Xi urges Putin to work together for biggest global changes in a century
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping leave after a reception in honor of the Chinese leader’s visit to Moscow, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21,…
UN raises alarm, saying water crisis threatens global security, stability
In this file photo taken on March 14, 2023 picture of the dried Canelon Grande reservoir just north of Canelones, in southern Uruguay, as the country goes through a severe…
Global bank stock rout deepens as SVB collapse fans crisis fears
Customers wait in line outside a branch of the Silicon Valley Bank in Wellesley, Massachusetts, US. — Reuters.File Shockwaves from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) further pounded global…
As ‘skyglow’ grows, study documents glaring global light pollution
Electricity lights up the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa, June 18, 2019. — Reuters WASHINGTON: Light pollution caused by the incessant nighttime glow of electric lights appears…
Global piracy acts drop to 14-year low: report
Members of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) anti-terrorist unit board a cargo vessel to engage mock pirates who hijacked the vessel during a combined maritime law enforcement exercise at a…
Israel minister’s Al-Aqsa visit invites global condemnation
Israel’s extreme-right new national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits Jerusalem’s super-sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound.— Twitter/@itamarbengvir The United Nations and the United States led a chorus of international criticism of a…
Extreme-right Israeli minister’s visit to al-Aqsa mosque spurs global outrage
Israel’s extreme-right new national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits Jerusalem’s super-sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound.— Twitter/@itamarbengvir Far-right police minister: ‘Temple Mount is open to all’. UAE, China seek UN Security Council…
China urges ‘final victory’ over COVID as global concern mounts over spread
People wearing protective masks cross a street as China returns to work despite continuing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks in Shanghai, China, January 3, 2023. — Reuters Funeral homes report spike…
Taliban minister defends closing universities to women as global backlash grows
Afghan women protest against the closure of universities to women by the Taliban. Photo:REUTERS US says Afghan women being sentenced to a ‘dark future’. Dozens of women protested outside Kabul…
Global economic chiefs laud China’s ‘decisive’ zero-COVID reversal
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during a panel discussion at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 3,2021.— AFP HUANGSHAN: Global economic leaders on Friday hailed China’s…
