncertainty...
Washington DC [US], January 11: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Friday warned that global economy in...

Oil pollution spreads across parts of Crimean coastline
Moscow [Russia], January 11: Fuel oil was detected in four districts along almost 15 km of the Crimean coastline on...

Two policemen killed in Belarus
Minsk [Belarus], January 11: Two policemen died in an accident in Belarusian city Vitebsk, the Investigative Committee of Belarus said...

Foreign tourist arrivals to Sarajevo hit record high...
Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], January 11: Sarajevo has set a new record for foreign tourist numbers since the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Illegal cannabis greenhouse dismantled at Bulgaria's seaside resort
Sofia [Bulgaria], January 11: The Bulgarian authorities have shut down an illegal cannabis production greenhouse and arrested one suspect, the...

Italy to play role in preserving ceasefire between...
Beirut [Lebanon], January 11: Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani said on Friday that Italy...

Heavy rains trigger floods in central BiH
Sarajevo [Bosnia and Herzegovina], January 11: Heavy rains have once more triggered flooding in Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) central region....

Roundup: Ukraine's halt of Russian gas transit tightens...
Valletta [Malta], January 11: Since the halt of Russian gas transit through Ukraine on Jan. 1, Europe has been grappling...

Tens of thousands of German SMEs facing closure...
Frankfurt [Germany], January 11: Approximately 231,000 owners of small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs) in Germany are considering closing their businesses...

Brussels Motor Show kicks off, Chinese brands under...
Brussels [Belgium], January 11: The 101st edition of the Brussels Motor Show kicked off on Friday, offering car enthusiasts an...

Austria's coalition talks led by far-right Freedom Party...
Vienna [Austria], January 11: Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg was sworn in as the country's interim chancellor on Friday, succeeding...

South Korea presidential security chief warns against violent...
Seoul [South Korea], January 11: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's security chief said the impeached leader, who faces arrest...

Trump avoids punishment at hush money sentencing before...
Washington DC [US], January 11: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or face any other punishment for...

Australia violated refugees' rights in offshore detention centre,...
Canberra [Australia], January 11: A U.N. committee found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of...

74 children killed in Gaza in first week...
Gaza [Palestine], January 10: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported that at least 74 children have been killed...

Urgent upskilling needed to cater 78 million new...
Geneva [Switzerland], January 10: The World Economic Forum (WEF) said that job disruption will equate to 22 percent of the...

California fires: Biden cancels final official overseas trip
California [US], January 10: US President Joe Biden has called off a trip to Rome and the Vatican to monitor...

Venezuela: Opposition leader Machado arrested
Caracas [Venezuela], January 10: Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's team and Venezuelan media report that Machado was arrested in Caracas...

Elon Musk's Starlink talks with Italy raise concerns
Rome [Italy], January 10: As a debate intensifies in several European countries over Elon Musk's attempts to influence domestic politics,...

Los Angeles wildfires spread to Hollywood as 100,000...
Los Angeles [US], January 10: Raging wildfires surrounding Los Angeles spread to the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday, after five other...

X Corp welcomes Meta's thumbs-down for fact-checking
New York [US], January 10: Meta's decision to ditch independent fact-checking on its US platforms "couldn't be more validating" for...

Search widens for Tibet quake survivors as tens...
Lhasa [Tibet], January 10: Authorities moved more than 47,000 people to shelters in earthquake-hit Tibet, Chinese officials said, while rescuers...