Starbucks plans to close 250 North American stores later this week. It is the second big round of store closures under Starbucks Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol, who joined the company in 2024. Last September, Starbucks closed 627 stores in North America and Europe. In a letter to employees, Starbuck»»»

Hungarian President Andras Baka warned Thursday that the UN faces a “crisis of trust,” saying the organization too often fails to act when powerful countries and their allies violate international rules. According to Anadolu, Baka told the UN General Assembly that “no country should be above the la»»»

Bulgaria’s presidential election campaign officially started at midnight on September 25, with voting for the country’s seventh president and vice president scheduled for October 25, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC), which registered 27 presidential and vice-presidential tickets. »»»

Pope Leo XIV flies to France on Friday for the Vatican's first state visit to the European nation in 18 years, with artificial intelligence and young believers near the top of his agenda. President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte will be on the tarmac to greet the 71-year-old p»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov handed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres a report on the staging of the Bucha massacre by Ukraine and demanded that the UN Secretariat conduct a thorough investigation into the incident, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. "Lavr»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli artillery shells Kfar Shouba, Zibqine and Wadi Al-Slouqi in southern Lebanon: Al-Manar reporter 25-09-2026 09:53 AM Latest News Urg»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Lebanese Army force starts opening road between Touline and Burj Qalaway in southern Lebanon: Al-Manar correspondent 25-09-2026 10:36 AM La»»»

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Ahmad Vahidi lauded Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s address to the UN General Assembly, saying his declaration that Iran is not afraid of war echoed the “loud and steadfast voice” of the Iranian nation. In a message issued followi»»»

Family reunions, surprise gifts and an unforgettable proposal in the skies For Emirates cabin crew, every flight brings new passengers, destinations and stories. But some moments become unforgettable for reasons that go far beyond the journey itself. Over the years, crew members have shared emotion»»»

Damascus, SEPT 25 (SANA)– The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Damascus held a reception on Thursday evening to mark the Kingdom’s 96th National Day at Dama Rose Hotel in Damascus.Saudi vision strengthens international presenceIn a speech during the ceremony, Saudi Ambassador to Syria Ghaz»»»

New York: Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti H E Alix Didier Fils-Aime met yesterday with Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs H E Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. During th»»»

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) expects Bulgaria's economy to expand by 2.7% in 2026 and 2.5% in 2027, keeping both forecasts unchanged from June. In its September Regional Economic Prospects report, the EBRD said Bulgaria's real GDP grew by 2.8% year on year in the firs»»»

Future European Central Bank interest-rate decisions will be guided by inflation developments, economic data and the strength of monetary policy transmission, Bulgarian National Bank Governor Dimitar Radev said during an MNI Connect videoconference. Radev, who is also a member of the ECB Governing »»»

CHISINAU (Sputnik) - Moldova does not plan to become a full-fledged NATO member but wants to maintain good relations with the alliance, Prime Minister Vasile Tofan said. "I want to make it clear we're not NATO candidate. We are a neutral country by our constitution and there are no plans to join NA»»»

BEIJING (Sputnik) - China and the United States could continue their dialogue on artificial intelligence to discuss its risks and benefits while jointly preventing its misuse, Chinese President Xi Jinping said during talks with US President Donald Trump. "The two sides can continue their dialogue o»»»

Police allege Subrat planned his father’s killing and framed his wife Shalu for the crime A murder investigation in the northern Indian city of Kanpur has taken a dramatic turn after police arrested the husband of a woman who had spent nearly three weeks in jail over the killing of her father-in-la»»»

Pope expected to face key issues while on first official visit to France Paris: Pope Leo XIV is to begin an official visit to France on Friday, with several thorny issues hanging over the trip, from clerical sexual abuse to the country’s new assisted dying law. Here are some of the key issues the p»»»

The population seems to come to terms with the uncertainty and the prolonged political crisis and the aggregated data show a form of resilience rather a significant improvement or an economic downturn, stated on Wednesday the manager of INSCOP Research, Remus Stefureac at the conference NewMoney Ta»»»

Phase 2 expansion will bring the hospital to 200 beds and expand specialist care in Dubai Dubai: King’s College Hospital London - Dubai has officially broken ground on the next phase of its Dubai Hills hospital expansion. This marks a landmark moment in the hospital’s ongoing growth and its special»»»

Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are driving governments across Europe to craft subsidies, taxes and policy revisions that might shield their economies, companies and increasingly aggrieved citizens from record gasoline and diesel prices. Countries around the world have intervened to limit the e»»»

Lashing out at his country's critics, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily dismissed allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza as "the biggest lie of the century" in a defiant speech to the U.N. General Assembly that asserted his nation's right to wage war against Iran. Scores of delegat»»»

As the U.S.-created Board of Peace pushes ahead with plans to rebuild Gaza, it has said there's no place for the U.N. body that for decades has provided support to displaced Palestinians. But the agency's last chief says that behind the scenes, board members and others have been more open to workin»»»

BEIJING (Sputnik) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said during talks with US President Donald Trump that China and the United States should meet each other halfway and foster stable trade relations. "So long as both sides act in the spirit of equality, mutual respect, and mutual benefit, a pathway to»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - North Korea will treat the South as a "decisive target of collective punishment" if the United States turns it into "a decisive center for collective defense," Kang Chol Su, a department head at North Korea's Institute for the Study of Enemy Affairs, said in an article published »»»

