The event took place at the same store where GOO GOO made its retail debut in February. While more than 3,500 people attended the launch of the first two flavors, Orange and Apple & Blueberry, the event introducing the new flavor brought together nearly 5,000 participants, confirming the growing in»»»

On the occasion of France’s National Day and in the year marking 30 years of operating in Romania, the French Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Romania (CCIFER) has published the results of its perception study, Romania in 30 years – a shared vision. The study, conducted in April amo»»»

A display shows notes and wishes for Korean unification at an event marking the third annual North Korean Defectors' Day in Goyang on Tuesday. Photo by Yonhap President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday the experience of understanding North Korean-born citizens in South Korea will become a "special asset"»»»

DUBAI: Japanese actor Mackenyu, best known for playing swordsman Roronoa Zoro in Netflix’s live-action adaptation of “One Piece,” is the first celebrity guest to be announced for this year’s Middle East Film & Comic Con. The annual pop culture event will return to the ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi from Se»»»

Dubai: Passengers flying with Emirates are increasingly likely to board an aircraft with upgraded cabins, after the Dubai-based airline completed a major milestone in its fleet refurbishment programme. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The airline has now retrofitted 100»»»

The European Union’s population is expected to shrink and age significantly over the coming decades, creating pressure on labour markets, healthcare systems, care services and public finances, according to the European Commission’s third report on demographic transformation in the EU. The report, p»»»

Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova will present the President's Honorary Plaquette to the Bulgarian entrants in the Down Syndrome World Championships which took place under her auspices, the President's Press Secretariat said. Nearly 400 athletes from 27 countries participated in the World Champions»»»

Romania’s economy is entering the second half of 2026 amid persistently high inflation, declining consumption, elevated financing costs and an interim political environment that is reducing predictability. For consumers, these are not abstract macroeconomic concepts. They translate into everyday de»»»

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s verdict declaring the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar a Hindu temple, but directed the state government to provide an open space near the monument where Muslims can offer Friday namaz as an»»»

Banca Comercială Română (BCR) listed a new bond issue on the Regulated Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) on Tuesday, July 14, with a value of over RON 1 billion. The bonds trade under the ticker BCR33 and have a maturity of seven years. This is BCR’s first bond issue of 2026, its 13th bo»»»

“The Constitution laid the foundation for the modern democratic Bulgarian state that we have today,” National Assembly Chair Mihaela Dotsova said on Tuesday as she opened a roundtable discussion, titled “35 Years of the Modern Constitution”, in Parliament. Dotsova organized the forum. “The Constitu»»»

UKRAINE WAR During Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev's visit to Paris for the Bastille Day military parade, a bTV journalist asked him why he is in the French capital for the parade but no one represented Bulgaria at a meeting of 34 countries supporting Ukraine against Russia's aggression. Radev»»»

The Hungarian forint weakened against the US dollar in June as geopolitical tensions and changing expectations for American interest rates boosted demand for the US currency. Despite the monthly setback, however, the forint remains one of the world’s strongest-performing currencies over the past qu»»»

China's top political adviser Wang Huning (R), seen here at a meeting in Beijing in June 2025, will visit North Korea this week, state media reported Tuesday. File Pool Photo by Jade Gao/EPA SEOUL, July 14 (UPI) -- A delegation led by China's top political adviser Wang Huning will visit North Korea»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani received more mourners offering condolences on the passing of the late HH the Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani at Lusail Palace on Tuesday morning. HH the Amir received Their Excellencies the Sheikhs, ministers, dignitaries, memb»»»

Apple fans in the UAE may finally get the iPhone they have been waiting for. Apple is reportedly preparing its biggest iPhone shake-up yet, with its first-ever foldable iPhone expected to make its debut alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup in September 2026. While Apple has not confirmed any details,»»»

President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday deplored Iran’s attacks against several Gulf states and Jordan -- which followed U.S. strikes on the Islamic republic -- as well as an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels against an airport in southern Saudi Arabia that followed an attack on Sanaa’s airport. In a statem»»»

