The European Union and the Mercosur bloc, comprising Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia, today signed a trade agreement aimed at creating the world’s largest free trade area, in a move described as historic after negotiations that lasted for more than a quarter of a century.Despite the e...

Belgium will take part in an international reconnaissance mission in Greenland starting on Monday, with the defence ministry set to deploy one officer to the Arctic region, Defence Minister Theo Francken and Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said on Friday.Belgium is following the example of several oth...

International tourism revenues in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states rose to $120.2 billion in 2024, up 39.6 percent from 2019 and 8.9 percent from 2023, the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Gulf-Stat) said.This reflects the continued strong perf...

The total number of the Republic of Korea's railway passengers hit a record high last year, driven by growing demand for high-speed train services, the transport ministry said.A total of 172.2 million people travelled by train in 2025, up 0.6 percent from a year earlier, Yonhap News Agency reported, citi...

Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, uncovering an exuberant landscape of mountains, canyons, valleys and plains while discerning for the first time tens of thousands of hills and other smaller features.The researc...