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Pacific Rim leaders divided on Ukraine, Gaza wars
Pacific Rim leaders showed divisions over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza after a two-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum on Friday, although they pledged support for reform of the World Trade Organization.
18 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Azerbaijan must allow ‘safe’ return to Karabakh: UN court
The UN’s top court yesterday ordered Azerbaijan to allow the safe return of people to the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which Baku seized in a lightning September offensive.
17 November 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Very significant’
The first meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States President Joe Biden this year is a positive signal that the two superpowers want to improve their working relationship, analysts have said.
16 November 2023, 18:00 PM
China ready to be 'partner and friend' of US: Xi
China is "ready to be a partner and friend of the United States," President Xi Jinping told US business leaders on Wednesday, as concerns mount over the country's slowing economy
16 November 2023, 07:10 AM
Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping Wednesday that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year
16 November 2023, 03:13 AM
Biden, Xi pledge to reduce tensions at summit
US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook hands Wednesday and pledged to reduce tensions as they met for the first time in a year at a high-stakes summit in California
15 November 2023, 19:43 PM
Greenhouse gases hit record high in 2022: UN
Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere hit new record highs in 2022, with no end in sight to the rising trend, the United Nations warned yesterday.
15 November 2023, 18:00 PM
200 more Rohingyas arrive in Indonesia’s Aceh
Up to 200 Rohingyas landed in Indonesia’s Aceh province yesterday, the head of the province’s fishing community said, in the second batch of Rohingya arrivals by boat this week.
15 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Ukrainian forces cross Dnipro river
Russia has conceded for the first time that some Ukrainian forces have crossed onto the River Dnipro’s eastern bank, but has said they face “Hell fire” and that the average life expectancy of a Ukrainian soldier there is around two days.
15 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Rescuers in India drill to reach workers
Rescue workers yesterday battled to reach 40 Indian workers trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan highway tunnel for almost 60 hours, drilling through debris to fix a wide steel pipe which they hope can be used to pull the men out.
14 November 2023, 18:00 PM
World severely off track to limit planet-heating emissions: UN
The world is "failing to get a grip" on climate change, the UN warned Tuesday, as an assessment of current climate pledges shows only minor progress on reducing emissions this decade
14 November 2023, 11:52 AM
Australian ports reopen after cyberattack
Major ports handling 40 percent of Australia's freight trade have reopened, operator DP World said Monday, three days after they were crippled by a cyberattack
13 November 2023, 05:16 AM
N Korea slams Blinken’s comments
North Korea’s foreign ministry yesterday slammed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s comments on Pyongyang’s relations with Moscow, saying the remarks would “only escalate the dangerous political and military tension” on the peninsula.
11 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Violence ‘verging on pure evil’
The UN warned Friday of soaring human rights violations in Sudan’s Darfur region and said they were “verging on pure evil,” amid escalating fighting seven months into the war between the army and paramilitaries.
11 November 2023, 18:00 PM
800 quakes rock Iceland
Iceland has declared a state of emergency, with police officials urging residents to evacuate the coastal town of Grindavík following an intense wave of earthquakes in the southwest of the country linked to a possible volcanic eruption.
11 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Gaza’s health system ‘on its knees’
The health care system in the Gaza Strip is “on its knees,” the head of the World Health Organization warned Friday, noting that half of the territory’s 36 hospitals are no longer functioning.
11 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Tesco outlet bans cat; shoppers threaten to boycott store
A Tesco outlet in Hornsea, England, banned a cat from entering the store because of "healthy and safety" concerns
11 November 2023, 06:36 AM
Child Protection: EU probes TikTok, YouTube
The EU announced investigations yesterday into YouTube and TikTok to find out what action the US and Chinese-owned platforms are taking to ensure the safety of minors on their platforms.
9 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Myanmar at risk of breaking apart
The president of military-ruled Myanmar has said the country is at risk of breaking apart due to ineffective management of recent violence in its border regions with China.
9 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Transgender people can be baptized Catholic, serve as godparents, Vatican says
Transgender people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive baptism themselves, the Vatican's doctrinal office said on Wednesday, responding to questions from a bishop.
9 November 2023, 06:52 AM