The European Commission said on Wednesday that Hungary has lost its entitlement to nearly €1 billion ($1.03 billion) of EU aid due to violations of the law. Earlier, the EU had pressured the country to change its laws to deal with conflicts of interest and corruption. Budapest was told it had to make the reforms … Read more
Washington: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) discovered the largest stockpile of explosives in its history. This discovery was made at the request of a person from Virginia. A man named Brad Spafford was arrested by the FBI on December 17 for illegal possession of a short-barreled rifle. Documents submitted to the court stated … Read more
Syrians celebrated their first New Year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday as fireworks lit up the night sky above Damascus. In the capital’s main square, people brandished “revolution” flags, the country’s unofficial new emblem. Source link
A man “hellbent on creating carnage” drove a pickup truck at high speed into a crowd of New Year revellers in New Orleans on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 35. The FBI is to take over the investigation to probe a “possible, improvised explosive device,” The Guardian’s Washington bureau chief … Read more
As the impacts of climate change intensify, vulnerable countries like the Philippines face increasing devastation. The archipelago has become one of the most vulnerable to extreme weather changes caused by climate change. Lorena Ivy Bello Oganya lives in Samar, a province in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines, which faces the Pacific Ocean. In … Read more
From Sydney to Mumbai to Paris to Rio de Janeiro, communities around the world welcomed 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. In Paris, the city’s emblematic Arc de Triomphe monument was turned into a giant tableau for a light show that celebrated the city’s landmarks and the passage of time, with whirring … Read more
As the world greets the New Year, FRANCE 24 takes a look at major changes set to come in 2025 including Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine, the political uncertainty in France and Germany and more. Source link
New Orleans. 12 people died and 30 were injured when a car plowed into a crowd on New Orleans Canal and Bourbon Street in the US on Wednesday. This information was given by the city’s emergency preparedness agency Nola Ready. New Orleans Police had earlier said that they were dealing with a situation like a … Read more
A vehicle drove into a large crowd of revellers in the historic French Quarter district of New Orleans early Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 30, according to city authorities. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said the New Year’s Day mass casualty incident was a “terrorist attack.” Source link
