According to the government's final report, Japan's GDP rose by 0.6% in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to the prior three months. It was announced earlier that the GDP rose by 0.7%. Analysts surveyed by Trading Economics did not predict a revision. Although the estimate was lowered, Japan's economy expanded more rapidly in the fourth quarter compared to the third quarter, which recorded a...

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reports that 830 civilians have died in two days due to conflicts between the security forces of the new regime and backers of the deposed President Bashar al-Assad. The observatory states that the civilians have been executed. The overall number of fatalities, including both civilians and military personnel, has totaled 1,311. SOHR has issued an...

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by US entrepreneur Elon Musk, reported that the US Small Business Administration (SBA) issued approximately 5,500 loans amounting to $312 million to children under 11 during 2020-2021. The Small Business Administration issued 5,593 loans amounting to $312 million to borrowers whose only named owners were 11 years old or younger when the loans...

The French satellite company Eutelsat is in talks with the European Union (EU) to offer Ukraine further Internet connectivity. The firm's stock has increased for two days due to speculation that its satellites might take over Elon Musk's Starlink service. Eutelsat manages 35 satellites in geostationary orbit and enhanced its low-Earth orbit network to 600 satellites following the acquisition of...

Protesters clashed with law enforcement near the Greek parliament in Athens. Thousands of individuals assembled in Syntagma Square calling for an impartial inquiry into the Tempi train tragedy that took place in February 2023, claiming 57 lives. On the evening of March 5, Greece's biggest opposition party, PASOK, launched a vote of no confidence against the government for failing to properly...

Bloomberg reports, citing sources, that Russia has consented to mediate in discussions regarding the nuclear agreement with Iran, following a request from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told to the agency that “Russia is prepared to do whatever it takes” for the U.S. and Iran to settle all issues via dialogue. As per sources from...

The Palestinian group Hamas has declined the United States' proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The group claimed that Israel's acceptance of the U.S. initiative is an effort to sidestep the execution of agreements already signed. The Hamas press office issued a statement urging “the US administration to cease supporting the fascist agenda of the criminal Netanyahu.” The group also...

US President Donald Trump announced that the new tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China will start taking effect on March 4. The U.S. leader discussed this in a message on the social platform Truth Social. Tariffs on products from Mexico and Canada ought to total 25%. China anticipates a rise of 10%. In early February, the President of the United States signed an executive order that levied...

According to an evaluation by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the major expansion of the European Union in 2004, when ten countries joined together, can be considered a success after two decades. Economists Robert Beyer, Claire Li, and Sebastian Weber from the IMF prepared a working paper titled “Economic Benefits from Deep Integration: 20 years after the 2004 EU Enlargement.” It evaluates...