A saint, a monk, a rock: Bulgaria's euro coin designs

6 months ago

Ancient rock art, a patron saint and a monk will be emblazoned on euro coins from Thursday, when Bulgaria joins the single currency.The motifs are already on the lev, the...

Kyrgyzstan launches Chinese-funded waste-to-energy plant

6 months ago

A Chinese-funded waste-to-energy plant, which generates electricity from solid waste recycling, was launched Saturday in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.Speaking at the launch ceremony, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov said the...

5 killed, 6 injured in Istanbul traffic accident

6 months ago

Five people were killed and six others injured in a traffic accident in Istanbul, local authorities said on Sunday.The crash occurred on Saturday evening in the Esenyurt district on the...

Herbs export through Nepalgunj border customs increases

6 months ago

Banke, Dec 28: Export of herbs has increased through Nepalgunj border has increased in the five months of the current fiscal year 2025/26.According to Information Officer of Nepalgunj Customs Office,...

The green gold: Cardamom becomes Kakarbhitta's number one export

6 months ago

Jhapa, Dec 28: In the initial five months of the ongoing fiscal year, cardamom has emerged as the top export from the Kakarbhitta border customs office.Ishwar Kumar Humagain, the information...

Bulgaria adopts euro amid fear and uncertainty

6 months ago

Bulgaria will become the 21st country to adopt the euro on Thursday, but some believe the move could bring higher prices and add to instability in the European Union's poorest...

Thailand and Cambodia sign a new ceasefire agreement to end border fighting

6 months ago

Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire agreement on Saturday to end weeks of fighting along their border over competing territorial claims.The agreement took effect at noon and calls for a...

Zelenskyy to meet with Trump as efforts to end Russia-Ukraine war remain elusive

6 months ago

President Donald Trump will host his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Sunday to try to close out a peace agreement that would end nearly four years of war that began...

Canadian PM announces new support for Ukraine in meeting with Zelensky

6 months ago

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday announced new financial support for Ukraine during a meeting with visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.According to a news release from the prime minister's...

Polls open for Myanmar's first election since military seized power

6 months ago

Voters went to the polls Sunday for the initial phase of Myanmar ’s first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military government while a civil...

Death toll rises to 11 after head-on car crash on Brazil highway

6 months ago

The death toll from a head-on collision between two vehicles on a highway in Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia rose to 11 on Saturday, including two children aged two and...

Guinea security forces 'neutralise' armed group in gunfight

6 months ago

Guinean security forces neutralised an armed group in the capital they said had "subversive intentions threatening national security", according to an official statement, a day before the country holds elections.The...

Portugal delivers more than 32 mln COVID-19 vaccinations over 5 years: data

6 months ago

Portugal has administered more than 32 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since launching its first vaccination campaign five years ago, according to data released Saturday by the Directorate-General for Health...

Iraqis cover soil with clay to curb sandstorms

6 months ago

Deep in Iraq's southern desert, bulldozers and earthmovers spread layers of moist clay over sand dunes as part of a broader effort to fight increasingly frequent sandstorms.Iraq has long suffered...

China launches Fengyun-4 03 satellite

6 months ago

China on Saturday sent a new satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the country's southwestern Sichuan Province.The satellite, Fengyun-4 03, was launched by a Long March-3B...