Germany's 2023 inflation rate drop a record high since 1990

IANS | January 17, 2024 1:32 PM

berlin, Jan 17 (IANS) Germany's annual average inflation rate in 2023 decreased to 5.9 per cent from the previous year's 6.9 per cent, a record high since reunification in 1990, said the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).

Italy's annual inflation drops from record high of 2022

IANS | January 17, 2024 11:52 AM

Rome, Jan 17 (IANS) Italy's average annual inflation rate in 2023 dropped to 5.7 per cent from the previous year's 8.1 per cent, the highest since the country adopted the euro currency in 1999, the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) said.

Irregular crossings at EU borders in 2023 highest in 7 years

IANS | January 17, 2024 11:18 AM

Brussels, Jan 17 (IANS) Some 380,000 irregular border crossings were detected at the European Union's (EU) external borders in 2023, a 17-per cent rise from a year earlier and the highest annual total since 2016, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) said.

Climate change may claim 14.5 mn lives by 2050: WEF

IANS | January 17, 2024 10:32 AM

Davos, Jan 17 (IANS) Climate change threatens to cause an additional 14.5 million deaths and $12.5 trillion in economic losses worldwide by 2050, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report published here.

Trump, columnist Jean Carrol face off in defamation trial

IANS | January 17, 2024 10:13 AM

Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) Fresh from his victory in the Iowa caucuses, former US President Donald Trump attended the first day of a $10 million defamation trial filed by columnist E. Jean Carroll for sexually abusing and making defamatory statements against her.