Denmark appoints temporary finance minister
.OSLO (Reuters) - Danish Finance Minister Nicolai Wammen will be on parental leave from June 5 to Aug. 13 and will be temporarily replaced by Industry and ...
Indian-Canadian Ram Tumuluri's company accused of corrupting Malta deputy premier's official.(Web Desk) – A controversial Indian-Canadian businessman whose company has recently signed a Rs2,800-...
Nepal PM Dahal to seek energy, new air route deals on India visit.KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will seek a long-term deal to export hydroelectric power and the...
Three accused of harassing Chinese fugitive in US head to trial.NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three men accused of acting as illegal agents of China will face trial on Wednesday in the United States, part of a...
British consortium to invest $9 bln in Indonesia mining, EV batteries.JAKARTA (Reuters) - A British consortium that includes mining giant Glencore (GLEN.L) will invest about $9 billion in Indonesia&ap...
Tipu Sultan's sword sets auction world ablaze.LONDON (Web Desk) - In a remarkable auction held Wednesday at a prestigious auction house in London, the iconic sword of Tipu Sultan, the revered 18th-ce...
Firefighters worked through the night to extinguish hotspots in the fire that started in Halifax.HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A wildfire on Canada’s Atlantic coast has damaged about 200 hou...
Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, 28, and Rajwa Alseif, 29, are to be married on Thursday.(AP) - He’s heir to the throne in one of the oldest monarchies in the Middle East and a descendan...
Drilling for what is set to be China's deepest ever borehole began in the oil-rich Xinjian region.(Web Desk) – Chinese scientists have begun drilling a 10,000-meter (32,808 feet) hole into the E...
The mediators of the talks in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah have acknowledged repeated violations.Khartoum (AFP) – The Sudanese army suspended its participation in US- and Saudi-brokered ceas...
Authorities should send emergency teams to drain water from fields.BEIJING (Reuters) - China's agriculture ministry is urging local authorities to speed up the harvesting and drying of damaged gr...
The tender will be officially awarded no sooner than the end of next year.LULA, Italy, (Reuters) - Italy is proposing a disused mineral mine in a remote corner of Sardinia to house one of the world&ap...
Air New Zealand says it wants to weigh 10,000 passengers during a month-long survey .WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's national airline is asking passengers to step on the scales before they b...
China urged "dedicated efforts to safeguard political security, internet data and AI".BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party is calling for beefed-up national security measures, hig...
The pilot of Chinese J-16 "flew directly in front of the RC-135," that was conducting routine flight.WASHINGTON (AP) — The US military said on Tuesday that a Chinese fighter jet flew aggressivel...
North Korea's satellite launch failure prompted emergency alerts and evacuation warnings .SEOUL (Reuters) – Rare wailing air raid sirens and mobile phone alerts calling for evacuations rattled r...
Trump said in a campaign video posted to twitter that he would issue an executive order.WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump said on Tuesday that if elected president again in 2024 he would seek ...
The plant's delicate white and pink flowers belie an astonishing cleaning power.LOS ANGELES (AFP) – In an industrial wasteland in Los Angeles, Kreigh Hampel is uprooting California buckwheat wit...