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London: The number of migrants arriving in the UK in 2024 after crossing the English Channel in small boats was up by a quarter on the previous year figures show.Some 36816 people made the journey in 2024 a jump of 25% from the 29437 who arrived in 2023 according to provisional figures from the Home Office.The total is down 20% on the record 45774 arrivals in

Sofia: Eighteen years after joining the European Union Bulgaria and Romania onWednesday became full members of the visa-free Schengen Area.At the turn of the year border controls on land were lifted months after restrictions on sea borders and airports were removed last March. Both countries acceded to the EU on January 1 2007. In Kulata on the border with Greece Bulgar

RigacTypeface:> Estonias formerpresident Arnold Rtel diedon New Years Eve at the age of 96 authorities said in Tallinn on Wednesday.Rtel was the Baltic republics second president following independence from the Soviet Union ruling the country from 2001 to 2006. During his term the country joined the EU and NATOin 2004. Arnold Rtel was one of thos

AgenciesDublin Hundreds of people have taken part in a vigil in Dublin to show support for Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza.Members of the Irish press gathered for the Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign New Years Eve vigil at the Hapenny Bridge in protest over the killing of journalists by Israeli forces.It has been reported by

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the population to unite in a new year that will likely see Moscows gruelling war on Ukraine grind on into a fourth year.I am sure that everything will be fine. We will only move forward the Russian president said in his New Year address.Without mentioning the war against Ukraine that he started in 2022

In plazas and parks and restaurants and homes across the globe people gathered to commemorate the end of 2024 and welcome the New Year. Bold swimmers plunged into a frigid lake in Switzerland joggers in Poland took one last whimsical run of the year and fireworks crackled in cities large and small.The celebrations heralded the end of a tumultuous year during which

AgenciesSeoulA pre-flight inspection of a Jeju Air passenger plane hours before it crashed in South Korea killing 179 people found no issues the airline has said.Nothing abnormal was noted with the landing gear the airlines CEO Kim Yi-bae told a news conference in Seoul as investigations continue into why the wheels were not down whe

AgenciesGaza/Tel AvivHeavy rainfall has caused widespread flooding in war-torn Gaza.Images of flooded tent camps for displaced Palestinians circulated on Tuesday with children pictured wading barefoot through pools of water and mud. According to UN figures almost 1 million people in the Gaza Strip are living through the winter months without adequate

IstanbulcTypeface:> Some 35000 Syrian refugees have left Turkey to return to their home country since the fall of long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad earlier this month according to official estimates.This means the same number of people have left Turkey since the beginning of December as in a normal three-month period Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on NTV.

PA Media/dpaLondon Heavy rain and high winds were causing disruption in much of the country with blizzards forecast in Scotland and widespread cancellation of New Years Eve events.Almost every part of the UK is covered by at least one of multiple Met Office weather warnings between Monday and Wednesday.On New Years Eve an amber rain