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Energy crisis: Hungary hotel bucks trend of hibernating hostelries with energy-saving smart tech

The energy crisis is taking a toll on Hungary's hotels and spas. Across the country, some properties have opted to close for a few months rather than face the steep ris

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U.S. Fed announces fourth straight 0.75 point rate hike

U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday a fourth consecutive, steep interest rate hike, and said while more increases will be needed to tame inflation, it opened th

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El Salvador fights gangs by destroying members' tombstones

El Salvador’s government took its efforts against the country’s powerful street gangs to another level by sending inmates into cemeteries to destroy the tombs of gang m

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Suspect in Pelosi home invasion attack had zip ties, duct tape: Sources

The suspect arrested in the violent home invasion of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco residence and the hammer attack on her 82-year-old husband, was carrying

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Saudi Arabia 'maturer guys' in spat with U.S., energy minister says

Saudi Arabia decided to be the "maturer guys" in a spat with the United States over oil supplies, the kingdom's energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Tues

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Rishi Sunak says he will fix problems, tackle economic crisis as UK PM

Rishi Sunak gave a speech at 10 Downing Street on Tuesday after being appointed by King Charles III as the new British prime minister, he had accepted an invitation to

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Australia-Japan security agreement endangers regional peace

On October 22, the prime ministers of Australia and Japan signed a bilateral security agreement to address unspecified risks over their "shared values and mutual strate

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Jan. 6 panel won't let Trump turn testimony into circus: Vice chair

The House committee investigating the Capitol riot won't give former President U.S. Donald Trump the chance to turn a possible live TV appearance of his subpoenaed test

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UK PM resigns after 45 days: Why, what she said and what happens next

Liz Truss resigned as British Prime Minister just 45 days after being appointed, brought down by an economic program that sent shockwaves through financial markets last

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Biden to lay out plan to complete emergency oil sales, support U.S. production

U.S. President Joe Biden will announce a plan on Wednesday to sell off the last portion of the release from the nation's emergency oil reserve by year's end and detail

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Xi calls on Chinese to pull together with one mind to realize national rejuvenation

Xi Jinping on Monday called on all Chinese people to stay united as "a piece of hard steel" under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and pull together

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U.S. host Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million for Sandy Hook lies

Jurors ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Wednesday to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims' relatives and an FBI agent, who sa

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China's commerce ministry slams U.S. chip export controls

China's commerce ministry on Monday slammed the U.S. move to expand export control measures in semiconductor manufacturing and advanced computing to China, saying the t

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EU leaders fail to reach consensus on energy response plan

European Union (EU) leaders struggled Friday to bridge significant differences over a natural gas price cap as they met at Prague Castle to discuss how best to deal wit

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Europe braces itself for Italy's Giorgia Meloni 'moment of truth'

Policy makers in Italy are trying to allay economic concerns about the country's political shift, insisting that a strong majority enjoyed by a democratically elected g

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Taking aim at government, UK's Labour unveils national wealth fund plan

Britain's Labour Party will unveil on Monday its plans to set up a national wealth fund to invest in green projects which will benefit the public, part of the oppositio

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US carrier, S. Korea ships launch drills amid North's threat

A U.S. aircraft carrier and its battle group launched drills with South Korean warships off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast on Monday in their first such training in