U.S. seeks 'just and lasting peace' for Ukraine, Blinken says
.HELSINKI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is working with Ukraine and other allies to build consensus around the core elements o...
Brics meet with 'friends' seeking closer ties amid push to expand bloc
.CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Senior officials from over a dozen countries including Saudi Arabia and Iran were in talks on closer link...
Elan Closs Stephens named BBC acting chair
.LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Friday appointed BBC board member Elan Closs Stephens as the public broadcaster's acting chair, replacing Richard Sharp ...
Harry to become first British royal in 130 years to give evidence in court
.LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Harry will become the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for 130 years when he ...
Japan demographic woes deepen as birth rate hits record low
.TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's birth rate declined for the seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low, the health ministry said on F...
India says it hopes Beijing will allow Indian journalists to continue to work in China
.NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's foreign ministry said on Friday it hoped Beijing would allow Indian journali...
UN document: UAE keeping rights activists in jail past end of sentences
.GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates is arbitrarily detaining a dozen human rights activists who have already completed...
Malaysian media reported that illegal operation was believed to have targeted two ships sunk in 1941.KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s maritime agency has said a Chinese barge likel...
The strike aims to protest Gannett's leadership and cost-cutting measures.(AP) - Journalists across the US will walk off their jobs next week at roughly two dozen newsrooms run by Gannett, the largest...
The conflict between rival military factions quickly overran the capital from April 15.CAIRO, (Reuters) - Like many other residents of Sudan's capital, painter Yasmeen Abdullah had to leave much ...
The Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary is the official dictionary of the competition.(Reuters) - Dev Shah, a 14-year-old boy from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thurs...
The Greek site was one of five investigated in the Megalopolis area during a five-year project.ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Deep in an open coal mine in southern Greece, researchers have discovered the...
Formerly a super typhoon, Mawar had winds blowing up to 90 kph as it moved east of Okinoerabujima.NAHA, Japan (AP) — A weakened Tropical Storm Mawar brought heavy rains to Japan’s main sou...
Like many parts of Asia, China has been besieged by extreme hot weather in recent weeks .BEIJING (Reuters) - Having sweltered through May, southern and eastern China face more weeks of unrelenting hea...
The border region between Myanmar, Laos and Thailand has long been hotbed of illegal drug production.Bangkok (AFP) – Asian drug trafficking networks are increasingly using sea routes to smuggle ...
The shooting is the latest bloodshed in a more than yearlong surge of violence in occupied West Bank.JERUSALEM (AP) — A 3-year-old Palestinian boy was in critical condition at an Israeli hospita...
The handover is the latest sign of the tightening alliance between the Kremlin and religious leaders.MOSCOW (AFP) – For nearly a century, visitors came to Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery to admi...
Generations of the Tsou tribe have lived off Alishan township's bamboo forests.Taipei (AFP) – Hacking at a bamboo plant with a machete, Avayi Vayayana peels back the shoot's stiff bark as h...