Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong has resigned after just one year in the job, the ruling Communist Party announced Wednesday, as the country mounts a sweeping anti-graft purge. The party said Thuong was guilty of "violations and shortcomings" and his resignation was...
Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations reiterated to countries Wednesday that people fleeing the spiralling violence in Haiti should be granted refugee protection and not be forcibly returned. The UN refugee agency issued new legal guidance to ensure the Haitians most at risk are...
Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto has been elected as president of the world's third-biggest democracy, the elections commission said Wednesday, decisively beating two rivals who have vowed to file a legal complaint about the vote. Defence Minister Prabowo and his...
Washington, United States - US President Joe Biden won the endorsement of the United Steelworkers (USW) union Wednesday, less than a week after saying he opposed the proposed sale of US Steel to Japan's Nippon Steel. The planned $14.1 billion acquisition has become a hot political issue...
HELSINSKI, Finland - Finland remained the world's happiest country for a seventh straight year in an annual UN sponsored World Happiness Report published on Wednesday. And Nordic countries kept their places among the 10 most cheerful, with Denmark, Iceland and Sweden trailing Finland. Afghanistan,...
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin promised Tuesday that the United States would not let Ukraine fail in fighting off Russia and expressed hope that Congress would soon approve further aid as Kyiv's forces face munition shortages. US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin (L)...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain on Tuesday announced that it will host a meeting of European leaders on July 18, with support for Ukraine in its war against Russia top of the agenda. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Downing Street office said the European Political Community (EPC) meeting would take...
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a successful test of a solid-fuel engine for a "new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile", Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday. The test was carried out on Tuesday by the North's Missile Administration at the Sohae Satellite...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The UN said Tuesday that Israel's severe restrictions on aid into war-ravaged Gaza coupled with its military offensive could amount to using starvation as a "weapon of war", which would be a "war crime". This handout picture released by the Jordanian army on March 16, 2024,...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States said Tuesday that the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees should be allowed into war-ravaged Gaza, after Israel said he was denied entry because he made paperwork errors. Israeli officials have long criticized the UN Relief and World Agency...
WASHINGTON, United States - The ratio of abortions carried out with medication rose to 63 percent between 2020 and 2023 in the United States, according to analysis published ahead of a Supreme Court hearing on restricting access to the pills. The research made public Tuesday by the Guttmacher...
SAN JOSÉ, United States - Nvidia chief Jensen Huang said Tuesday he does not expect a "doomsday scenario" but is readying for the worst over tension between China and the United States. NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang displays products on-stage during the annual Nvidia GTC Artificial Intelligence...
