World bids farewell to 2025, a year of Trump, truces and turmoil

SYDNEY, Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New Year’s Eve revellers toasted the end of 2025 on Wednesday, waving goodbye to 12 months packed with Trump tariffs, a Gaza truce and vain hopes for peace in Ukraine. It was one of the warmest years on record, the stifling heat stoking wildfires in…

Italy: Four hurt, 100 stranded after cable car accident

ROME, Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four people were injured and around 100 were stranded atop a mountain in northwest Italy on Tuesday after a cable car accident, authorities said. No one was seriously injured following the incident on the Macugnaga cable car, which travels up to the Moro Pass at…

More than 3,000 migrants die on route to Spain in 2025 as borders tighten

MADRID, Dec 30 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Fresh figures show more than 3,000 people died trying to reach Spain by sea over the past year, a sharp drop from the previous 12 months. But migrant rights groups warn the decline does not mean safer journeys. According to the NGO Caminando Fronteras, 3,090…

Finland: Winter storm grounds flights, strands hundreds in northern Lapland region

HELSINKI, Dec 30 (NNN-XINHUA) — A winter storm disrupted travel in Finland’s northern region of Lapland over the weekend, stranding hundreds of passengers and forcing emergency arrangements at airports as flight cancellations and delays extended into Monday. Finavia, Finland’s state-owned airport operator, said about 20 flights to and from Rovaniemi,…

US pledges $2 bn for UN aid, with ‘adapt, shrink or die’ warning

GENEVA, Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Washington on Monday pledged an initial $2 billion for United Nations humanitarian aid in 2026 — far less than it has provided in recent years — warning UN agencies to “adapt, shrink or die”. With its pledge, announced at the US mission in Geneva alongside…

UN Sec-Gen Guterres says ‘get serious’ in grim New Year message

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations urged global leaders Monday to focus on people and the planet in a New Year’s message depicting the world in chaos. “As we enter the new year, the world stands at a crossroads. Chaos and uncertainty surround us. Division. Violence. Climate…

Caretaker PM’s party leads Kosovo vote: preliminary results

PRISTINA, Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Preliminary results in Kosovo’s parliamentary elections Sunday suggested that caretaker Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s party was nearing 50 percent, potentially ending the country’s long-running political deadlock. The Central Election Commission (CEC) said Kurti’s Vetevendosje (VV) party was projected to win 49.79 percent, after processing about…

Body found in Spain flooding takes death toll to two

MADRID, Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Search teams on Monday found the body of a man missing after torrential rains caused flooding in southern Spain, authorities said, raising the death toll to two. Spain’s Guardia Civil police said the body was found some three kilometres from the spot where he was…

Seven Turkish Policemen Injured In Raid Against Daesh

ISTANBUL, Dec 29 (NNN-TRT) – Seven Turkish policemen were injured, after coming under gunfire, during a counter-terrorism operation, targeting suspected Daesh members, in the north-western province of Yalova, it was reported today. Provincial police units raided a residence in Elmalik village, where a clash erupted during the operation, said the…

Russia Announces Successful Launch Of 52 Satellites Into Orbit

VLADIVOSTOK, Dec 29 (NNN-TASS) – Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, announces today, it successfully launched 52 satellites on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket, into their planned orbits in space. The Soyuz rocket launch was conducted yesterday afternoon, at the Vostochny Cosmodrome facility, in Russia’s far eastern Amur Oblast, Roscosmos said, on its Telegram…
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