US Senate building (File photo) WASHINGTON, United States -- The US Senate drafted a last-ditch short-term budget proposal Tuesday as time was running out on Congress to avoid a partial government shutdown. With just days left before the September 30 deadline, both Democratic Senate Majority leader...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (C), shake hands with House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota during a ceremony on Parliament Hill on September 22, 2023 in Ottawa, Canada. The speaker of Canada's parliament faced growing calls to resign September 26, 2023...
US Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 19, 2023. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) UNITED NATIONS, United States -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday against a new atomic arms...
US President Joe Biden addresses striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union at a picket line outside a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Michigan, on September 26, 2023. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) BELLEVILLE, United States -- Joe Biden became the first...
Donald Trump (Photo from AFP) NEW YORK, United States -- Donald Trump and his sons Eric and Don Jr committed fraud by inflating the value of the real estate and financial assets of the Trump Organization for years, a New York judge ruled on Tuesday. The ruling by Judge Arthur Engoron is a setback...
WASHINGTON, United States -- World Bank President Ajay Banga said Tuesday that he is working to reform "dysfunctionality" in the boardroom of the development lender, and pledged to refocus its mission to better address the challenges posed by climate change. The former Mastercard chief executive...
NEW DELHI, India - Army chiefs and senior officers from 30 countries including the United States met in India Tuesday to discuss threats facing the Asia-Pacific region, in the face of concern at an increasingly assertive China. US Army chief Randy George US Army chief Randy George said the...
ROME, Italy - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni held talks Tuesday with French President Emmanuel Macron in Rome, against a backdrop of tensions between the two countries over migration. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with French President Emmanuel Macron The French...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The UN stressed on Tuesday it was opposed to most dress codes for women, after France barred its Olympic athletes from wearing the Muslim hijab during the 2024 Paris Games. "No-one should impose on a woman what she needs to wear or not wear," United Nations rights office...
PARIS, France - Rich and developing nations alike must sharply improve their net-zero targets, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday, warning that a clean energy surge was the main reason the world's climate goals are still achievable. IEA chief Fatih Birol Wealthy countries must now...
BUDAPEST, