News archive of May 2024

Top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken urged Hamas to accept a truce in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to send troops into its far southern city of Rafah.

Washington has heightened pressure on all sides to reach a ceasefire — a message pushed by Blinken, who was on his seventh regional tour since the Gaza war broke out in October.

Defence Minister Nikos Dendias will visit the islands of Kos and Patmos on Wednesday and Thursday, he ministry said.

Dendias will visit military guard posts, accompanied by Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, General Dimitrios Choupis, and Chief of Hellenic Army General Staff, Lieutenant General Georgios Kostidis. 

“Europe’s economic laggards have become its leaders”

Fatih Karahan, governor of the Central Bank of Türkiye (CBRT), has stated that as a team they are closely monitoring monthly price developments.

At least 19 people died when part of a highway collapsed in southern China's Guangdong province on Wednesday, state media reported.

State broadcaster CCTV said a stretch of road between Meizhou city and Dabu county in Guangdong province caved in at around 2:10 am (1810 GMT).

The incident caused 18 vehicles to become trapped and involved a total of 49 people, CCTV said.

They rammed his car with a Kalashnikov - The young man, who escaped by luck, was accused about a year ago of attempted murder against a 43-year-old relative

Microsoft said Wednesday it would create Thailand's first data centre region to boost cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure, promising AI training to more than 100,000 Thais to develop tech.

Bangkok is a key economic player in Southeast Asia, but it has lagged behind Indonesia and Singapore when it comes to the tech industry.

Sales of real estate with cash, undeclared incomes in Greece and abroad, taxpayers who appear with annual incomes that do not exceed 10,000 euros, or larger amounts but with disproportionate expenses, as well as those who obtain income from short-term leases, are being targeted by the tax collection mechanism in 2024.

Paul Auster, the prolific American novelist whose works included "The New York Trilogy," has died of complications from lung cancer, a friend of the novelist told AFP. He was 77.

Prices in the 'Easter basket' are stabilising - Prices of olive oil and chocolate are skyrocketing due to the international rally