Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is in China again this week, his fourth trip in just over three years to the world’s second-largest economy as Spain seeks to strengthen its political and commercial ties with Beijing. His visit comes at a complex geopolitical moment as European leaders try...
China is poised to benefit from the Iran war as global energy disruptions accelerate a shift away from fossil fuels and toward clean technologies and renewable power, industries that China dominates. Most of the oil and gas from the now mostly shut Strait of Hormuz was Asia-bound. Asian nations...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump delivered an extraordinary broadside against Pope Leo XIV on Sunday night, saying he didn 't think the U.S.-born global leader of the Catholic Church is “doing a very good job” and that “he 's a very liberal person," while also suggesting...
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian voters on Sunday ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, rejecting the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement that he embodied in favor of a pro-European challenger in a bombshell election result with global...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is embarking Monday on the first-ever papal trip to Algeria, aiming to promote Christian-Muslim coexistence at a time of global conflict and honor the locally born inspiration of his religious spirituality, St. Augustine. Leo’s two-day stop in Algeria opens an intense...
K-pop superstars BTS thanked fans as they kicked off their “Arirang” world tour in Goyang, South Korea. BTS held the three-day concert at Goyang Stadium on April 9, 11 and 12, drawing about 132,000 fans. The live viewing, a simultaneous broadcast in movie theaters in major countries and...
President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would swiftly begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement. U.S. Central Command announced that it will blockade all Iranian ports beginning Monday at...
Iranians reacted with a mixture of disappointment and defiance on Sunday after peace talks with the United States failed to reach an agreement following hourslong negotiations. U.S. officials said the talks collapsed over what they described as Iran’s refusal to commit to abandoning its nuclear...
HOUSTON (AP) — Never-before-glimpsed views of the moon’s far side. Check. Total solar eclipse gracing the lunar scene. Check. New distance record for humanity. Check. With NASA’s lunar comeback a galactic-sized smash thanks to Artemis II, the world is wondering: What’s next? And how do you...
The Gilas Pilipinas women’s team is marching to the FIBA 3x3 World Cup for the first time in eight years. The Nationals dominated host Singapore, 21-10 in their do-or-die match in the World Cup qualifiers at the OCBC Square on Sunday, April 12. Kacey Dela Rosa stood tall and singlehandedly...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The gap between rich and poor nations is growing even wider as actions agreed to by many countries last year, including overhauling the major global financial institutions, remain unfulfilled promises, a U.N. report concludes. The report assessing the blueprint adopted in...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un voiced support for China’s push to build a “multipolar world” and called for deeper ties between the traditional allies during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, state media said Saturday. During the meeting Friday,...
