For much of the global economy, 2023 is going to be a tough year as the main engines of global growth – the United States, Europe, and China – all experience weakening activity, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday. The new year is going to be …

Brazil officially has a new but familiar president as Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in for the third time. The politician, known as Lula, had held Brazil’s highest office between 2003 and 2010. He enters office having defeated Jair Bolsonaro in October with concern surrounding the inauguration ceremony …

Donald Trump began 2022 on a high. Primary candidates were flocking to Florida to court the former president for a coveted endorsement. His rallies were drawing thousands. A bevy of investigations remained largely under the radar. One year later, Trump is facing a very different reality. He is mired in …

More than 45,000 migrants crossed the Channel to the UK from mainland Europe in 2022, surpassing the previous year’s record by more than 17,000, according to government figures released Sunday. The issue has become a huge political problem for the Conservative government, which has promised to bring down illegal immigration …

Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani, mourned the death of former Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday, hailing his essential role in spreading peace. In a statement, Al-Sudani said, “The world sadly says goodbye to his Holiness, the former Pope Benedict XVI. The late Pontiff dedicated his efforts to promote peace, …

ISIS said Saturday that it carried out a deadly attack on an Egyptian police checkpoint in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia the previous day. “A cell of soldiers of the caliphate managed to attack an Egyptian police roadblock… with a machine gun,” the terrorist group’s Amaq news agency said. …

It’s the American spy plane that dangerously approached a Chinese jet, not the other way around, Beijing insists Washington’s account of last week’s air incident over the South China Sea, involving a Chinese military jet and a US spy plane, disregards the truth and is “pure slander and hype,” the …

KYIV: Explosions were reported throughout Ukraine on New Year’s Eve as Russia carried out its second major round of missile attacks in three days on Saturday, Reuters reported while quoting Ukrainian officials. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said at least one person had been killed and eight wounded after a series …

Local residents say a loud explosion was heard before 8 am local time on New Year’s Day An explosion was heard outside the military airport in Kabul which is feared to have caused “multiple casualties”, Afghanistan’s Taliban government has said. “Today morning an explosion took place outside Kabul military airport, …

Pyongyang needs “overwhelming military power” to protect its sovereignty, Kim Jong-un says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for the country to develop a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and boost its nuclear arsenal amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, state-run media reported. Pyongyang requires “overwhelming military power” …