DUBLIN, Ireland - Ireland Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Sunday said there was "no justification for violence" after a suspected criminal fire at a hotel set to host asylum seekers. Ireland Prime Minister Leo Varadkar (Photo from AFP) The blaze at the Ross Lake House hotel in Galway, West Ireland,...
MONTREAL, Canada–Canada's print media will receive nearly two-thirds of an annual Can$100 million (US$75 million) payment from Google to the country's news outlets in exchange for distribution of their content, the federal government announced Friday. At the end of November, after...
Kyiv, Ukraine–The Ukrainian air force said Saturday that it had repelled a Russian drone attack overnight, shooting down 30 of 31 drones launched by Moscow. The attack targeted regions including the capital Kyiv, the southern region of Kherson as well as the western Khmelnytsky region....
Leaders from the ASEAN nations attend a dinner hosted by Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo on December 16, 2023. (Photo by KIM KYUNG-HOON / POOL / AFP) TOKYO, Japan–Southeast Asian and Japanese leaders will agree to boost...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See–A Vatican court delivers its verdict on Saturday in a historic trial focused on an opaque London property deal, with a once-powerful cardinal among 10 defendants facing jail for alleged financial crimes. Angelo Becciu, 75, a former advisor to Pope Francis who was...
AFP/MANILA BULLETIN ROME, Italy– Elon Musk claimed Saturday that advertisers were returning to X (formerly Twitter) after an exodus, at a Rome meeting where he also warned Italy's low birth rate could put off investors. The billionaire was a star guest at the Atreju political festival...
KYIV, Ukraine - A Ukrainian village councillor set off hand grenades at a meeting, wounding 26 people, national police said Friday, triggering the launch of a terror investigation. The incident took place Friday morning at the headquarters of the village council of Keretsky in western...
LONDON, United Kingdom - A UK teenager found in France after disappearing in Spain six years ago when he was 11 is likely to return to Britain in days, police said Friday. Alex Batty, originally from the northern English city of Oldham, was picked up by a driver in a mountainous area in...
LONDON, United Kingdom - A UK judge ruled on Friday that Prince Harry was a victim of phone hacking by journalists working for Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), and awarded the royal £140,600 ($179,600) in damages. The decision is one in a number of legal cases brought by Harry against British...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Russia congratulated Hungary on Friday for blocking EU financial aid to Ukraine at a Brussels summit that nonetheless saw EU leaders overcome Budapest's opposition to agree Kyiv starting membership talks. "Hungary, in contrast to many European countries, firmly defends its...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The Swiss government and the European Commission want to begin talks on a cooperation agreement "without delay", they said in a joint statement Friday. Both parties said they believed a positive outcome was now "within reach" two years after the Swiss suddenly slammed the...
TOKYO, Japan -- A worker at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant has had a high radiation level detected in his nose, authorities said, in a reminder of the hazards involved in cleaning up the facility crippled in 2011. This file picture taken on January 20, 2023 shows the storage tanks for...