To eliminate the shortage of textbooks in Kyrgyzstan’s schools, 48.4 million copies of textbooks and teaching materials need to be published, Okuu Kitеbi publishing house director Tologon Amatov told journalists. Earlier, President Sadyr Japarov decided to allocate an additional 7 billion soms to a»»»

Abu Dhabi doctors perform life-saving transplant for boy with Hyper-IgM Syndrome A two-year-old boy with a rare inherited immune disorder is preparing to return home after receiving an urgent bone marrow transplant in Abu Dhabi, with his mother becoming his donor. Kai was diagnosed with Hyper-IgM S»»»

New York: The State of Qatar, through the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), together with Canada, Norway, the World Bank Group (WBG), the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF),»»»

DOHA: The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has strengthened the media readiness of its administrative leadership with the completion of a specialised training course on dealing with the media, attended by nine directors of administrative units. Organised in cooperation with the Al Jazeera Medi»»»

DOHA: Qatar Foundation has announced the appointment of Dr. Hend Zainal (pictured) as the organisation’s President of Higher Education, a position she will assume with effect from January 1, 2027. Dr. Hend began her career in 2005 within the field of higher education through roles at a number of Qa»»»

DOHA: The Waqf Studies Centre at the General Directorate of Endowments at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs will organise a scientific seminar on the book “Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Waqf and Charitable Work Terminology” on Thursday, September 24. The seminar, part of a series of academic »»»

DOHA: The Music Affairs Center, affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, organised a seminar titled “The Arab Maqam: Dimensions, Ajnas and Branches” as part of its ‘Music Salon’ programme, taking audiences on a journey through eight prominent maqams and their distinctive characteristics. Combining »»»

Zagreb: The State of Qatar is participating in the 32nd European international competition for memorisation and recitation of the Holy Qu’ran in Zagreb, Croatia, between September 24 to 26, with the support of the Sheikh Jassim bin Muhammad bin Thani Noble Qur’an Competition. Representing Qatar in »»»

Doha, Qatar: Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Majed bin Mohammad Al Ansari issued a statement categorically rejecting Israeli Prime Minister's accusation made against the State of Qatar. In a post on X, Dr. Al Ansari said: "We categorically»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces have continued to carry out overnight strikes on enterprises of the defense industry complex and logistics centers, as well as on naval vessels used to support the Ukrainian armed forces, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday. "Tonight, the Russian »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The European Union faces its harshest winter since 2022 due to near-record diesel prices, EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen said on Friday. "This winter might be very, very bad [for Europe] and it might be the worst one we’ve had since 2022," Jorgensen told British newspaper. »»»

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Turnover in market services provided to the population fell by 9% in gross terms in the first seven months of this year compared with the same period last year, as a result of declines in gambling and other recreational activities (-16.6%), hairdressing and other beauty treatment services (-12.2%),»»»

Romanian companies need to become more active in markets outside the European Union (EU), while at the same time we want to encourage companies from Latin America to view Romania as an investment destination and as a gateway to the EU, president of the Bucharest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CC»»»

Romania is in talks with the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to establish a Romania-US investment fund that would bring together the Investment and Development Bank, US private capital and other sources of financing, Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare announced."Concrete Roman»»»

The Investment and Development Bank (BID) on Thursday signed an agreement to participate, on behalf and for the account of the Romanian state, in the Three Seas Initiative Infrastructure Fund of Funds, a new regional platform managed by the European Investment Fund (EIF) and dedicated to financing »»»

More than three-quarters (76.9%) of construction companies expect a negative impact due to political and fiscal instability, according to the latest edition of the "Top 100 Construction Contractors in Romania" analysis, published on ...»»»

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has kept the prospects concerning the evolution of Romania's economy in 2026 and 2027, in line with the June forecast, and warns that negative evolution risks persist, according to the "Regional Economic Prospects," report the internationa»»»

Budget execution and the continuity of fiscal consolidation are Romania's main arguments in the current sovereign rating review conducted by S&P, interim Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare stated on ...»»»

Acting Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan received a delegation from the international financial rating agency Standard & Poor's at Victoria Palace on Thursday; the delegation is visiting Bucharest as part of the periodic assessment of Romania's economic and fiscal developments.According to a government s»»»

Prime Minister-designate Siegfried Muresan said on Thursday that next week in Parliament will be the most important test of the Social Democratic Party's (PSD) pro-European stance, when the party will have to choose between voting for "a responsible pro-European Government" or remaining "alongside »»»

Romania has taken important legislative and policy steps in recent years to prevent and combat gender-based violence, but urgent action is still needed in certain areas to protect women and comply with the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic »»»

Interim Foreign Affairs Minister Oana Toiu met with her Kyrgyz counterpart, Zheenbek Kulubaev, in New York on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, with the "positive" momentum in bilateral relations highlighted during the ...»»»

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will pay a visit to Bucharest by the end of the year to sign the strategic partnership between his country and Romania, after the decision to upgrade relations between the two countries to this level was announced in New York on Wednesday by the head of the g»»»

Early elections mean four-five-six months of banners in the streets, TV commercials, quarrels among parties and I think that Romanians do not want this in any way, and the parties must do what the people who gave them the vote dictate, President Nicusor Dan said in an interview with AGERPRES on Wed»»»