TOKYO, Japan–A Chinese professor at a Japanese university has been missing for about six months since his trip home last year, raising concerns about his safety, the institution said Tuesday. The apparent disappearance of Chinese literature and linguistics professor Hu Shiyun, who...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media as he tours Amkor Technology in Manila on March 19, 2024. (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP) Beijing, China–China said Tuesday the United States had "no right" to interfere in the South China Sea, after Secretary of State...
Russian President and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin addresses the crowd during a rally and a concert celebrating the 10th anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea at Red Square in Moscow on March 18, 2024. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) WARSAW, Poland–Yulia Navalnaya,...
Chief Executive John Lee speaks to the media in the Legislative Council building after the passing of the Article 23 National Security Law in Hong Kong on March 19, 2024. Hong Kong's legislature unanimously passed a new national security law on March 19, introducing penalties such as life...
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General Celeste Saulo poses with the WMO's 2023 global climate report prior to a press conference in Geneva, on March 19, 2024. Global heat records were "smashed" last year, the UN confirmed, with 2023 rounding out the hottest decade on record, as...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (C, Front) speaks at a Security Council meeting on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation at the UN headquarters in New York, on March 18, 2024. (Xinhua) UNITED NATIONS -- UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on...
US President Joe Biden WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden will hold the first three-way summit with the leaders of the Philippines and Japan, the White House said Monday, as the United States seeks to shore up alliances against China. Biden's meeting with Philippines...
FLOUR BAGS – A worker sorts flour bags during the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza City on March 17, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (AFP) PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES -- Fighting raged Monday in and around the besieged Gaza Strip's largest hospital...
CANBERRA, Australia -- Hundreds of residents of remote northern Australia have been left stranded after Tropical Cyclone Megan forced the suspension of evacuation efforts. Tropical Cyclone Megan made landfall in the northeast of Australia's Northern Territory (NT) on Monday afternoon as a...
LONDON, United Kingdom— Anti-poverty charity Oxfam on Monday accused Israel of intentionally preventing the delivery of aid into Gaza during its war with Hamas, in violation of international humanitarian law. This handout picture released by the Jordanian army on March 16, 2024, shows...
SEOUL, South Korea— North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Monday, Seoul's military said, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited South Korea to meet top officials and attend a democracy summit. Blinken is in Seoul for the third Summit for Democracy, an initiative of US President...
MOSCOW, Russia— Vladimir Putin said Russia would not be "intimidated" as he hailed an election victory that paves the way for the former spy to become the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years. Vladimir Putin (Photo from AFP) All of the 71-year old's major opponents are dead,...
