HONG KONG (AFP) -- Skipper Son Heung-min scored a brace and set up the other as South Korea made it two victories from two in 2026 World Cup qualifying with a 3-0 win in China on Tuesday, Nov. 21. South Korea's Park Yong-woo (left), Son Heung-min (second from left), Hwang In-beom (center), Lee...
PARIS, France -- Fifty-three journalists and media workers have been killed in the latest war between Israel and Hamas, according to a tally by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published Tuesday. The toll includes 46 Palestinians, four Israelis and three Lebanese killed since the...
STRASBOURG, France -- Reaching a compromise final accord at the COP28 climate conference which starts in Dubai next week will be "an uphill climb," the EU's climate commissioner said Tuesday. Wopke Hoekstra, in an interview with the European Newsroom which AFP is part of, said recent trips to...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday he hoped European Union leaders would agree to open membership talks with Kyiv when they next meet at a summit in December. The European Commission recommended opening formal membership negotiations with Ukraine earlier this...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Covid-19 remains a threat as a virus variant has been spreading steadily around the globe, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. "This virus, SARS-CoV-2, is circulating in every country right now and it still poses a threat," WHO expert Maria Van Kerkhove said. "We have...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Wednesday it had succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit after two previous failures, as the US led its allies in condemning the launch as a "brazen violation" of UN sanctions. TOPSHOT - Customers sit near a television showing a news broadcast...
The Philippines will benefit from the new credit line approved by the World Bank that aims to minimize the impact of major natural disasters and health crises on the domestic economy, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the $500-million standby credit...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- A set of six jerseys that Lionel Messi wore during Argentina's victorious 2022 World Cup run will be auctioned in December, Sotheby's announced on Monday, Nov. 20, estimating their value at more than $10 million. This undated photo courtesy of Sotheby's shows Lionel Messi's set of...
TOKYO, Japan - North Korea has issued formal notice of a satellite launch as early as Wednesday, defying warnings from South Korea and multiple UN resolutions banning Pyongyang from using ballistic missile technology. This handout photo taken and released on November 20, 2023 by the South...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - A global fund under which wealthier nations would help emerging economies cope with climate change should not be based on divisions from three decades ago, an EU climate chief said Monday. "We cannot base this kind of funding simply on an economic division between developed...
BEIJING, China- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday the world must "act urgently" to calm the Israel-Hamas war as he hosted diplomats from Arab and Muslim-majority nations in Beijing. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi A delegation of foreign ministers of the Palestinian Authority,...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The Red Cross said Monday that its president had travelled to Qatar to meet with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh "to advance humanitarian issues related to the armed conflict in Israel and Gaza". President Mirjana Spoljaric "President Mirjana Spoljaric met with (Ismail)...
