WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States and Taiwan signed a trade deal Thursday aimed at deepening economic relations between both sides -- in a move that has sparked a warning from Beijing. The US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade looks to boost trade by streamlining customs checks,...
Ma Zhaoxu, deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, Mauro Viera, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Naledi Pandor, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, and Subrahmanyam Jaishanker, Minister of Foreign...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- The UK government said on Thursday it will mount a legal challenge over the release of documents to a public inquiry probing its handling of the Covid pandemic. The Cabinet Office announced that it was seeking a judicial review of the order by inquiry chair judge Heather...
Two people use an umbrella for shade while crossing the street during a heatwave in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on June 1, 2023. ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP MONTREAL, Canada -- Eastern Canada sweltered under a record-breaking heat wave on Thursday that risked inflaming wildfires ravaging the Atlantic coast...
MOSCOW, Russia - Residents evacuated from the Russian town of Shebekino near the Ukraine border after heavy shelling were Thursday filling up temporary shelters in the regional capital, the governor of Belgorod said. "The largest temporary accommodation centre in the city is gradually filling...
TOKYO, Japan - Japan experienced its warmest spring on record this year, the national weather agency said Thursday, as greenhouse gasses and El Nino send temperatures soaring worldwide. Temperatures across March, April and May were 1.59 degrees Celsius (34.9 Fahrenheit) higher than average,...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Meteorological Organization voted Thursday for Argentina's Celeste Saulo to become its first woman leader and steer the WMO's critical global role in tracking climate change. Saulo, a WMO vice-president who has headed Argentina's weather service since 2014, won...
TOKYO, Japan - Japan's prime minister unveiled a $25 billion plan on Thursday to expand support for young people and families in a bid to help raise the country's plummeting birthrate. Larger direct subsidies for those with children and more financial help for education and prenatal care are...
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's parliament approved a controversial law that ostensibly promotes patriotism but has been denounced by the opposition as a "draconian" attempt to stifle dissent ahead of national elections. The bill, passed by the lower house on Wednesday evening, criminalises...
GENEVA, Switzerland -Â The United Nations' weather agency announced Tuesday it was making the cryosphere a new top priority, saying the melting of sea ice, glaciers and permafrost posed a global threat. Member states at the UN's World Meteorological Organization are concerned about the impacts of...
PARIS, France - From tiny quadcopters buzzing over frontline trenches with cameras and grenades to flying bombs lugging warheads weighing dozens of kilograms (pounds) into Kyiv and Moscow, drones have marked the Ukraine war like none before it. In recent months, invading Russian troops have...
BEIJING, China - Elon Musk met Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing on Tuesday, the ministry said, as the Tesla CEO embarks on his first trip to China in more than three years. China is the world's biggest electric vehicle market and Tesla announced in April it would build a second massive...
