The 68th Grammy Awards have taken place in Los Angeles, with Kendrick Lamar the night's biggest winner for the second year in a row. The rapper took home five awards, including record of the year for Luther, a duet with SZA, and best rap album for GNX. But he was pipped to the night's biggest prize»»»

Stars including Olivia Dean and Sabrina Carpenter hit the red carpet at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. Here are some of the most eye-catching looks from on the red carpet and inside the premiere ceremony before the main show. Carpenter's Grammy-nominated album may be called Man's Best »»»

Bad Bunny has become the first Latin artist to win album of the year in the 68-year history of the Grammy Awards, at a ceremony where dozens of stars railed against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. The shape-shifting musician beat Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar to win the night's top»»»

A truck driver has been arrested on Greece’s northeastern land border with Turkey on suspicion of trying to smuggle immigrants into the country, police said Monday. A police statement said the arrest was made Sunday at the Kipi border crossing near the town of Alexandroupoli. Four migrants were fou»»»

Vinoth Anbarasan wants to make his Dh50,000 Big Ticket win something his daughter will never forget. The 38-year-old electrical supervisor, who has been in Qatar for 19 years, said he’s been hoping for a win for more than three years. He and four friends buy a ticket each month. When he heard about»»»

Dubai: With the sudden death of Confident Group founder and chairman Dr CJ Roy, attention has now turned to who will inherit both the legacy and the challenges of one of south India’s prominent real estate empires. Dr CJ Roy, formally known as Dr Roy Chiriankandath Joseph, was found dead at his off»»»

A Board of Trustees meeting was held at the Boris Yeltsin Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University (KRSU) with the participation of Chairman of the State Committee for National Security Kamchybek Tashiev. He noted that the university is demonstrating development dynamics comparable to major international e»»»

One person was killed and several others wounded in Israeli strikes in the country's south on Sunday, as Israel said it struck Hezbollah targets. Despite a November 2024 truce that sought to end more than a year of hostilities including two months of all-out war between Israel and the Iran-backed g»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he was hopeful of agreeing a deal with Iran after the country's supreme leader warned that any U.S. attack on the Islamic republic would trigger a regional war. Following the Iranian authorities' deadly response to anti-government protests that peaked last month»»»

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, seen speaking in a November 2024 press conference, announced on Sunday plans to send humanitarian aid to Cuba. File Photo by Isaac Esquivel/EPA-EFE Feb. 2 (UPI) -- President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico announced over the weekend plans to send humanitarian aid to»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - France is exploring ways to overthrow the new president of Madagascar, Michael Randrianirina, and restore a regime loyal to Paris, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said on Monday. The administration of French President Emmanuel Macron is looking for opportunities for a »»»

Palestinians have started to re-enter the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt after it reopened for the movement of people. The crossing has largely been closed since May 2024, when the Palestinian side was captured by Israeli forces. The long-delayed reopening is a key part of t»»»

The BT Pay application, the first banking wallet launched in Romania, has exceeded the threshold of 4.6 million users, eight years after its launch, with over one million phone payments, approximately 400,000 transfers and approximately 300,000 online purchase confirmations being made daily, accord»»»

Raiffeisen Bank Romania ended 2025 with solid results, both in terms of commercial activity and financial performance. The number of individual clients grew at an accelerated pace, throughout 2025, 22% more new clients chose Raiffeisen Bank compared to 2024, and 78% of new clients opted to open the»»»

Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Romania announces the opening of a new branch in Bucharest, on Iuliu Maniu Boulevard, as part of its strategy to consolidate and expand its national network. The new location operates as a cashless branch, without teller services, where the banking advisor serves as the main po»»»

The Romanian capital market has reached a moment of rapid maturity, General Manager of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) Remus Vulpescu said on Friday, adding that the number of active investors on the BVB reached 286,000 at the end of 2025."The Romanian capital market has reached moment of rapid »»»

