US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (2nd R), joined by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (R), speaks while facing Yang Jiechi (2nd L), director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office, and Wang Yi (L), China's Foreign Minister at the opening session of US-China talks at the Captain...
PHOYO FROM AFP WASHINGTON, United States -- The United Auto Workers chief warned Sunday that a historic strike at the top three car manufacturers will expand if the companies do not raise their wage offers in ongoing negotiations. Stellantis, one of the three, had offered its workers what it called...
MOSCOW, Russia -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Russia on Sunday after a rare six-day visit that appeared to solidify his country's ties with President Vladimir Putin -- fanning Western fears that Pyongyang could provide Moscow with weapons for its assault on Ukraine. Kim's tour of Russia's...
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Three people are missing, and one person has been rescued after a firefighting helicopter crashed while tackling a forest fire in the western Turkish port city of Izmir, local media reported on Sunday. Citing a statement from Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Ibrahim Yumakli,...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russia said it has sent 35 emergency doctors and humanitarian aid to eastern Libya, after the country was hit by unprecedented flooding a week ago. "The ministry's third plane with specialists... has landed in Libya. Around 35 employees of Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations...
DERNA, Libya -- A week after a tsunami-sized flash flood devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the international aid effort gained pace on Sunday to help the grieving survivors. Search-and-rescue teams wearing face masks and protective suits kept up the...
In this handout photograph taken and released by Government of Primorsky region on September 17, 2023, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (2nd R), accompanied by President of Far Eastern Federal University Boris Korobets (2nd L), Governor of Primorsky region Oleg Kozhemyako (L) and Russia's Minister...
Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union march through the streets of downtown Detroit following a rally on the first day of the UAW strike in Detroit, Michigan, on September 15, 2023. Workers at the "Big Three" US auto manufacturers went on strike on September 15, 2023, in a first-ever...
A handout picture provided by Tunisia's National Office of Civil Protection on September 15, 2023, shows members of its emergency teams assisting in relief work in Libya's city of Derna in the aftermath of a devastating flood. Shipments of international aid began to arrive in Libya on September 16,...
Plumes of smoke rise as wildfire approaches a home during the Fairview Fire near Hemet, California, in Riverside County on September 7, 2022. The US state of California sued five of the world's largest oil companies on September 15, 2023, alleging the firms caused billions of dollars in damages and...
Photo from AFP FRANKFURT, Germany -- NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has warned there will be no swift end to the Ukraine war, in an interview published Sunday, as Kyiv pushes on with its counteroffensive against Russia. "Most wars last longer than expected when they first begin," Stoltenberg said in...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Fourteen people were killed Saturday when a plane crashed in the Brazilian Amazon while attempting to land in stormy weather in the popular tourist town of Barcelos, the incident fatal for all aboard, officials said. The small plane's pilot was approaching the town in...
