Canadian Governor General Mary Simon will travel to Greenland in early February and attend the opening of Canada's first consulate in Nuuk, the Office of the Governor General said Wednesday.According to a press release, Simon's visit will focus on reinforcing the close historical and cultural bonds

Kuwait Marine Show 2026 held at Ahmadi Governorate

Colombian authorities have located a missing passenger plane carrying 15 people on Wednesday, with no survivors reported.The Beechcraft 1900 aircraft, operated by state airline Satena, was located in the Norte de Santander region in northeastern Colombia, after local residents and the National

Germany's federal government on Wednesday lowered its forecast for economic growth in 2026 to 1 percent, down 0.3 percentage points from its previous autumn projection, while stressing the need for investment and reforms to revive the economy.Presenting the government's annual economic report,

In pics: Palestinian girl at temporary shelter east of Gaza City

Amazon said Wednesday that it plans to eliminate approximately 16,000 corporate jobs, marking its second round of mass layoffs in four months as the tech giant restructures its operations to focus on artificial intelligence (AI).In a news release shared with employees, Beth Galetti, Amazon's senior

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov in Beijing on Wednesday.Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, noted that the establishment of the China-Azerbaijan comprehensive

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept the target range for the federal funds interest rate unchanged at 3.5 percent to 3.75 percent at its first policy meeting of 2026.The decision follows three consecutive rate cuts in the second half of 2025."Available indicators suggest that economic

An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), commonly called bird flu, is threatening the survival of the critically endangered African penguins living off the coast of South Africa, local media reported.

British companies see strong prospects for future activity with the China market, highlighting a score of cooperation sectors where businesses from two sides are highly complementary, Tom Simpson, managing director of China Operations and China chief representative of the China-Britain Business

At least 13 people were killed and six others injured when a traditional gold mine collapsed recently in South Kordofan state in southern Sudan, the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company said Wednesday.

Several dozen people died and hundreds of thousands remained without power on Tuesday after a massive winter storm dumped snow and ice from the U.S. Northeast to the South over the weekend.

Dutch tech giant ASML said Wednesday that it would lay off around 1,700 people, mainly in management positions, as it shakes up its internal organisation.

Snow falls in Madrid, Spain