China, African countries vow to boost BRI

1 year ago

BEIJING, September 6 — China and African countries will strengthen their high-quality cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, said attendees of a high-level meeting of the ongoing 2024 Summit...

China evacuates 400,000 ahead of super typhoon Yagi

1 year ago

Flights, trains and boats have been suspended for a second day as the super typhoon closes in. Getty Images Hainan, September 6 — China has evacuated some 400,000 people...

At least 17 students killed in Kenya boarding school fire

1 year ago

Fires are common in Kenyan boarding schools, where many students stay because parents believe it gives them more time to study [File: Baz Ratner/Reuters] Nairobi, September 6 — At...

What killing of Hindu teen by India cow vigilantes tells us about Modi 3.0

1 year ago

Pawan Pandit, a cow vigilante, stops a truck at a road block near Chandigarh, India [File: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters] New Delhi, September 6 — At about 1am on August 24,...

Hunter Biden makes last-minute guilty plea in tax case

1 year ago

Hunter Biden (middle) and wife Melissa Cohen Biden leave court. Reuters Washington, September 6 — Hunter Biden has pleaded guilty to all nine charges in his federal tax evasion...

School, work are suspended in parts of China as Typhoon Yagi edges closer

1 year ago

Hong Kong, September 6 — School and work were suspended Thursday in parts of southern China as Typhoon Yagi closed in on an island province with the potential to be...

‘Better together’: Presidents of Egypt, Turkey seek common ground in Ankara

1 year ago

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, met in Cairo after years of fractious relations [File: AP Photo] Ankara, September 5 — Egypt’s...

Macron names Barnier as new prime minister

1 year ago

Michel Barnier, Les Republicains (LR) French centre-right party presidential primary candidate, attends an interview with Reuters at the party headquarters in Paris. Nov 22, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo Paris...

ICC chief prosecutor defends Netanyahu arrest warrant in BBC interview

1 year ago

Kharim Khan said he was being consistent in seeking arrests of Israeli and Hamas leaders. Reuters London, September 5 — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has...

China’s Xi hails ‘best in history’ Africa ties, pledges military aid

1 year ago

Chinese leader Xi Jinping speaks at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 5. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images Beijing, September 5 —...

New Māori queen crowned as her father is buried

1 year ago

Sitting on a carved wooden throne, the new queen was announced at a gathering. Getty Images Sydney, September 5 — A new queen was crowned as the eighth...

9th FOCAC Ministerial Conference held in Beijing

1 year ago

BEIJING, September 4 — The Ninth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was held on Tuesday in Beijing, laying the groundwork for the forthcoming FOCAC Beijing summit. ...

Seven dead in Lviv in fresh wave of strikes on Ukraine

1 year ago

The Russian attack on Lviv left dozens wounded and damaged dozens of buildings in the centre of the city. REUTERS/Roman Baluk Lviv (Ukraine), September 4 — Seven people, three...

124 killed by traffic accidents in Vietnam in four-day holiday

1 year ago

HANOI, September 4 — A total of 257 traffic accidents were reported in Vietnam during the National Day holiday from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3, killing 124 people and injuring...

Twelve die after migrant boat sinks in Channel

1 year ago

Boulogne-sur-Mer, September 4 — Six children and a pregnant woman were among 12 people who died after a boat carrying dozens of migrants sank off the French coast, in the English...