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May 09, 2025
New York [US], May 9: Police arrested dozens of Columbia University students who seized part of the school's main library on Wednesday in one of the biggest pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus since last year's wave of protests against Israel's war in Gaza.
Romanian hard-right frontrunner Simion leads opinion poll
US says solution for Gaza aid is 'steps away'
Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by 2045
Putin, Xi reaffirm partnership in face of EU, US trade restrictions
Danish minister meets US envoy over alleged Greenland espionage plot
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Chicago Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes first US pope
Rome [Italy], May 9: The Catholic Church has a new pope: Chicago Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected on Thursday as the new head of...
Ukraine reports hundreds of Russian attacks amid three-day ceasefire
Kiev [Ukraine] /Moscow [Russia], May 9: Russia has violated its own three-day ceasefire in Ukraine more than 700 times, Ukraine's foreign minister said on Thursday,...
Temperatures remain above 1.5°C threshold after second hottest April
London [UK], May 9: Last month was the second hottest April on record with world temperatures remaining above the key 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold for...
German president warns against forgetting WWII lessons
Berlin [Germany], May 9: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier reminded the country of the lessons learned from World War II in a major speech on Thursday,...
Lithuania votes to exit anti-mine agreement
Riga [Latvia], May 9: Lithuania has withdrawn from an international agreement banning anti-personnel mines, becoming the second Baltic state after Latvia to do so in...
UN experts warn of 'annihilation' as Gaza Strip deaths mount
New York [US], May 9: United Nations experts have demanded action to avert the "annihilation" of Palestinians in Gaza, after rescuers said Israeli strikes across...
Sarajevo airport sees 41.7 pct passenger growth in Q1
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Sarajevo [Bosnia], May 8: Sarajevo International Airport recorded a 41.7 percent increase in passenger traffic in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the same...
GCC finance undersecretaries meet in Kuwait
Kuwait, May 8: The Sultanate of Oman participated today in the 73rd meeting of GCC Finance Undersecretaries, held in Kuwait in preparation for the 123rd...
When OPEC+ 'plays with a knife and cuts its hand'
Vienna [Austria], May 8: Some members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and some partners, collectively known as OPEC+, are expected to...
North Korea launches a series of missiles
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 8: North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on the morning of May 8, according to a statement from the South Korean military.
Cardinals set for second day of conclave to elect a new pope
Junta in quake-hit Myanmar extends ceasefire to May 31
US and China to start talks over trade war this week
Western WWII narratives challenged during Xi's Moscow visit
Trump says US forges deal to stop bombing Houthis
Merz, Macron seek restart of Franco-German ties
Finnish city welcomes TikTok data center, anticipates major economic boost
Slovak PM slams EU plan to halt Russian energy imports as "economic suicide"
Venezuelan opposition members leave Argentinian embassy after months
Damascus signals openness to peace talks with Israel, but with conditions
