JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was sent to hospital on Saturday after he complained of dizziness, his office said. Netanyahu, 73, is "in good condition and is undergoing a medical examination," according to a statement released by his office. "The initial assessment is...
BEIJING, China - China's top diplomat urged India to focus on "common interests" and meet China "halfway" to defuse border tensions between Asia's most populous neighbours, the Chinese foreign ministry said Saturday. Relations between India and China have deteriorated in recent months over their...
ROME, Italy - Strikes by airport and airline staff grounded hundreds of flights and left thousands of travellers stranded in Europe on Saturday at the height of the busy summer tourism season. In Italy, some 1,000 flights, both domestic and international, were cancelled as a result of the strike...
CHEONGJU, South Korea -- Rescuers battled on Sunday to reach people trapped in a flooded tunnel in South Korea, where at least 37 people have died and nine are missing after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides. South Korea is at the peak of its summer monsoon season, and there has...
ROME, Italy -- Tens of millions of people were battling dangerously high temperatures around the world on Sunday as record heat forecasts hung over parts of the United States, Europe and Asia, in the latest example of the threat from global warming. A powerful heatwave stretching from California to...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday thanked his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk Yeol for a substantial first visit to his war-torn country. "Today, during this first visit of the President of the Republic of Korea to Ukraine in the history of our relations, we...
A 51-year-old Filipina was found dead in a pier in Hong Kong on Thursday, July 14, Hong Kong authorities said. A concerned citizen discovered the cadaver of a woman in a corner of Tsing Yi Public Pier at around 6:37 a.m. Hong Kong firefighters immediately responded to the scene where they recovered...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - The top US and Chinese diplomats met Thursday for the second time in as many months, seeking to manage tensions that risk flaring anew over alleged Chinese hacking. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Wang Yi, China's top foreign policy official, saw each other on the...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Hospital doctors in England on Thursday staged the biggest walkout in the history of the UK's state-funded National Health Service, prompting fears for patient safety. The unprecedented five-day stoppage over pay and staff retention is the latest in eight months of...
PARIS, France - The combination of "warp speed" advances in neurotechnology, such as brain implants or scans that can increasingly peek inside minds, and artificial intelligence poses a threat to mental privacy, UNESCO warned on Thursday. The UN's agency for science and culture has started...
GENEVA, Switzerland - "The end of AIDS" is still possible by 2030, the United Nations insisted Thursday, but cautioned that the world's deadliest pandemic could only be halted if leaders grasped the opportunity. "AIDS can be ended by 2030," the UNAIDS agency said as it outlined a roadmap of...
PARIS, France - French prosecutors said Thursday they had opened an investigation after the discovery of a severed fingertip in a letter addressed to the presidential palace. The gruesome find was reported by staff working for President Emmanuel Macron at the beginning of the week, with police...
