North Korea opens housing complex for families of soldiers killed in Ukraine

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday presided over the inauguration of a new residential district in Pyongyang designated for families of soldiers who died during overseas military operations, state news agency KCNA reported. The project represents the latest public gesture by the government to honor troops who fought alongside Russian......

European natural gas falls to five week low on milder weather forecasts

European natural gas prices dropped sharply on Monday as forecasts of milder temperatures across the continent eased immediate concerns over heating demand. The benchmark Dutch TTF contract slid more than 5 percent to around 30.75 euros per megawatt hour, according to Trading Economics, marking its lowest level since mid January. The decline......

Global markets rise ahead of US Iran nuclear talks in Geneva

Global equity markets advanced on Monday as investors looked past weekend geopolitical headlines and turned their focus to high stakes nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran scheduled for Tuesday in Geneva, along with a busy week of corporate earnings led by major retail and agricultural companies. The pan European Stoxx......

Cuba revives 1990s rationing plan as US oil sanctions tighten

Cuba is confronting its most severe fuel shortage since the collapse of the Soviet Union as oil sanctions imposed by the Trump administration intensify, prompting the government to activate emergency rationing measures while Washington simultaneously delivers humanitarian aid through the Catholic Church. Havana announced it is implementing......

Kallas urges Europe to assert autonomy at Munich conference

The 62nd Munich Security Conference concluded on Sunday with European leaders delivering a unified message that the continent must assume greater responsibility for its own defense as transatlantic dynamics evolve. Over three days of discussions, senior officials outlined plans to raise military spending, deepen cooperation on nuclear deterrence......

Ukraine heads to Geneva for third US mediated peace talks

A Ukrainian delegation departed for Geneva on Monday for a third round of trilateral negotiations with Russia and the United States scheduled for February 17 and 18, as efforts continue to advance talks that have yet to yield a breakthrough on key issues, including territorial control in eastern Ukraine. Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s......

X hit by second major global outage in a month

Elon Musk’s social media platform X experienced a widespread outage on Monday, with thousands of users in the United States, the United Kingdom and India reporting they were unable to load their feeds or publish posts. The disruption began around 8:02 a.m. Eastern Time, or 13:02 GMT, marking the second significant service interruption......

Eurozone finance ministers push to strengthen euro’s global role

Finance ministers from the 20 eurozone countries met in Brussels on Monday to outline steps aimed at boosting the international standing of the euro, as Europe seeks to lessen its reliance on the US dollar amid mounting geopolitical and economic pressures. The meeting, chaired by Greek Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis,......

Israeli producer Dana Eden found dead in Athens

Israeli television producer Dana Eden, known for her work on the acclaimed drama series Tehran, was found dead in her hotel room in central Athens, Greek authorities confirmed on Monday. She was 52. According to a police spokesperson, preliminary findings indicate that the circumstances point toward suicide. Authorities reported that marks......

Machado says Cuba and Nicaragua will follow after Venezuela’s fall

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told an international audience that the collapse of President Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela would trigger a broader liberation across the region, predicting that Cuba and Nicaragua would be next to break free from authoritarian rule. Machado spoke via video to global......

Yen weakens after Japan GDP misses expectations

The Japanese yen retreated in early Asian trading on Monday after posting its strongest weekly performance since November 2024, as weaker than expected economic data dampened expectations of a near term interest rate increase by the Bank of Japan. The currency slipped 0.2 percent to 153.07 per dollar, trimming part of last week’s nearly......

Charli XCX declares end of brat summer at Berlin premiere

Charli XCX has closed the chapter on her defining “Brat” era, telling reporters at the Berlin Film Festival that the cultural wave surrounding her 2024 album has run its course as her mockumentary The Moment premiered in Europe at the Zoo Palast cinema. Asked whether the “brat summer” phenomenon had reached its end,......

Ukraine detains former energy minister in sweeping corruption probe

Ukraine’s former energy minister Herman Halushchenko was detained late Saturday while attempting to leave the country by train, anti corruption authorities said, in a dramatic escalation of one of the most far reaching graft investigations of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s tenure. The National Anti Corruption Bureau of Ukraine,......

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