Economic Watch: Europe's sluggish economy dampens company profits, defense sector thrives

Mar 22, 2025

Valletta [Malta], March 22: Many major European companies across various sectors saw a sharp profit decline in 2024, while the defense industry, in contrast, has...

Czech Republic resumes border controls with Slovakia amid FMD outbreak

Mar 22, 2025

Prague [Czech Republic], March 22: The Czech Republic on Friday reinstated border controls with neighboring Slovakia in response to an outbreak of the highly contagious...

London Heathrow Airport resumes some flights after major fire disrupts operations

Mar 22, 2025

London [England], March 22: The first plane landed at London Heathrow on Friday as the airport resumes some flights following its closure caused by a...

Feature: Slovenia plants 2,000 trees to counter climate threat on Int'l Forest Day

Mar 22, 2025

Ljubljana [Slovenia], March 22: In the forests near Apace, a small village in northeastern Slovenia, a group of volunteers, students, and forest rangers gathered on...

Slovakia enforces emergency measures following foot-and-mouth disease outbreak

Mar 22, 2025

Bratislava [Slovakia], March 22: Slovakia has implemented a series of emergency measures in response to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, authorities announced Friday.

French, German, British FMs call for immediate return to ceasefire in Gaza

Mar 22, 2025

Brussels [Belgium], March 22: The foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Britain (the E3) called for an immediate return to a ceasefire in Gaza on...

Rwanda reassures Belgians of free movement despite cutting diplomatic ties

Mar 22, 2025

Kigali [Rwanda], March 22: The Rwandan government has reassured Belgians in the country and those wishing to visit that the recent severing of diplomatic relations...

Sudanese army retakes presidential palace in key victory over paramilitary forces

Mar 22, 2025

Khartoum [Sudan], March 22: Sudan's military said on Friday it had taken control of the Republican Palace and key government buildings in central Khartoum following...

UNICEF warns looting of medical supplies to compound dire humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan

Mar 22, 2025

Washington DC [US], March 22: The looting of vital aid supplies for malnourished children in Sudan's capital Khartoum will further compound an already dire humanitarian...