BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union pledged Monday to make a "substantial" contribution to a climate damage fund for vulnerable nations at the coming UN COP28 summit in Dubai. Launching the "loss and damage" mechanism is a priority for the talks running from November 30 to December 12, a...
GRINDAVIK, Iceland - From Christmas gifts to sheep, residents forced from an Icelandic town damaged by hundreds of earthquakes in recent days were able to briefly return on Monday to retrieve their belongings, authorities said. (Photo from AFP) The southwestern town of Grindavik -- home to...
GENEVA, Switzerland - Moscow faced stinging criticism at the UN on Monday over a deteriorating rights situation inside Russia as it pushes ahead with its war in Ukraine, but far from all countries chimed in. During a regular review of Russia's rights record at the United Nations in Geneva,...
PARIS, France - President Emmanuel Macron on Monday hosted religious leaders for talks on combatting anti-Semitism in France, a day after a Paris march rallied tens of thousands to express anxiety over an upsurge in acts against Jews. There have been growing tensions in France, home to large...
VIENNA, Austria - Austria has set aside millions of euros to compensate thousands of gay people who until two decades ago faced prosecution, its justice minister said Monday. Austria decriminalised homosexuality in 1971 but certain discriminatory provisions remained in force until the early...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said Sunday a blast triggered by "local resistance movements" in the Moscow-controlled Ukrainian city of Melitopol the previous day killed Russian military officers at a headquarters of the occupation authorities. Melitopol, with a pre-war population of around 150,000...
DEHRADUN, India - At least 40 construction workers were trapped Sunday after the road tunnel they were building collapsed in northern India, with rescuers scrambling to reach them beneath piles of debris. The collapse occurred early Sunday morning in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand when a...
MOSCOW, Russia - Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the European Union of attempting to drive Russia out of Central Asia, and said the bloc was failing, in an interview broadcasted Sunday. Moscow's sway over a region it considers its sphere of influence has waned since the offensive in...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis on Saturday dismissed US bishop Joseph Strickland, a prominent conservative who had repeatedly criticised his papacy, following concerns over the clergyman's leadership and governance. The Vatican did not explain the move, a rare sacking in the...
SEOUL, South Korea - The defence chiefs of the United States, South Korea and Japan agreed Sunday to activate a real-time data-sharing operation on North Korean missile launches next month, the allies said. This handout photo taken and released on November 13, 2023 by the South Korean...
MARSIELLE, France - A woman and a man, both in their twenties, were killed in a shooting late Saturday in French Mediterranean city Marseille and three others hurt, prosecutors told AFP. "The five people were in their car in the car park of a McDonald's when a vehicle pulled up alongside,...
Marikina Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro waived the rental fees for shoe bazaar participants as she opened the annual Marikina Christmas Shoe Bazaar and Banchetto in front of the City Hall on Monday, Nov. 13. Photo from Marikina LGU/MANILA BULLETIN Photo from Marikina LGU/MANILA BULLETIN ...
