Almost five years after 159 countries signed the Global Methane Pledge committing to cut anthropogenic methane emissions by 30% by 2030, coal mines are releasing roughly the same amount of the potent greenhouse gas as they were when the ink was still wet on the agreement. Global production has incr»»»

Is Russia, leaning on Georgia, quietly blocking the development of the Middle Corridor? Despite the hype over the expanding China-Europe cargo transit route that avoids Russia, it still only handles freight amounting to ar»»»

Russia's Ministry of Digital Development is preparing a sweeping package of measures designed to transform the country's internet from a partially open network into a fully state-controlled infrastructure, according to an assessment by Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service. »»»

Solar power has been saving Europe more than €100mn a day since the US-Israel war on Iran began, Euronews reports, as the Strait of Hormuz blockade transforms the economics of Europe's energy transition from a climate argument into an emergency security imperative. »»»

Europe’s history has become a battlefield of lies where the Western powers twist facts to fuel their obsessive Russophobia. They equate liberators with aggressors and cast Russia as the eternal enemy, all to justify their proxy war against the heart of Eurasia. This serves their ambition, not the t»»»

Paris, France: Paris gets a taste of Nigeria's film industry on Wednesday with the start of the NollywoodWeek festival, with movies exploring love, family and duty, shorts and documentaries. Now in its 13th edition, the NOW festival this week showcases films not only from Nigeria's Nollywood but al»»»

Dubai: The United States has announced the phased closure of its consulate in Peshawar, with diplomatic responsibilities for Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province set to shift to the US Embassy in Islamabad, according to statements from the State Department reported by Dawn and Geo News. The State»»»

Three people infected with hantavirus are being taken off a cruise ship stricken by the deadly disease while the ship was anchored off the coast of Cape Verde, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Health officials confirmed the presence of the rare Andes strain, the only known form of the »»»

A luxury cruise ship that ​has been hit by an outbreak of the deadly hantavirus was preparing to travel from Cape Verde towards Europe on Wednesday after the Spanish government gave permission for it to dock in the Canary Islands. Sarah Morris has more.»»»

Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, which has a suspected hantavirus outbreak onboard, was due to set sail from Cape Verde for the Canary Islands on Wednesday after Spain agreed to allow passengers and crew to disembark there. File Photo by Elton Monteiro/EPA May 6 (UPI) -- A cruise ship with a hantaviru»»»

Dubai: Five Indian expatriates have each won Dh1 million in consolation prizes during Big Ticket series 286. For 40-year-old Rajath Satish, a Bangalore native working in accounts in Dubai, the win was hard to believe at first. Living in the UAE for seven years while his family remains in India, Sat»»»

Iran's economy may be teetering on the brink of collapse, but does that really threaten its regime? Monday's flare-up of hostilities across the Strait of Hormuz makes clear that oil's not about to start flowing freely again. Tehran and Washington are both signalling they can bear the pain of lost r»»»

Dubai: Oil prices dropped below $100 on Wednesday as traders responded to signs that the US and Iran could be moving closer to a framework agreement to pause the conflict and reopen a path to wider negotiations. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Brent crude was down 9.93»»»

Israel's army said Wednesday it had begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure in several areas of Lebanon, despite a truce with the neighboring country intended to halt fighting with the Iran-backed militant group. "The IDF has begun striking Hezbollah terror infrastructure sites in several areas in »»»

Dubai: US President Donald Trump has abruptly paused “Project Freedom” — a newly launched American operation aimed at helping commercial ships stranded by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz — after rising fears the mission could spiral into a wider military confrontation with Tehran. The operat»»»

Entrepreneurs, freelancers, and professionals in the new economy are no longer just looking for ideas, but for the spaces where those ideas gain meaning – through real conversations, direct interactions, and encounters that can shift directions. Between May 20–24, 2026, at Sala Palatului as well as»»»

CEOs are doubling down on disciplined growth and long-term transformation through AI and strategic transactions despite heightened geopolitical risk and macroeconomic uncertainty. This is according to the latest EY-Parthenon CEO Outlook Survey, a quarterly survey of 1,200 global CEOs across 21 coun»»»

