Two Norwegians charged over multimillion bribes to Congo president
Norwegian citizens and an oil firm face charges for allegedly bribing Congo's President Sassou Nguesso with $25m for offshore oil rights in 2016....
8hEuronewsPolitics
Norwegian citizens and an oil firm face charges for allegedly bribing Congo's President Sassou Nguesso with $25m for offshore oil rights in 2016....
In Uvira, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, conflict has severely impacted the local economy. In mid-December, the border with neighbouring Burundi closed after M23 rebels captured the city. Sm...
Russia needs workers — and is now hiring in India. Why Moscow is shifting its migration strategy, and what awaits Indians arriving in Russia....
Talks that are due to take place next month take on fresh urgency after the transatlantic rupture in Davos...
After being inhabited only by Indigenous peoples for centuries, the Arctic island saw the Vikings in the 10th century and the Danes in 1721, and it attracted US interest back in 1867....
The US military has started transferring up to 7,000 Islamic State (IS) detainees from prisons in northeastern Syria to Iraq, as Syria’s new government asserts control over territories long governed a...
US president texts Norwegian leader that he no longer feels obliged ‘to think purely of Peace’ after missing out on award...
A bipartisan US Congress delegation began a visit to Copenhagen on Friday to voice support for Denmark and Greenland after US President Donald Trump threatened to take over the Arctic island, an auton...
President Emmanuel Macron Thursday said France would soon send more "land, air, and sea" forces to join a European military exercise in Greenland, after Washington threatened to seize the autonomous D...
The United States on Tuesday announced the approval of a US$2.3 billion sale of P-8A maritime patrol aircraft, torpedoes and related equipment to Singapore. “The proposed sale will improve Singapore’s...
The European Union must remain vigilant and ready to respond firmly in case of new threats, President Emmanuel Macron said in Brussels ahead of an emergency EU leaders summit to discuss U.S. Pre...
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-readies-1500-soldiers-possibly-deploy-minnesota-washington-post-reports-2026-01-18/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46666221 P...
The Chilean government has awarded a contract to Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech to supply its influenza vaccine ahead of the southern hemisphere winter. The vaccine will be part of Chi...
Article URL: https://blog.korny.info/2026/01/25/refusing-to-use-twitter Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46771779 Points: 15 # Comments: 2...
How isolation, intransigence and desperate economic hardship provoked an upsurge of protest that brought the regime to the brink...
The rollout comes as UK regulators reopen the retail market to crypto-related products and global issuers expand regulated offerings....
French insurer AXA’s Hong Kong unit, one of the city’s largest life and general insurers, has become the second insurance company to move its domicile to Hong Kong from Bermuda, according to a stateme...
Carmaker to work with Turgis Gaillard to produce drones at two of its sites...
US President Donald Trump’s latest moves to acquire Greenland are rattling Nuuk and Copenhagen....
EU ambassadors convened an emergency meeting in Brussels after Donald Trump threatened tariffs on eight European countries in a dispute over Greenland. France wants the block to use its so-called trad...