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1st LD Writethru: Power fully restored after five-day blackout in southwestern Berlin
BERLIN, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — Electricity has been fully restored in southwestern Berlin following a five-day blackout that left thousands of households without power, authorities confirmed late Wednesday in a […]
Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount Skydance’s amended tender offer
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), a leading global media and entertainment company, on Wednesday rejected Paramount Skydance’s amended tender offer, saying that it remains inferior […]
Russian strikes knock out power in southeastern Ukraine, energy ministry says
Jan 7 (Reuters) – Russian strikes late on Wednesday knocked out power supplies almost entirely in two regions of southeastern Ukraine, the energy ministry said. Read full story Date: 8 […]
U.S. stocks close mixed
NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — U.S. stocks ended mixed on Wednesday. Read full story Date: 8 January, 2026 7:00 am Source: thestar.com.my
Crude futures settle lower
NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — Oil prices fell on Wednesday. Read full story Date: 8 January, 2026 6:00 am Source: thestar.com.my
Ukraine’s foreign reserves rise to record 57.29 bln USD
KIEV, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — Ukraine’s international reserves increased by 30.8 percent last year to reach a record 57.29 billion U.S. dollars as of Jan. 1, the National Bank of […]
Türkiye, Malaysia pledge deeper cooperation in defense, trade
ANKARA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday attended here the inaugural meeting of the Türkiye-Malaysia High-Level Strategic Cooperation […]
US Homeland Security: one dead in Minneapolis shooting amid immigration surge
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – One person is dead after ICE officers on a large-scale immigration operation in Minneapolis shot someone who the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said had […]
Exclusive-South Africa will not interfere with US refugee program for white minority, email says
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – U.S. and South African officials reached an agreement during a closed-door meeting in late December to allow the U.S. to continue its controversial effort to […]
Rubio says US plan for Venezuela is stability, recovery, then transition
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 – The United States has a three-step plan for Venezuela that will begin with stabilizing the country after U.S. forces seized leader Nicolas Maduro on Saturday, overseeing […]