The United Arab Emirates is advancing a coordinated strategy to strengthen its industrial base and secure supply chains, as Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) unveiled a major Industrial Resilience Program alongside policy shifts linking energy production more closely to domestic manufacturing »»»

Manila: Philippine Senator Raffy Tulfo, 66, says he has no intention to run for president despite poll results showing he's tied with Vice President Sara Duterte at 46% voters' pick for the country's next leader. The next presidential election, held every 6 years, is due in 2028. Under the 1987 Con»»»

Dubai: South Africa has confirmed that a rare strain of hantavirus capable of spreading between humans was detected in a passenger evacuated from a stricken Atlantic cruise ship after three people died in the outbreak. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said preliminary tests identified the Andes str»»»

A revised North Korean constitution removes references to reunification with the South, a document shared by Seoul's Unification Ministry showed Wednesday. Kim Jong Un, seen here at a party congress in February, was officially elevated to head of state. File Photo by KCNA/EPA SEOUL, May 6 (UPI) -- »»»

The School Leadership and Management Academy, developed by the Association for Values in Education (AVE), starts from a simple but often overlooked premise: school principals lead complex organisations, yet rarely receive the kind of structured leadership development that has become standard in the»»»

Dubai: The Iran war is rapidly reshaping global diplomacy ahead of next week’s high-stakes summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, with Beijing increasingly caught between its strategic ties with Tehran and mounting US pressure to help defuse the Hormuz crisis. Ir»»»

Saudi Arabia's ⁠benchmark stock ⁠index rose 0.4% on Wednesday, with most constituents trading in positive territory. Gains were led by information technology, materials and healthcare stocks. Saudi Arabian Mining Co added 4.5%, while Arabian Mills for Food Products surged 8% after reporting a 32% r»»»

Israel's military on Wednesday issued a new evacuation warning for a dozen villages in southern and eastern Lebanon ahead of expected strikes, despite a truce with Lebanon intended to halt the fighting with Iran-backed Hezbollah. "For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move a»»»

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that peace between ‌Israel and Lebanon is "achievable" and that "the problem is not Israel or Lebanon" but Hezbollah. Rubio told reporters on Tuesday at the White House that he thinks "a peace deal between Lebanon and Israel ​is imminently achievable, an»»»

BusinessHungaryHungary's new government pushes for euro by 2030Tim GoslingHungary's new leadership wants the country to adopt the euro by the end of the decade while repairing strained ties with Brussels. But with a weak economy and tight deadlines, experts warn the path will be steep. https://p.dw»»»

BANGKOK: Southeast Asia’s joint effort to tackle global issues such as an energy crisis caused by the Iran war is complicated ​by internal friction over tension between Thailand and Cambodia and civil war in Myanmar, a senior Cambodian diplomat said on Wednesday. Asia is the world’s top oil importi»»»

Over the past three years, the rapid development of artificial intelligence tools has widened the divide in global education. On one side are education systems that have integrated technology strategically, responsibly, and in ways that genuinely support students. On the other are those that have d»»»

Indiana and Ohio held primaries on Tuesday, with elections watches closely eyeing the Republican races. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo May 6 (UPI) -- Republican voters in Indiana and Ohio largely backed Trump-aligned candidates Tuesday in primaries seen as tests of President Donald T»»»

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RIYADH: Saudi food and retail group Savola posted a 50.4 percent jump in first-quarter profit, helped by stronger performance in its food processing business and a gain from the disposal of its Sudan operations. The Tadawul-listed company reported net profit of SR285 million ($75.9 million) for the»»»

BusinessHungaryHungary's new government pushes for euro by 2030Tim GoslingHungary's new leadership wants the country to adopt the euro by the end of the decade while repairing strained ties with Brussels. But with a weak economy and tight deadlines, experts warn the path will be steep. https://p.dw»»»

The US military launched another strike Tuesday on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men. The attack came a day after US forces struck an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing two people. The Trump administration’s campaign of blowing up »»»

