Mexico City, July 2 -- The Brazilian government has again raised import duties on electric and hybrid vehicles to support local manufacturers, setting rates from 25% to 30%, Brazilian media reported. ... Read More
Moscow, July 2 -- The Czech army has increased salaries for all categories of servicemen as of July 1 - by 7.5% for enlisted men and by 5% for officers and generals, Czech media reported. The second ... Read More
Paris, July 2 -- French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed today Iran's nuclear program and the Ukraine situation in their first phone conversation since 2022. ... Read More
Tehran, July 2 -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said yesterday it had arrested more than 50 "terrorists and proxies" linked to Israel, and killed two others in the southeastern provinc... Read More
Paris, July 2 -- Flights are being cancelled at airports in Paris, as well as several other French cities, due to air traffic controllers' strike, the country's civil aviation authority said. "Due to... Read More
Cairo, July 2 -- The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian movement Hamas, said on Tuesday that it had shelled two settlements in southern Israel from the Gaza Strip. "The Al-Qassa... Read More
Tehran, July 2 -- Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi held a phone conversation with European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Tuesday, during which he condemned what he described as "milit... Read More
New York, July 2 -- The U.S. Senate on Tuesday narrowly passed its version of the Trump administration's tax and spending measure dubbed One Big Beautiful Bill, which is expected to add around 3.3 tri... Read More
Tokyo, July 2 -- About 457 earthquakes have occurred off Tokara Islands in southern Japan since June 25, according to data from the Japan Meteorological Agency, compiled by Sputnik. The quakes hit mo... Read More
Los Angeles, July 2 -- A new study led by scientists at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found that two common forms of hormone therapy may alter breast cancer risk in women under the ... Read More