People walk in the Park of the Fiftieth Anniversary in the snow in Brussels, Belgium, Jan. 17, 2024. (Xinhua) BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Extreme weather conditions involving heavy snowfall and freezing rain hit many countries across Europe on Wednesday, causing flight cancellations and delays and...
HUMANITARIAN AID – Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip after crossing the terminal border from Egypt, on January 17, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (AFP) PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES --...
NEW DELHI, India - A leading Indian think tank confirmed Wednesday it had been banned from taking foreign funding, the latest organisation among foreign charities, rights watchdogs and others similarly targeted after criticising the government. The Centre for Policy Research (CPR) is one of...
STRASBOURG, France - EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday said she was "confident" of getting Hungary to drop its veto on a 50-billion-euro ($54-billion) aid package for Ukraine at a crunch summit in two weeks. Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban -- Russia's closest EU ally...
DAVOS, Switzerland - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the global economy needed stability on the Taiwan Strait, following China's criticism of Taipei's new president-elect. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Blinken called Taiwan's weekend...
BANGKOK, Thailand - Twenty-three people have died after an explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand on Wednesday, the provincial governor said. Images shared by the local rescue service showed metal debris littered on the ground, and a huge plume of black smoke. The blast occurred...
DAVOS, Switzerland - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday warned that a "full-fledged confrontation" between Israel and Lebanon would be a "total disaster" amid fears of a wider war. Addressing the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos, Guterres reiterated his...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow's forces had the upper hand in their almost two-year conflict with Ukraine, warning the rival state it risks an "irreparable" blow if it continued. The frontlines in eastern and southern Ukraine have barely moved in...
DAVOS, Switzerland - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky courted the global elite at Davos on Tuesday with a mix of dire warnings and notes of hope, as fears grow over the future of Western support against Russia. After addressing the World Economic Forum by video in previous years,...
GENEVA, Switzerland– The number of adult tobacco users has dropped steadily in recent years, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday but it warned Big Tobacco was working hard to reverse that trend. In 2022, about one in five adults around the world were smokers or consumed other...
Photo Courtesy of AFP/MANILA BULLETIN TOKYO, Japan– Japan doubled a fund used for disaster relief and other contingencies to $6.8 billion after a devastating New Year's Day earthquake, the government said Tuesday, as snow worsened conditions for survivors. The 7.5-magnitude quake...
WASHINGTON, United States - The US military said Sunday its forces shot down a cruise missile fired at an American destroyer warship from Huthi controlled areas of Yemen. The attack appears to be the first against a US destroyer amid a growing number of missile and drone strikes or attempted...
