Reactor buildings unit one (L, rear) through unit four (R) stand at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Kariwa, Niigata Prefecture, northern Japan, in 2015. The plant has been shut down since 2012 after the Fukushima disaster. On Wednesday, units 6 and 7 went live. »»»

1 of 4 | Governor of the Federal Reserve Lisa Cook speaks at The Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 3. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday over President Donald Trump's attempt to fire the governor»»»

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's consumer price inflation for 2025 averaged 3.2 percent, the lowest annual rate in 21 years, according to data from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) released on Wednesday. The annual average of 3.2 percent marked the lowest inflation outcome since 2004, when the averag»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will patronize the joint graduation ceremony of the military colleges for officer cadets at Ahmed bin Mohammed Military College, Al Zaeem Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al Attiya Air Academy, Mohammed Bin Ghanem Al Ghanem Naval Academy, and the Cyber »»»

Three authors who demonstrated how scientific research can be wedded to literary grace have been awarded $10,000 prizes. On Wednesday, the National Book Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced the winners of the fifth annual Science + Literature awards. The books include Kimberly Bl»»»

Gold surpassed $4,800 an ​ounce for the first time on Wednesday as geopolitical tensions including US President Donald Trump's bid to control Greenland drove safe-haven demand. Spot gold was up 2.1% at $4,865 per ounce by 9:30 a.m. ET (1430 GMT), after rising as far as $4,887.82 earlier in the sess»»»

US President Donald Trump could retain the chairmanship of his proposed ‘Board of Peace’ for life, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing an anonymous US official. The panel is intended to help implement a US-mediated peace agreement in Gaza under a UN Security Council mandate. However, its draft ch»»»

Dubai: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), attended the launch of ‘Hewi Nad Al Sheba’, the first community space under the ‘Hewi Dubai’ initia»»»

Robina Aminian, 23, is one of thousands of victims of the Iranian state's recent crackdown on anti-regime protesters. The young woman was shot in the back of the head on January 8 during a protest in Tehran. Her aunt, living in Norway, spoke to FRANCE 24 about the personal and bureaucratic torment »»»

A high-speed train in southern Spain derailed on January 18, colliding with another high-speed train, killing at least 42 people and injuring more than 150, Spanish authorities reported. Two days later, another train crashed into a wall which had fell onto the train tracks. Despite safety concerns »»»

The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology has issued warnings for significant snowfall and icy conditions on Thursday, January 22. A yellow alert for heavy snow has been declared for the Smolyan region, where up to 10 centimeters of new snow is expected to accumulate. A separate yellow al»»»

Lawmakers in the EU parliament on Wednesday voted to refer to court a newly-signed trade deal with South America’s Mercosur for fear the agreement will penalise European farmers. EU lawmakers voted on Wednesday to challenge the ​European Union’s contentious free trade agreement with South America i»»»

European Union lawmakers on January 21 to hold up ratification of a major free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries over concerns about the legality of the deal. The deal was seen as a central priority of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. France, Eur»»»

Davos: The Minister of Finance HE Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari participated in a high-level dialogue session organised by Bloomberg under the title "The Global Rebalance: Capital, Power, and the Middle East", as part of its interview series, held on the sidelines of the 2026 World Economic Forum (WEF) i»»»

Warm Arctic waters and cold continental land are combining to stretch the dreaded polar vortex in a way that will send much of the United States a devastating dose of winter later this week with swaths of painful subzero temperatures, heavy snow and powerline-toppling ice. Meteorologists said the e»»»

Eduardo Morán, a doctor at Córdoba's Reina Sofía Hospital, suspected it was serious. He and his wife, also a medic, had been asked to head to work after reports that two high speed trains had collided nearby. "We were preparing different parts of the hospital," he recalls. "Not just the emergency r»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe An Israeli drone targets one of the threatened residential buildings in the town of Qennarit, southern Lebanon 21-01-2026 16:56 PM Latest N»»»

British Ambassador to Lebanon Hamish Cowell, U.S. Ambassador, Michel Issa, and Canadian Ambassador Gregory Galligan met Lebanese Army chief General Rodolphe Haykal during the High-Level Steering Committee (HLSC) meeting on Wednesday. “The Committee convened to review progress and challenges in secu»»»

Chinese carmaker BYD has shipped approximately 7,000 electric and hybrid vehicles to Argentina aboard its dedicated transport vessel, marking the largest single-brand automotive delivery in the country's history as the company seeks to capitalise on government incentives aimed at boosting electrifi»»»

Chinese carmaker BYD has shipped approximately 7,000 electric and hybrid vehicles to Argentina aboard its dedicated transport vessel, marking the largest single-brand automotive delivery in the country's history as the company seeks to capitalise on government incentives aimed at boosting electrifi»»»

Kuwait’s political course is creating a stable, low-risk environment for foreign investors, Al Rai News reported on January 21, citing the energy minister. Subaih Al-Mukhizeem said, “The sidelines of the World Economic For»»»

Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova said that it's time for Europe to engage in talks with pariahed Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, in a remarkable contrast with her colleagues who have spent more than five years asking for the sanctions screws on Minks to be tightened. »»»

A wave of severe weather affecting Greece since early Wednesday is expected to persist until Thursday afternoon, bringing heavy rain, thunderstorms, snowfall and gale-force winds. Six regions – the Peloponnese, central Greece, the greater Athens area, Thessaly, the northern Aegean and western Maced»»»

Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova said that it's time for Europe to engage in talks with pariahed Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, in a remarkable contrast with her colleagues who have spent more than five years asking for the sanctions screws on Minks to be tightened. »»»

Dubai: Aviation hiring in the UAE is accelerating, with major employers signalling large-scale recruitment and long-term investment in skills at the country’s first civil aviation career fair. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Sanad - a provider of aircraft engine Mainte»»»

Dubai: Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) reported record financial results for 2025, supported by double-digit growth in profit, revenues and balance sheet size, as financing activity and customer acquisition accelerated across retail and corporate banking. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Ch»»»

Dubai: Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) reported record financial results for the year ended 31 December 2025, posting net profit before tax of AED 3.84 billion, up 15.6% from the previous year, as net loans exceeded AED 100 billion for the first time. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Chequ»»»

Tunis, Jan 21 (TAP) - The Tunis Stock Exchange ended Wednesday’s trading session almost unchanged, slipping just 0.05% to close at 13,948.12 points, supported by a relatively active turnover of TND 9.4 million, according to broker Tunisie...»»»

