ROME, Jan 1 (Reuters) – Swiss police believe around 40 people died and 100 were injured in a fire during a New Year’s Eve party in the resort town of Crans-Montana, the Italian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. It added that the blaze was not thought to have been caused by arson….
PARIS (AP) — Actor George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney were granted French citizenship because “they contribute, through their distinguished actions, to France’s international influence and cultural outreach,” the French government said Wednesday, defending their naturalization that was questioned by a junior French minister. The naturalizations of the Kentucky-born star of the “Ocean’s” series…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Wednesday imposed sanctions on four firms operating in Venezuela’s oil sector and designated four additional oil tankers, which the U.S. accuses of being part of a shadow fleet serving Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government, as blocked property. The action is part of the Trump administration’s monthslong pressure campaign on Maduro….
DUBAI, Dec 31 – The United Arab Emirates has pursued an assertive foreign policy and carved its own sphere of influence across the Middle East and Africa, a strategy in the spotlight after a rare military escalation with Saudi Arabia in Yemen this week. Abu Dhabi has used alliances with states or proxies, military intervention…
TOKYO — Global stock markets, including Germany, Japan and South Korea, were closed Wednesday for the yearend and New Year’s holidays, while trading was mixed in those bourses that remained open. France’s CAC 40 lost 0.5% in early trading to 8,130.14, while Britain’s FTSE 100 shed 0.2% to 9,923.59. Earlier in Asia, the Hang Seng…
WARSAW, Dec 31 (Reuters) – Heavy snowfall in Poland caused tailbacks stretching as far as 20 km (12.43 miles) on a motorway between the capital Warsaw and the Baltic port city of Gdansk during the night, police said on Wednesday. While the situation left hundreds of people trapped in their cars in freezing conditions, by…
WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration said on Tuesday it was auditing immigration cases involving U.S. citizens of Somali origin to detect fraud that could lead to denaturalization, or revocation of citizenship. “Under U.S. law, if an individual procures citizenship on a fraudulent basis, that is grounds for denaturalization,” Homeland Security Assistant…
By Yousef SabaDUBAI, Dec 30 – A Saudi airstrike on what it said was a UAE-linked weapons shipment in Yemen on Tuesday marked the most… Source link
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower Tuesday in Asia and U.S. futures were flat after stocks slipped on Wall Street. Crude oil prices were little changed and gold and silver resumed climbing. With just two trading days left before the year ends, most big investors have closed out their positions and volume has been…
SAN SALVADOR, Dec 29 (Reuters) – El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, who came to power in 2019 and is now serving a second term which critics have called unconstitutional, said he was open to staying in power for another decade. “If it were up to me, I would stay for 10 more years,” Bukele said…