EU maritime transport: progress made, but environmental, sustainability challenges persist

Feb 21, 2025

Brussels [Belgium], February 21: Europe's maritime sector is making progress towards greater sustainability but will need to increase its efforts over the coming years to...

Google pays €326 million to settle tax dispute in Italy

Feb 21, 2025

Rome [Italy], February 21: Italian authorities announced that Google has paid €326 million (US$339.4 million) to settle a dispute over unpaid taxes, Italian authorities confirmed...

Six elephants dead after being hit by train in Sri Lanka

Feb 21, 2025

Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 21: A passenger train derailed after striking a herd of elephants near a wildlife reserve in central Sri Lanka in the...

Netanyahu vows revenge as Hamas hands over bodies of youngest hostages

Feb 21, 2025

Tel Aviv [Israel], February 21: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge on Hamas on Thursday after the group released what it said were the bodies...

Trump cuts deportation protections for 521,000 Haitians

Feb 21, 2025

Washington [US], February 21: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday cut the duration of deportation protections and work permits for 521,000 Haitians covered...

US Senate poised to confirm Kash Patel as Trump's FBI director

Feb 21, 2025

Washington [US], February 21: The US Senate was set to vote on Thursday on whether to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, a decision that...

Passengers on crashed Toronto plane offered US$30,000 each

Feb 21, 2025

Toronto [Canada], February 21: Delta Air Lines is offering US$30,000 to each person on board a plane that crash-landed in Toronto on Monday - all...

Security chief of El Chapo's son arrested

Feb 21, 2025

Mexico City [Mexico], February 21: The Mexican army said it had arrested a key player in the Sinaloa drug cartel in the northern city of...

US calls off Kiev press conference after Trump envoy meets Zelensky

Feb 21, 2025

Kiev [Ukraine] / Brussels [Belgium], February 21: The United States called off a press conference scheduled for Thursday with Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump's...