Thu 19 December 2024: The European passenger car market narrowed 1.9% year-on-year in November, reversing growth seen in the prior month, with France leading the decline, an industry group report said Thursday. New passenger car registrations in the EU last month totaled 869,816 units, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) said. France saw the steepest […]
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Wed 18 December 2024: NATO on Wednesday reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to Bosnia and Herzegovina‘s sovereignty, security, and stability during a high-level meeting at its headquarters in Brussels. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte welcomed Zeljka Cvijanovic, the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency chairwoman, emphasizing the alliance’s nearly three-decade-long partnership with the country and the Western Balkans. “Bosnia and Herzegovina can count […]
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Wed 18 December 2024: These holidays, planet Earth looks likely to be hotter than ever before. Research found that in 2024, global temperatures temporarily rose 1.5°C higher than the average from 1850 to 1900 – a pre-industrial time when the first global temperatures were recorded. This is a huge worry because, to avert the most damaging effects of climate […]
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Wed 18 December 2024: UK businesses are cutting staff numbers at the fastest rate since the global financial crisis, according to a closely watched business survey blaming the government’s tax-raising budget. The latest snapshot from the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) survey, which is monitored by the Treasury and the Bank of England, showed employment levels […]
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Tue 17 December 2024: The global drowning death rate has dropped 38% since 2000, but over 7.2 million people, mostly children, could still die by 2050 if current trends continue, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday. In the first-ever WHO report on drowning prevention, the UN organization hailed the decline in the global drowning death rate as […]
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Tue 17 December 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accsued the West of pushing Russia to its “red lines” – situations it has publicly made clear it will not tolerate – and said Moscow had been forced to respond. Putin told a meeting of defence officials that Russia was watching the U.S. development and potential deployment of short […]
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Tue 17 December 2024: Households in the United Kingdom are hesitant to spend much on big-ticket purchases in the run-up to Christmas. This is according to a study which cited a broadly weak UK economic outlook as the reason. Research group GFK’s mood barometer did rise, but it ended barely above 2024’s average. Consumers were […]
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Mon 16 December 2024: US President-elect Donald Trump said Türkiye is “very smart” Monday as he hailed his personal relationship with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “Turkey is a major force, by the way, and Erdogan is somebody I got along with great but he has a major military force. And his has not […]
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Mon 16 December 2024: Doctors say leftist leader has been cleared to work while recovering at home after being rushed to hospital last week. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been released from hospital following an emergency surgery to treat bleeding in his brain. The 79-year-old Brazilian leader delivered brief remarks upon his […]
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Mon 16 December 2024: Russia faces a triple threat, rising inflation, soaring defence spending, and tightening household budgets. With inflation expected to reach 9 per cent this year and interest rates climbing to 21 per cent, many Russians are struggling to afford daily necessities. Russia’s economy is facing severe inflation, driven by soaring defence expenditures […]
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