The government eliminated on Friday, by emergency ordinance, the 1% ceiling for the deductibility of certain expenses recorded by multinationals in relation to affiliated entities registered in other countries. The measure, introduced from January 1, 2026, was motivated last year by Finance Ministe»»»

Vista Bank (Romania) S.A. signed an agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Investimental S.A., a financial investment services company. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second quarter of this year and is subject to approval by the Financial Supervisory Authority in»»»

The Government approved on Friday, through a draft law, an increase in Romania's capital in the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank by more than 100,000 shares with a total value of approximately EUR 115 million.According to a press release from the Executive, the legislative act was proposed in l»»»

Most mortgage loans in Romania were concentrated in Bucharest, Ilfov, Timis, and Cluj in 2025, a year in which the number of mortgages registered nationwide increased by 6.4% compared with 2024, according to a market analysis by SVN Romania and Ipotecare.ro. More than 92,100 mortgages were register»»»

The digital euro is essential for protecting Europe's monetary sovereignty and reducing dependence on non-European payment providers, according to an article published on Tuesday on the Opinii BNR blog, signed by Cristian Bichi, advisor to the governor of the National Bank of Romania.He refers to a»»»

Gold, bonds and stocks may play complementary roles in a portfolio geared towards inflation protection in 2026, in an economic environment characterized by volatility and pressure on purchasing power, according to an analysis by XTB .In 2026, inflation remains one of the major financial concerns fo»»»

TUNIS, Feb. 2 (TAP) – Director General of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA-Tunisia), Jalel Tebib paid a visit to the Tunisian–Italian company Brix Café, a coffee producer that recently set up operations in Soliman (governorate of...»»»

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seeking a judicial inquiry into the unnatural death of Dr CJ Roy, who allegedly shot himself during an Income Tax raid on January 30. Also Read: Dr CJ Roy’s diary reveals struggles, D»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani received a phone call on Monday from HE Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Sifi Ghrieb. During the call, the two sides discussed bilateral cooperation r»»»

Like almost all our hormones, cortisol, known as the “stress hormone,” rises and falls naturally depending on a number of factors. But if you're living in a constant state of stress, cortisol production can get stuck on overdrive, which can be damaging to your health. That's why we asked experts to»»»

Iran said Monday it had summoned all of the European Union ambassadors in the country to protest the bloc’s listing of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terror group. The EU listed the Guard as a terror group last week over its part in the bloody crackdown on nationwide protests in January.»»»

DUBAI, Feb 2 (KUNA) -- Kuwaiti Ministry of Commerce and Industry Undersecretary Marwa Al-Juaidan said on Monday that GCC states share firm economic integration principles that support the unified Gulf market and open wider opportunities for partnership and investment.Speaking at the opening of the »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Municipality announced the launch of the thirteenth edition of the International Agricultural Exhibition in Qatar, “AgriteQ 2026,” which will be held under the generous patronage of the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin A»»»

On Feb. 2, 1848, the war between the United States and Mexico formally ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. 1 of 8 | Street peddlers sell souvenirs to people in cars waiting to enter the United States at the border crossing in Mexicali, Mexico on April 4, 2019. On February 2, »»»

President Iliana Yotova has announced that consultations with parliamentary groups on the formation of a caretaker government will begin on Tuesday. Speaking to journalists in the village of Delchevo, she stressed that the selection of a caretaker prime minister is not a personal decision of the he»»»

Israeli occupation forces are escalating their attacks in the West Bank on a daily basis. Palestinian cities and villages are witnessing frequent incursions, widespread arrests, house raids, and the bulldozing of Palestinian property. These attacks are part of an ongoing policy to intensify militar»»»

Eight OPEC+ countries on Sunday have agreed to maintain a planned pause in their oil output hikes for March. The eight countries—Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman—reaffirmed their commitment to oil market stability, based on a stable global economic outlook »»»

