BRUSSELS, Belgium - EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warned China Thursday its approach to Russia's war in Ukraine would determine ties, but said Europe was not looking to "decouple" from Beijing. The European Commission head will accompany French President Emmanuel Macron to Beijing next week...
LILONGWE, Malawi - The death toll from Cyclone Freddy in Malawi is slated to surpass 1,200 after authorities said Thursday hundreds of missing people would be declared dead as hopes of finding survivors fade. Freddy dumped six months' worth of rainfall on southern Malawi in six days earlier...
MOSCOW, Russia - A US journalist working for the Wall Street Journal has been detained in Russia on suspicion of spying for Washington, Russia's FSB security service said on Thursday. The announcement marks a serious escalation in the Kremlin's efforts to silence perceived critics, a...
NEW DELHI, India - At least eight devotees were killed and around a dozen rescued on Thursday after about 25 people fell into a well at a Hindu temple in India, police said. The worshippers plunged into the stepwell –- a stair-lined communal water source -- after the floor covering it...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis's health is improving after spending a night in hospital with a respiratory infection, the Vatican announced Thursday, saying the 86-year-old had eaten breakfast, read the newspapers and even done some work. The pope "rested well during the night. His...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain on Thursday warned against the threat of protectionism as it slammed the United States for leading a "distortive" green energy subsidy race. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt's remarks came as his government updated its energy security plan to ramp up renewable and...
PARIS, France -- One of the largest black holes ever recorded has been discovered using a new technique that could spot thousands more of the insatiable celestial monsters in the coming years, according to astronomers. The ultramassive black hole, one of just four ever observed, is more than 30...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian oil sales to India surged more than twentyfold last year as European buyers turned to other markets following the conflict in Ukraine, Russia's deputy prime minister said Tuesday. Russia shifted its oil exports to India and China last year as European Union nations...
MOSCOW, Russia - Belarus said on Tuesday it was forced to host Russian nuclear weapons due to "unprecedented" Western pressure, insisting their deployment did not violate international agreements. At the weekend Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to station tactical nuclear...
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Several people at an immigration detention center in a Mexican city on the US border died in a fire that broke out at the facility overnight, local media reported on Tuesday. An AFP journalist saw firemen and rescuers placing several bodies covered with blankets in the...
TOKYO, Japan - A magnitude 6.1 quake struck off Aomori in northern Japan on Tuesday, the national weather agency said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake hit at 6:18 pm (0918 GMT) at a depth of 20 kilometres (12 miles), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Major Japanese...
PARIS, France - Cancer-causing chemical compounds called nitrosamines have been detected in a range of everyday foods and could pose a health risk to consumers, the European Food Safety Agency warned on Tuesday. The 10 nitrosamines -- which are not intentionally added to food but which...