The Egyptian Customs Authority and the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce (FEDCOC), signed a TIR guarantee agreement, marking a key step in implementing the UN-backed international road transport system aimed at facilitating cross-border trade. The singing ceremony was attended by Finance »»»

RIYADH: Oman’s annual inflation rate reached 2.8 percent in June compared with the same month a year earlier, according to consumer price index data issued by the National Center for Statistics and Information. Average inflation during the first half of 2026, covering the period from January to Jun»»»

RIYADH: The transformation taking place in Saudi Arabia’s labor market is no longer measured solely by the decline in unemployment to a historic low of 2.8 percent, or by the fact that half of employed Saudi citizens now work in the private sector. It is increasingly measured by the Kingdom’s abili»»»

PARIS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who is in Paris for the Bastille Day military parade, said on Tuesday it was a great honour for Serbia to be attending France's National Day celebrations at this level for the first time. "I am grateful to President Emmanuel Macron, who, with this invitat»»»

President Joseph Aoun visited Doha on Tuesday to offer condolences to Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani over the death of his father, the late emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani. The president was welcomed at the airport by Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Thani, the Qatari Minister of»»»

The Supreme Criminal Court in Bahrain has issued rulings in two separate espionage cases involving three defendants accused of working with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to support hostile and terrorist activities against the Kingdom. The Chief Prosecutor of the Terrorist Crimes P»»»

Dubai: Indian travellers booking flights to Dubai and beyond on Emirates can now pay for their tickets in monthly instalments, Dubai's flagship airline announced on Monday. The airline introduced a new Equated Monthly Instalment (EMI) payment option for customers in India. Sign up for our daily bus»»»

The Ministry of Finance has reported a substantial decrease in Egypt’s overall budget deficit for the period from July to November in the current fiscal year (2024/2025). The deficit has been reduced by LE 92 billion, now standing at LE 560.6 billion, which is 3.2% of the Gross Domestic Product (GD»»»

The Egyptian Exchange advanced on Monday, July 13, as foreign investors returned to net buying and the benchmark EGX30 recovered from the previous session’s marginal decline. Gains extended across most principal indices, although the lower-volatility index edged down, indicating that the advance wa»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Omani Foreign Minister: Current war a disaster, it lacked UN mandate and failed to achieve any of its objectives 14-07-2026 12:24 PM Latest»»»

The Hungarian banking system remains well capitalised and highly liquid, while a faster-than-expected decline in inflation could create room for further interest rate cuts during the summer, according to Mihály Varga, Governor of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB). Speaking at the 37th annual gener»»»

Capitals, July 14 (SANA) Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed to a near standstill early Tuesday as military tensions between the United States and Iran intensified, prompting renewed European calls to safeguard freedom of navigation and sending oil prices to their highest level in »»»

Keeta, the on-demand delivery platform backed by global technology leader Meituan, has launched a new white paper exploring how technology-enabled delivery platforms can support Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation and create new opportunities for innovation, entrepreneurship and economic growth. »»»

CAIRO: An Israeli strike ‌and gunfire killed at least two Palestinians, including a 10-year-old boy, in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Gazan health officials said. The deaths add to a toll of more than 1,100 Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks since an October ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took»»»

In the first six months of the year, 45 startups announced either already raised rounds, rounds in preparation, open rounds, funding targets or future capital needs, according to public signals. Where amounts were disclosed, the local volume points to around EUR 95 million in announced, open or tar»»»

Russian Armed Forces carried out strikes on facilities of the fuel-energy and transport infrastructure used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Tuesday. "Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops, and artillery of the Russi»»»

As brand strategists, we've seen category inflation play out across countless industries. For me, nowhere illustrates it more clearly today than Dubai real estate development. Every industry has one inevitably overused shortcut: tech has innovation. Hospitality has escape. Communications has purpos»»»

