MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that visiting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would oversee a display of the potential of Russian warships in the Far East. "There is also a military component in Vladivostok, on the lines of the defence ministry, but it is simply to...
This handout picture taken on September 12, 2023 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 13 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) alongside Alexander Kozlov, minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia, inspecting Russian guard of honor at...
This picture taken and released by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on September 13, 2023 shows rescue workers carrying victims following a major fire at an apartment block in Hanoi. (Photo by STRINGER / Vietnam News Agency / AFP) HANOI, Vietnam - Dozens of people have been killed after a huge fire at...
PARIS, France -- Replacing half of the pork, chicken, beef and milk products we consume with plant-based alternatives could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and related land use by nearly a third, and virtually halt forest loss, according to research published on Tuesday....
GENEVA, Switzerland -- A third of the world's population is still without access to the internet, even though the number of people connected has never been so high, according to the latest UN statistics published on Tuesday. Around 100 million more people are able to access the internet since last...
PARIS, France -- French regulators on Tuesday ordered Apple to halt sales of the iPhone 12 for emitting too much electromagnetic radiation, and to fix existing handsets. The French agency that regulates radio frequencies, the ANFR, said testing found that the model emits more electromagnetic waves...
This handout photograph released on September 12, 2023 by ETH Zurich shows the 'mythen' electric vehicle during test at Dubendorf airport. (Photo by ALESSANDRO DELLA BELLA / ETH ZURICH / AFP) GENEVA, Switzerland -- From zero to 100 km/h in less than a second: a racing car built by students has...
Overturned cars lay among other debris caused by flash floods in Derna, eastern Libya, on September 11, 2023. Flash floods in eastern Libya killed more than 2,300 people in the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna alone, the emergency services of the Tripoli-based government said on September 12....
US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters outside of his office at the US Capitol Building on September 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday that he endorsed launching a formal impeachment inquiry into US President Joe Biden. (Photo by...
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Far Eastern Federal University campus on Russky island in the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on April 25, 2019. North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un departed Pyongyang on September 12, 2023 on a train to Russia...
PARIS, France - For the first time, world demand for oil, gas and coal is forecast to peak this decade due to the "spectacular" growth of cleaner energy technologies and electric cars, the International Energy Agency's chief said Tuesday. The IEA's annual World Energy Outlook, due out next...
BEIJING, China - China outlined on Tuesday a raft of measures for strengthening integration with Taiwan, in an indication that Beijing aims to expand links with the self-ruled island that were severed during the Covid-19 pandemic. China claims the democratic island as part of its territory and...