AMMAN — The Jordanian–Saudi Business Network kicked off in Riyadh on Tuesday evening, in an economic event attended by a wide cross-section of Jordanian executives, business leaders and investors.The initiative was launched by the Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) in cooperation with the Jordanian Em»»»

Trump is arriving for the World Economic Forum at Davos on the heels of threatening tariffs on Denmark and seven other allies unless they negotiate a transfer of the semi-autonomous territory — a concession the European leaders indicated they are not willing to make. Trump said the tariffs would st»»»

Concessions are the future, GERB will make no further compromises with the budget and will return to conservative policies, said party leader Boyko Borissov in an interview with Capital.bg, taken before President Rumen Radev announced he will step down from his position. Borissov believes that the »»»

DAVOS - Serbian First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Sinisa Mali and Archer Aviation CCO Nikhil Goel signed on Wednesday in Davos a partnership agreement that will provide a framework for the US company's cooperation with the Serbian government in introducing electric air taxi services in Serbia. U»»»

The Syrian army on Wednesday entered the Al-Hol dentention camp in northeastern Syria, which houses families of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters. The camp was previously guarded by Kurdish forces, who withdrew to defend other cities prior to a ceasefire deal with the Syrian army. Syria’s»»»

Syrian government forces are continuing their advance in the country's northeast to take back territory previously held by the Kurds. Meanwhile, the interior ministry says some 80 Islamic State group members have been recaptured after 120 escaped from a prison on January 19 amid clashes between gov»»»

Syria's government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces agreed a new ceasefire on January 20 as Washington said the SDF's purpose in fighting Islamic State group jihadists was largely over. The announcement came after the army sent reinforcements to the Kurds' province stronghold in the nor»»»

Rifaat al-Assad, the uncle of deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad and infamous for his brutal suppression of a Muslim Brotherhood uprising that earned him the nickname “the butcher of Hama”, has died aged 88 in the United Arab Emirates. Once one of the most powerful figures in Syria, Rifaat l»»»

Syria's government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces agreed a new ceasefire on January 20 as Washington said the SDF's purpose in fighting Islamic State group jihadists was largely over. The announcement came after the army sent reinforcements to the Kurds' province stronghold in the nor»»»

In tonight's edition: One year after Donald Trump returned to the White House, has Washington reset its relationship with Africa? Also, Ghana arrests West African nationals accused of illegal online activities, luring workers under the pretext of lucrative work and forcing them to engage in cyber c»»»

Far-right French leader Marine Le Pen at an appeals trial on Tuesday rejected allegations that her party had any "system" to embezzle European Parliament funds.  A French court last year barred Le Pen from running for office for five years over a fake jobs scam at the European i»»»

French ‍far-right leader Marine Le ​Pen softened her tone while answering judges' questions during her appeal trial in ⁠Paris but denied wrongdoing, after being barred from public office over a conviction for misusing EU funds. The appeal trial is crucial for her, as the decision from this trial wi»»»

Airbus A330-200 aircraft of Parata Air. Photo courtesy of Parata Air SEOUL, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- South Korea's Parata Air is poised to enter the North American market after securing tentative approval from the U.S. government for flights to the United States. The U.S. Department of Transportation said »»»

Davos, Switzerland: The infrastructure to develop and power generative artificial intelligence models will require further "trillions" of dollars in investment, the head of top AI chipmaker Nvidia said Wednesday. Nvidia boss Jensen Huang spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where AI boosteri»»»

A major Danish pension fund is divesting from US government debt, citing unsustainable American finances and President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland as key reasons. AkademikerPension, which manages around $25 billion in savings for academics, will sell off its roughly $100 million in US »»»

US President Donald Trump has said he has no plans to build a golf course or other real estate in Greenland, framing his push to acquire the Danish territory as a purely strategic national security move. In an interview with NewsNation on Tuesday, Trump dismissed the idea of development on the isla»»»

The Canadian military has drafted a model response to a hypothetical US invasion, the Globe and Mail reported on Tuesday, citing senior defense officials. The strategy reportedly envisions unconventional, insurgency‑style warfare inspired by Afghan mujahideen fighters. The decision was reportedly p»»»

The US is seeking to “weaken and subordinate” Europe through economic competition, French President Emmanuel Macron has said. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, Macron stated that “trade wars and protectionist escalation will only produce losers” and urged European leaders to»»»

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Dubai: Looking for a family getaway that’s equal parts adventure, culture, and just plain fun? Take a page out of Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky’s travel diary — Abu Dhabi is clearly their go-to spot for making memories with the kids. “I love travelling to Abu Dhabi with the kids because there’s s»»»

Ras Al Khaimah: Tucked away among the rugged mountains of the Asimah area, about 90 kilometres southeast of Ras Al Khaimah city, an unassuming plot of land has blossomed into one of the emirate’s most distinctive agricultural and tourism attractions. Spanning more than 12,000 square metres, the flo»»»