Guatemala City: Archaeologists have transcribed mural symbols from Mayan ruins to learn the name of an astronomer and mathmetician from the ancient civilization for the first time, Guatemala's Ministry of Culture said Monday. The name "White-chested Fox" was found in drawings dating from 400 BC to »»»

Shenyang/Changchun: Nearly 365,000 people were evacuated across northeast China's Liaoning Province by early Tuesday as torrential rain triggered by Typhoon Bavi battered the region, sending multiple rivers above warning levels and prompting emergency responses. Heavy rain lashed central and northe»»»

Dubai’s social sector has reached another milestone with 38 professionals completing their licensing requirements and taking the professional oath, strengthening the emirate’s growing network of qualified experts across social, psychological and educational disciplines. The latest cohort, the third»»»

Lebanon and Israel are holding new negotiations under U.S. auspices in Rome on Tuesday, against the backdrop of a regional escalation between Washington and Tehran. The two countries, officially at war for decades, reached a framework agreement on June 26, after five rounds of negotiations in Washi»»»

The Vazrazhdane parliamentary group has submitted a proposal to the National Assembly for a joint plenary hearing of Regional Development and Public Works Minister Ivan Shishkov and Road Infrastructure Agency Management Board Chair Alexander Todorov, the party’s press centre said on Tuesday. The pr»»»

"We are doing everything possible and we have exhausted all possible options to reduce Bulgaria's budget deficit to an acceptable level above 3%," Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said in Paris on Tuesday in a video posted on the Council of Ministers' Facebook page. According to a Government-pr»»»

Bahrain on Tuesday said it intercepted several Iranian attacks on its territory, as fighting between Washington and Tehran escalated over the vital Strait of Hormuz. "Air defense systems... intercepted and destroyed several treacherous aerial attacks launched by Iran this Tuesday morning," the Bahr»»»

The United States launched a third night of strikes on Iran as President Donald Trump reimposed a blockade on Iranian ports and proposed that all ships pay a fee to the United States to pass through the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Here are the latest developments: - Jordan says shot down missiles, »»»

Bogotá: Colombia's right-wing president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella said on Monday he would be sworn in at a military facility in the country's south, despite opposition from outgoing leader Gustavo Petro. Petro ordered on Sunday that "no military establishment be used" for the August 7 swearing»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanon and Israel are holding new negotiations under US auspices in Rome on Tuesday, against the backdrop of a regional escalation between Washington and Tehran. The two countries, officially at war for decades, reached a framework agreement on June 26, after five rounds of negotiations in»»»

Islamabad, Pakistan: Cradling an Asian koel in his hands, wildlife officer Zaheer Ahmed gently stretched its wings as part of a health checkup to rehabilitate birds hit with dehydration or heatstroke in Pakistan's capital. Pakistan -- one of the most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate c»»»

Hong Kong: Oil prices jumped again on Tuesday after fresh US strikes against Iran that marked an escalation in hostilities, fuelling fears over their already fragile truce and the chances of another spike in inflation. However, tech firms enjoyed a much-needed reprieve after the latest bout of sell»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanon and Israel are holding new negotiations under US auspices in Rome on Tuesday, against the backdrop of a regional escalation between Washington and Tehran.The two countries, officially at war for decades, reached a framework agreement on June 26, after five rounds of negotiations in »»»

DOHA: The State of Qatar strongly condemned the targeting of two Emirati oil tankers as they transited the Strait of Hormuz, considering it a serious violation of international maritime safety, a direct threat to the security of global energy supplies, and a clear and blatant breach of internationa»»»

Thai forensic police officers on Monday examine a Bangkok pub that was the location of a fire that has killed 30 people. Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA July 14 (UPI) -- The death toll from a fatal fire that ripped through a Bangkok pub early Monday rose to 30, officials said Tuesday morning as the in»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE has launched a new national award to celebrate the institutions, teachers and partners shaping the country's higher education and scientific research sector. The UAE Award in Higher Education was launched under the patronage of Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Mi»»»