TAIPEI, Taiwan --Â Taiwan sighted two Russian frigates sailing off its eastern coast on Tuesday and deployed surveillance ships and aircraft to monitor their movements, the island's Ministry of National Defense said. A warship and a helicopter from the Russian navy are pictured after a joint...
Photo taken on Sept. 14, 2020 shows the United Nations headquarters in New York, the United States. (Xinhua) UNITED NATIONS -- UN Humanitarians reported on Tuesday that they have received only 20 percent of the US$54.8 billion needed to aid people globally this year. "These funding gaps have real...
SANTIAGO, Chile  -- As many as 15 passengers were injured Tuesday after their bus overturned on a highway in southern Chile in the same area where nine people were killed in a traffic accident over the weekend amid heavy rains. The bus carrying 50 passengers overturned at the "Bobadilla"...
  ISTANBUL - Türkiye is trying to solve the critical water shortage in the northwestern province of Bursa with new dam projects, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Tuesday. The authorities expect to tackle the water shortage by 2060 by building two new dams within two to three...
LOS ANGELES, United States -- The United States is not prepared for the next pandemic because parts of the public health systems are still reliant on "old fax machines," said outgoing director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Rochelle Walensky in an article published on...
HOUSTON, United States -- Triple-digit heat wave is sweeping south central U.S. state of Texas, pushing the state's power grid to new limits while expanding to other parts of the U.S. South. Photo taken on June 27, 2023 shows a thermometer at a residential backyard in Plano, Texas, the United...
CAIRO, Egypt - The death toll from the collapse of a 13-storey building in Egypt's northern coastal city of Alexandria rose to four, the state-run Ahram Online news website reported on Tuesday. Rescue teams recovered two more bodies on Tuesday after finding two other bodies late on Monday from...
OUAGADOUGOU, Bukina Faso - At least 34 people, including 31 soldiers and three army auxiliaries, were killed on Monday in an ambush against a supply convoy in Burkina Faso, the army said in a statement on Tuesday evening. The attack on the supply convoy escorted by military units took place in...
RED RIVER -- This handout photo taken and released by the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters on June 27, 2023 shows a river dyed red after coolant used in equipment to help with beer-making leaked into the water from the nearby beer brewery in the city of Nago, Okinawa prefecture. (Photo by...
WASHINGTON, United States -- President Joe Biden is making a big bet on the US economy powering him to re-election next year with the unveiling of a "Bidenomics" pitch to voters this week. US President Joe Biden (AFP) After inheriting an economy ravaged by the Covid pandemic, then beset by...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Belarus welcomed the head of the Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin into exile on Tuesday following an aborted rebellion, as NATO warned it was ready to defend against "Moscow or Minsk." WAGNER GROUP – Members of Wagner group are seen gesturing from a military...
NEW DELHI, India -- A 65-year-old woman and an eight-year-old girl died, and another person was injured when a house collapsed amid heavy rains in India's western state of Rajasthan late Monday night, confirmed local police on Tuesday. A motorcycle driver and his passenger navigate a flooded...
