GENEVA, Switzerland -- Countries need to increase their taxes on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, saying too few states were using tax to incentivise healthier behaviours. After studying taxation rates, the WHO said the average global tax rate on...
BERLIN, Germany -- Snow and ice in winter-gripped Germany triggered several road accidents across the country on Tuesday, killing at least four people, police said, while traffic at Munich's airport remained disrupted. Two men died when their car crashed into a lorry on a slick stretch of autobahn...
MIAMI, United States - A former US ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested and charged with spying for Cuba over a 40-year span, the Justice Department announced Monday, detailing a shock betrayal by a suspect who called the United States "the enemy." Victor Manuel Rocha US Attorney General...
WASHINGTON, United States - The White House issued a dire warning Monday that US aid for Ukraine will run out by the end of the year, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin could win the war if Congress fails to agree fresh funding. (AFP Photo) President Joe Biden's budget director,...
NEW YORK, United States - The United States has returned four antiquities worth $1 million to Nepal, including a pair of gilt copper masks representing a Hindu deity, following anti-trafficking operations, New York authorities said on Monday. (AFP Photo) One of the items was seized as part of...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - A UN official warned on Monday that "an even more hellish scenario" looms in Gaza in which humanitarian aid simply grinds to a halt. (AFP Photo) "The conditions required to deliver aid to the people of Gaza do not exist," said Lynn Hastings, UN humanitarian...
PARIS, France - The world may cross the crucial 1.5C global warming threshold in seven years as fossil fuel CO2 emissions continue to rise, scientists warned Tuesday, urging countries at the COP28 talks to "act now" on coal, oil and gas pollution. (AFP Photo) Battle lines are being drawn over...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Denmark will deploy army units to protect Jewish and Israeli sites in Copenhagen in response to an increase in anti-Semitism amid the war between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza, government officials said Sunday. "The conflict in the Middle East has led to an...
NEW YORK, United States- A man with a knife killed four members of the same family and wounded two police officers before being shot dead himself, authorities in New York said Sunday. Police have yet to determine the man's motive but the rampage appeared to stem from a domestic dispute....
WASHINGTON, United States - The White House believes Israel is "making an effort" to minimize civilian deaths in Gaza, a senior official said Sunday, as international concern mounted over the numbers killed in the resumed war with Hamas. Speaking on the US Sunday talk shows, National Security...
NEW YORK, United States - An appeals court on Thursday reimposed a limited gag order on former president Donald Trump intended to protect court staff at his New York civil fraud trial after a flood of online abuse. Judge Arthur Engoron had slapped the gag order on Trump on October 3 after he...
WASHINGTON, United States - An American destroyer shot down multiple drones on Sunday while assisting commercial ships in the Red Sea that were targeted by attacks from Yemen, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels -- who said they targeted two of the ships --...
