Seventeen Russian state-affiliated broadcasters are demanding RUB2 undecillion ($21 septillion) – a number with 36 zeros – from Google over YouTube’s ongoing restrictions on their channels, a claim that escalates a dispute dating back to 2020. If it were possible to pay such a sum in $100 bills, it would weigh 210 quadrillion tonnes, News.Az reports citing foreign media.
North Korea's military is in the spotlight as the US, alongside South Korea and Ukraine, accuses Pyongyang of sending thousands of troops to Russia, possibly to prepare for combat in the Ukraine war, News.Az reports citing foreign media .
A senior Hamas official said on Tuesday the Palestinian group was studying new proposals from mediators to end the Gaza war but reiterated that these should entail a complete Israeli military withdrawal from the enclave, News.Az reports citing Reuters .
nalysis from a humanitarian group working in Lebanon forecasts two scenarios in its report on the Hezbollah-Israel conflict, both predicting a severe economic contraction in Lebanon by early 2025, News.Az reports citing foreign media.
An Israeli airstrike on a residential building in southern Lebanon killed five people and injured several others on Tuesday, News.Az reports citing Anadolu agency.
Albanian opposition on Tuesday blocked crossroads around the country in a nationwide rally demanding that the government be replaced by a technocratic caretaker Cabinet before next year’s parliamentary election, News.Az reports citing ABC news.
In the critical Southwest battlegrounds of Arizona and Nevada, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump run near even in the race for the White House, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS, News.Az reports citing foreign media.
Global heating may rise to 3.1°C by the end of the century if policy stays on the same track, says a new annual UN Emissions Gap report. That is an eye-popping 5.6°F, News.Az reports citing foreign media.
An Israeli air strike on a single residential block killed nearly 100 people, Gaza's civil defence agency said, leaving rescuers scrambling through rubble for survivors as Israel pressed on with its offensives in Gaza and Lebanon, News.Az reports citing foreign media.
