Former US President Donald Trump has attacked former US Representative Nikki Haley, a former governor of South Carolina and US representative to the UN, over her refusal to leave the campaign following her loss in the state of New Hampshire's Republican primary. "It was interesting, I must say, as I exclaimed, “What a great win!” Then, out of nowhere, Haley takes the stage and delivers a speech...

Sweden's application to join NATO is scheduled for a vote by the Turkish parliament this week, according to a source cited by Bloomberg on Monday. Citing a government official, the news agency stated that "Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party... will seek parliamentary approval to ratify Sweden's long-awaited NATO membership." Thus, Hungary will be the only...

Europe has been battered by heavy snowfall, which has disrupted travel in northern France and caused problems at Frankfurt am Main, Germany's main airport, according to a report released by the EFE news agency on Thursday. There was snowfall in the Grand Est, Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-France, and Normandy regions. By Thursday night, the snow arrived in the Alsace region near the German border....

Trade with wealthier nations would enable some of the world's least developed ASEAN nations—Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar—to better their circumstances in ten years, according to World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. "Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar are among the least developed nations in the world that are part of ASEAN; their per capita incomes are significantly lower...

Renhap news agency said on Tuesday that South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has pledged to punish the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) more severely if Pyongyang provokes it. "The Republic of Korea's present administration differs from all previous administrations. Our military forces are incredibly capable of responding. (...) We will punish North Korea several times more severely...

President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro declared a 43% rise in the minimum wage in the midst of widespread demonstrations and just before the country's presidential elections, reports Bloomberg. Employees whose base income is less than $4 a month will get $40 in food stamps and an extra $60 in cash payments. The cumulative amount of the supplemental payments used to be roughly $70. Maduro intends...

Chinese oil imports reached 564 million tons in 2023, up 11% from the year before, as reported by the PRC's General Administration of Customs. Simultaneously, the amount spent on raw materials was $337.5 billion, a 7.7% decrease from 2022. China's crude oil supply in 2023 was 1.545 million tons on average per day, compared to 1.393 million tons in 2022. The barrel-release ratio was 11.28...

On Thursday night, French President Emmanuel Macron gave his approval to the cabinet that Prime Minister Gabriel Attal had assembled. The new members of the French cabinet were formally announced by Secretary General of the Presidential Office Alexis Kohler. Several prominent ministers from the outgoing administration, led by the resigned Elisabeth Borne, kept their positions. They are Justice...

Less than half of the 1 million shells that the EU agreed to give Ukraine each year have been secured for the end of 2023, as explained by Peter Stano, the spokesperson for EU ambassador Josep Borrell. "More than 20 contracts have been signed for public procurement and, as of December, these contracts allowed for the delivery of at least 180,000 shells," Stano told at a briefing in Brussels on...