The Moscow exchange has suspended trading in dollars and euros, citing fresh US sanctions imposed on the platform Read Full Article at RT.com

There is still air pollution in the southwest corner of Iceland but it is no longer in the capital area. Now, it is limited to the Reykjanes peninsula, according to Ingibjörg Andrea Bergþórsdóttir, a natural hazard specialist at the Icelandic Met Office.

Measurements indicate that inflation has resumed at Svartsengi, but the eruption at Sund-hnúkagígar crater row has been ongoing for thirteen days.

The filming of the thriller Greenland: Migration began here in Iceland yesterday. The acclaimed actor Gerard Butler plays the leading role and he just arrived in the country. The movie is the sequel to the movie Greenland, which was a hit in 2020.

The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) is expressing alarm at what it says are widespread threats and abuse against Television Jamaica (TVJ) journalist Giovanni Dennis following the airing of a special report highlighting illegal drag racing...

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched a probe into the fatal shooting of a man by the police along St John's Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine on Tuesday morning. The deceased has been identified as 22-year-...

The wreck of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's final ship has been discovered off Labrador's south coast, says a Royal Canadian Geographical Society-led expedition.

Alberta’s seven supervised consumption sites lack something advocates say would save lives — a room where users can inhale drugs, with medical staff ready to intervene if they ingest a poisoned batch that could kill them.

Claims for the diabetes drug Ozempic have seen an astronomical jump in Saskatchewan, and government figures show many are not for Type 2 diabetes.

The risk of a wildfire in the Calgary Forest Area is now high, with some areas at very high or extreme risk of fire, officials say.

One person was taken to hospital after a bear attack inside a camp in a remote area of a northwestern Ontario provincial park Wednesday morning.

A Canadian has died in India, Global Affairs Canada confirmed to CTV News Wednesday.

A dog was killed and a woman injured by a deer in West Kelowna Monday night, prompting a warning from B.C. conservation officers.

A crew led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has found the long-sought wreck of the Quest, the final expedition ship that belonged to famed Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.

Cyclone-affected households have been waiting over a year now for the government to implement the cash transfer program announced after Tropical Cyclones (TCs) Judy and Kevin last year.

During Port Vila Day yesterday, the Lord Mayor of the Port Vila City Council, Honourable Steve Kiel, emphasized the importance of recognition and support from foreign friends and partners collaborating closely with the government.

On the 24 May 2024 Mr. Kenneth Holiwon was sentenced 9 years and 10 months imprisonment for unlawful sexual intercourse, and act of indecency with a young person by judge Vincent Lunabek.

In response to Pride Month , the President of the Malvatumauri Council of Chiefs, Chief Paul Robert Ravun said as far as custom is concerned, Pride Month does not exist in Vanuatu.

This morning Vanuatu's OFC mens nations national team were commissioned by the president of the Republic Nikenike Vurobaravu. During the commissioning process, Captain Brian Kaltack gave a speech to his team at the state house. The OFC Nations Cup begins…

Washington has sanctioned 300 additional individuals and entities around the world for allegedly helping Moscow’s “war economy” Read Full Article at RT.com

Armenia will leave the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has pledged Read Full Article at RT.com

Pavel Khodorovsky, the long-time CEO of the Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Plant, has been arrested on suspicion of pedophilia Read Full Article at RT.com

[Nile Post] Last week, Museveni expressed concern about the rampant corruption in Uganda, revealing that even some of his staff at State House have been involved in corrupt practices. The Inspector General of Government (IGG) estimates that corruption costs the country at least Shs1 million per hour.

[Agenzia Fides] Lilongwe -- The death of Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima in a plane crash (see Fides, 11/6/2024) has shaken Malawi.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The House of Peoples' Representatives is currently considering a new bill that would empower investigators to intercept communications and correspondence without judicial authorization.

The issue was always whether the material was part of a foreign effort to influence the election — as had occurred four years before.

Calgary’s bedroom communities like Cochrane and Okotoks have been seeking solutions to their water challenges over the past several years. Those are drawn into greater focus given recent urgent discussion over water infrastructure and supply management in the Calgary region.

The children gave Lavrov a handmade model of the word of Russia as a present during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry’s Reception House

Brent prices gained 0.97% to $83.03 per barrel

According to Zakharova, the Danish special services explain that the detention is related to the media reports about a journalistic investigation into the Foundation for the Support and Protection of the Rights of Compatriots Living Abroa

Oslo (HOL) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud reiterated that his government has liberated vast areas from al-Shabab over the last two years, despite the group increasing its attacks on army bases in Galmudug and Hirshabelle States.

[UNFPA] Bujumbura, Burundi -- «During my contractions, my mother-in-law and my own mother refused to let me go to the health centre to give birth,» Gloriose Mbonimpa told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. «I felt death was approaching.»

[New Times] Realizing that post-harvest losses were high among horticulture farmers, Samantha Ainembabazi and her colleagues thought of a solution to the problem through nanotechnology.