In December 2025, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was estimated at 6.0%, the same value as in November 2025, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS) data published on Friday.Women's unemployment rate was higher than that of men by 0.2 percentage pointsAccording to the INS,»»»

The soft drinks and bottled water industry has a stable and significant contribution to GDP, represents the main employer in the beverage manufacturing sector in Romania and a major net contributor to the state budget, providing over 0.6% of Romania's GDP, shows the study "Socio-economic impact of »»»

The distribution of companies in the top 5,000 across Romania's historical regions highlights a remarkable concentration of domestic entrepreneurship in Moldavia, Dobrogea and Oltenia, where local companies account for over three quarters of the total, while in the Bucharest-Ilfov region foreign co»»»

The European Commission decided on Friday to start an infringement procedure by sending a letter of formal notice to 23 member states, including Romania, for failing to communicate the full transposition of the Directive on consumer credit agreements, a press release from the European Commission in»»»

The Government approved, at its Friday meeting, a EUR 9 billion increase in the value of the sovereign Medium-Term Note (MTN) programme.According to a press release from the Executive, the total ceiling of the programme will be raised from EUR 90 billion to EUR 99 billion."The MTN programme is a no»»»

The Government approved, on Friday, by ordinance, new measures to ensure good financial management of European funds, through mechanisms to prevent the occurrence of irregularities in their management and to strengthen the administration framework of reimbursable and non-reimbursable European funds»»»

The European Commission decided to refer Romania to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to comply with its obligations on the landfill of waste under the Treaty of Accession for Romania and the Landfill Directive (Directive 1999/31/EC as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/850), a rel»»»

Romania enters 2026 with a budget deficit of 7.65% of GDP, with the target being to lower it to 6% of GDP, while maintaining a very large dpensind envelope for public investments, Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare informs on Friday.'We are entering 2026 with a deficit of just 7.65% of GDP, but with»»»

The Government approved, on Friday, by ordinance, an amendment to the Fiscal Code aimed at aligning national domestic provisions with the OECD Framework Convention on taxation.According to a press release issued by the Executive, the measure concerns the repeal of an article, at the request of the »»»

The Romanian-German business community is calling for European unity in an international context marked by geopolitical and economic uncertainty, investors' representatives said at the New Year Reception of the Romanian - German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK Romania)."Europe is strong when »»»

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) finds that the Cooperation Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of the Sovereign Order of Malta contributes to further strengthening the very good bilateral relations based on the shared commitment to the same principles and values in »»»

Secretary of State with Romania's Transport Ministry, Ionut-Cristian Savoiu, said on Friday that Romania has the opportunity to start practical work on the development of the Baltic Sea - Black Sea - Aegean Sea corridor, news agency BTA reports.Speaking ahead of a meeting between Bulgaria, Greece, »»»

Twelve states, including Romania, warned of the growing risk of a nuclear accident in Ukraine during a special session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna on Friday, news agency DPA reports.The countries stressed in a joint declaration that Russia's daily attacks on Ukraine's»»»

Foreign Affairs Minister Oana Toiu met Irish Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence Thomas Byrne, during his visit to Bucharest, with talks focusing on strengthening the European project, preserving member states unity and enhancing the European Union's resilience amid current internati»»»

Authorities in Romania and Ukraine discussed on Friday the consolidation of energy interconnections and the increase of the cross-border electricity exchange capacity, the Ministry of Energy announced."During the discussions held at the technical and institutional level to consolidate energy interc»»»

President Nicusor Dan had a discussion with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, on energy security on Friday.The announcement was made by the Ukrainian president on his Facebook account."I spoke with Nicusor Dan about joint energy-related projects, which could significantly strengthen th»»»

Minister of Natural Resources of Kyrgyzstan Meder Mashiev reported on ongoing efforts to increase green spaces in Kyrgyzstan at a meeting of the Committee on Agrarian Policy and Ecology of Parliament. He stated that a range of measures are being implemented to expand green spaces and promote the na»»»