Half of food products in Spain become more expensive despite price caps: consumer group

Sep 30, 2023

Madrid [Spain], September 30: Almost half (48.9 percent) of the food products in Spain that are subject to the government's sales tax reduction measures became...

Mediterranean EU countries urge concrete action against illegal migration

Sep 30, 2023

Valletta [Malta], September 30: Leaders of nine southern European countries have called for the European Union (EU) to finalize a new migration and asylum deal...

Singaporean PM encourages flagship media to keep objective in coverage

Sep 30, 2023

Singapore, September 30: Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong called on LianheZaobao, the flagship Chinese-language daily in Singapore, to provide objective and high-quality reporting while...

Maldivians return to polls to vote in presidential runoff

Sep 30, 2023

Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 30: The second round of presidential election in the Maldives kicked off on Saturday, after no candidate secured more than 50...

Brazil's Lula undergoes hip surgery 'without complications': doctor

Sep 30, 2023

Brasilia [Brazil], September 30: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is awake and recovering from hip surgery on Friday, which his doctor said went...

Putin discusses Ukraine war with top Wagner commander Troshev

Sep 30, 2023

Moscow [Russia], September 30: Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday shown meeting one of the most senior former commanders of the Wagner mercenary group...

Migrants are being raped at Mexico border as they await entry to US

Sep 30, 2023

Mexico City [Mexico], September 30: When Carolina's captors arrived at dawn to pull her out of the stash house in the Mexican border city of...

Republicans reject own funding bill, US government shutdown imminent

Sep 30, 2023

Washington [US], September 30: Hardline Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday rejected a bill proposed by their leader to temporarily fund the...

Sweden to call in military to help crack down on gangs

Sep 30, 2023

Stockholm [Sweden], September 30: Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson was meeting the head of Sweden's armed forces and the police chief on Friday to discuss ways...