Tag: Foreign countries
Estonia is preparing to raise the prices of fixed electricity contracts | News in brief
According to Estonian Yleisradio, the Eesti Energia company will announce the prices of new electricity contracts in the coming days. The Estonian company Eesti Energia plans to raise the prices…
Unicef warns that now children in Gaza are also dying from the cold – even the last major hospital in northern Gaza is closed | Foreign countries
Health authorities in Gaza have reported several deaths of newborns from the cold. Olli-Pekka Sulasma, Susanna Bono Health authorities in Gaza have reported the death of at least four newborn…
A dozen vessels of the shadow fleet passed by the north of Finland on Friday – poor ships carry more and more oil | Foreign countries
A ship belonging to the Russian shadow fleet is suspected of causing cable damage on Christmas Day in the Gulf of Finland. This story tells what a shadow fleet is,…
More than 30,000 Syrians returned from Turkey to Syria | News in brief
There have been around three million Syrian refugees in Turkey. More than 30,000 Syrian refugees have returned to Syria from Turkey since rebels overthrew the Syrian regime in early December.…
Trump asks Supreme Court to delay controversial Tiktok ban | News in brief
In April, Biden signed a law according to which the Chinese owner of the app, Bytedance, must sell Tiktok within a year or else the app will be banned in…
The death toll from the Brazilian bridge collapse rose to ten | News in brief
A bridge in the Brazilian state of Goiás collapsed into the Tocantins River last Sunday. The death toll from the bridge collapse in northern Brazil has risen to ten. A…
Slovakia’s Fico threatens Ukraine with interruption of electricity supplies | News in brief
Ukraine has said it will no longer allow gas supplies from Russia to Slovakia through its soil starting in early January. Slovakia is considering countermeasures if Ukraine blocks the supply…
WHO: The last major hospital in northern Gaza out of service | News in brief
According to the World Health Organization WHO, the Kamal Adwan hospital is out of use following the Israeli military operation targeting it on Friday morning. Israel’s Friday morning military operation…
In the United States, homelessness reached record levels | News in brief
According to the ministry, in January 2024, more than 770,000 people were estimated to be without permanent housing or shelter. The number of homeless people in the United States rose…
A Russian singer was jailed for more than five years after protesting the war in Ukraine | News in brief
According to the court, 26-year-old Eduard Sharlot had, among other things, “rehabilitated Nazi ideology” with the videos he published online. On Friday, a Russian court ordered a five-and-a-half-year prison sentence…