Saudi Arabia’s non-oil private sector posted a notable positive shift in April 2026, regaining growth momentum despite escalating geopolitical pressures and disruptions to international shipping routes — described as the “winds of Hormuz” — that affected supply chains and market expectations. The R»»»

Port Sudan, Sudan: Sudanese 13-year-old Afrah wants to become a surgeon, and nothing will stop her, not even the war that has ravaged her country and forced millions of children out of school. Quiet and determined, she kept learning on her own for months, uprooted by the now three-year conflict bet»»»

SEOUL: North Korea has deleted all references to uniting with South Korea from its constitution, a document reviewed by AFP on Wednesday showed, underscoring Pyongyang’s push for a more hostile policy toward Seoul. North and South Korea remain technically at war because their 1950-53 war ended in a»»»

SEOUL: North Korea has deleted all references to uniting with South Korea from its constitution, a document reviewed by AFP on Wednesday showed, underscoring Pyongyang’s push for a more hostile policy toward Seoul. North and South Korea remain technically at war because their 1950-53 war ended in a»»»

Israel's military on Wednesday issued a new evacuation warning for a dozen villages in southern Lebanon ahead of expected strikes, despite a truce with Lebanon intended to halt the fighting with Iran-backed Hezbollah. "For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move away from the»»»

Employees take part in a ceremony at the trading room of Woori Bank in Seoul on Wednesday to celebrate the benchmark KOSPI closing at an all-time high of 7,384.56. Photo by Yonhap South Korean stocks shot up nearly 6.5 percent Wednesday, extending a record-breaking run to top the 7,300-point mark, »»»

Saudi Arabia’s first-quarter 2026 budget performance figures showed the government remained firmly committed to development and social spending, with total expenditure surging 20 percent year on year to about SAR387 billion ($103.2 billion), compared with SAR322 billion in the same period a year ea»»»

Iran will only accept "a fair and comprehensive agreement" in its negotiations with the US on ending the war in the Middle East, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump cited "great progress" in the process. "We will do our best to protect our legitimate rights and interes»»»

Syrian authorities announced on Tuesday they had arrested a Hezbollah-affiliated cell plotting to assassinate government officials, while the Lebanese group denied the "false accusations". The Syrian interior ministry said that it had conducted a "series of simultaneous security operations" in the »»»

President Donald Trump has said he is pausing the American operation to escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz as negotiations with Iran continue. The move comes as US forces maintain a blockade of Iranian ports and tensions persist in the Gulf despite a fragile ceasefire. Follow our liveblog »»»

On the day of the arrival of Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abdel Hamid Aldabaiba, for a two-day official visit to Rome, Italy’s Agenzia Nova reported exclusively yesterday that difficulty in payments, uncertain rules and complex procedures, continue to hinder economic relations between Italy»»»

Doha, Qatar: Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar) proudly celebrated its Class of 2026 at its 25th annual commencement ceremony held on Monday, May 4, at the Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Convention Hotel. The occasion marked the achievements of 69 students fr»»»

Israel's military on Wednesday issued a new evacuation warning for a dozen villages in southern Lebanon ahead of expected strikes, despite a truce with Lebanon intended to halt the fighting with Iran-backed Hezbollah. "For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move away from the»»»

Driven in part by fears that the frozen landscapes of Antarctica may be irreversibly melting away because of climate change, tourism to the bottom of the world is soaring. And experts warn that with more visitors comes an increased risk of contamination, illness and other damage to the continent. W»»»

Gold prices rose 2% on Wednesday, buoyed by a weaker dollar, while softer oil prices eased fears of inflation and higher-for-longer interest rates, amid hopes of a US-Iran peace deal. Spot gold was up 2% at $4,647.09 per ounce, as of 0415 GMT. US gold futures for June delivery rose 2% to $4,658, Re»»»

Doha, Qatar: At a moment that marks both culmination and commencement, graduates of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q), a member of Qatar Foundation, stepped into the next chapter of their lives yesterday, receiving US-accredited MD degrees as part of the Class of 2026. Beyond the ceremony, what »»»