BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Parliament and EU member states agreed on Wednesday to establish a central body to clamp down on money laundering as well as attempts to circumvent sanctions. The new institution, known as the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA), will also crack down on the...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States unveiled sanctions Tuesday on individuals and companies based in China, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and other countries, aiming to disrupt Moscow's military procurement networks amid its war in Ukraine. The latest actions take aim at people...
A general view shows a screen of votes during a United Nations General Assembly meeting to vote on a non-binding resolution demanding "an immediate humanitarian ceasefire" in Gaza at UN headquarters in New York on December 12, 2023. (AFP) UNITED NATIONS -- The UN General Assembly...
TOKYO, Japan– A Japanese zoo has launched a probe after apparently massacring 31 of its 40 squirrels by mistake with treatments meant to kill parasites, officials said. Keepers at the Inokashira Park Zoo in Tokyo injected the animals with anti-parasitic medicine on December 4 as part of...
TOKYO, Japan– Japan's oldest person passed away Tuesday at the age of 116, officials said, offering their condolences for Fusa Tatsumi who lived through two world wars and multiple pandemics. Born in 1907, Tatsumi raised three children with her husband, a farmer, in Osaka, local...
(Photo by MINH HOANG / POOL / AFP) HANOI, Vietnam– China's President Xi Jinping called Tuesday for a "new stage" in relations with Vietnam as he began his first visit in six years, seeking to counter the United States' growing influence with the communist nation. Xi will meet the leader...
Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd L) attends a meeting with Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the Central Office of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Hanoi on December 12, 2023. (Photo by MINH HOANG / POOL / AFP) BEIJING, China– China is confronting...
STRASBOURG, France– The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Poland for violating citizens' rights by failing to recognize and protect same-sex couples. The verdict of the court, based in Strasbourg, follows complaints lodged by 10 Polish nationals living in same-sex...
MANILA, Philippines– The Philippines has so far endured fewer storms in 2023 than in any of the past 25 years and now faces potentially the worst drought in decades, officials said Tuesday. The tropical archipelago nation -- which is ranked among the most vulnerable countries to the...
A local resident walks next to destroyed houses following a Russian shelling in Kyiv, on December 11, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine downed eight Russian missiles targeting the capital Kyiv on December 11, 2023 and another 18 attack drones over the rest of the country, the air...
HANOI, Vietnam -- China's President Xi Jinping will visit Vietnam for the first time in six years on Tuesday seeking to counter the United States' growing influence with the communist nation. Chinese President Xi Jinping (Xinhua) Xi will meet the leader of Vietnam's ruling Communist...
China on Tuesday lifted suspensions targeting three of Australia's biggest red meat exporters, winning praise from Canberra as the trading partners mend a strained relationship. Many of Australia's most lucrative export commodities were effectively banned from China as the two countries fought a...
