BEIJING, China -- At least 14 people are dead after torrential rain hit China's northeastern Jilin province, state media reported Sunday, the latest fatalities from more than a week of weather-related disasters across the country. China has been hit with record heavy rains in recent weeks, with...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Elon Musk said Sunday that a "cage match" he and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg have seemingly agreed to as a fund-raiser will be carried live on X, formerly known as Twitter, which he owns. "Zuck v Musk fight will be live-streamed on X," Musk posted. "All proceeds will go to...
Hun Manet (C), commander of the Royal Cambodian Army and eldest son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, gestures after he casts his vote at a polling station in Phnom Penh on July 23, 2023. (Photo by -STR / AFP) PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Hun Manet was appointed Cambodia's new leader by the king...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Former US president Donald Trump said Sunday he will petition to have a different judge oversee his historic criminal trial and for the case to be moved out of Washington. The twice-impeached Republican has unleashed a stream of invective against those prosecuting him...
LE CAP D'AGDE, France -- A 17-year-old died and a woman of 19 was hurt after falling from a ride at the Luna theme park in Cap d'Agde, southern France, authorities said Sunday. "Two people were victims of an accident while using the Adrenaline attraction. An adolescent aged 17 died of his injuries...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine said on Sunday it suffered several waves of aerial attacks overnight, which Moscow said targeted military airfields, a day after a strike on a Russian tanker on the Kerch Strait. The Ukrainian air force said Sunday it shot down 30 out of the 40 cruise missiles and all...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japan's prime minister hit out at Russian threats to use nuclear weapons as the country marked the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Sunday. Around 140,000 people died in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and 74,000 in Nagasaki three days later, when the United States...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Prosecutors have asked a US judge to limit information Donald Trump can publicly discuss regarding the latest indictments against him, citing a threatening post by the ex-president which his campaign defended Saturday as "political speech." Jack Smith, the special...
TBILISI, Georgia -- At least 16 people were killed and dozens were missing after a landslide at a resort town in northwestern Georgia, officials said Saturday. The landslide took place on Thursday in Shovi, a small resort town in Georgia's mountainous northwest famed for its vast forests and...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Moscow escalated its attacks in Ukraine on Saturday, with President Volodymyr Zelensky denouncing a deadly strike on a blood transfusion centre as a "war crime". A separate strike struck a key factory, both attacks coming just hours after Kyiv hit a Russian tanker in the Kerch...
PARIS, France -- Five people were injured on Saturday in an explosion at a residential building in the north of Paris, police and emergency services said. A photograph shows the damaged building due to an explosion in a third-floor flat on Rue Du Nord, in the 18th distrcit of Paris, on...
LISBON, Portugal -- A sea of 1.5 million pilgrims packed a riverside park near Lisbon on Saturday for a vigil held by Pope Francis as part of a global Catholic youth festival. Worshippers cheered as the 86-year-old pontiff slowly drove by on his "popemobile" to the stage at the Parque Tejo on the...
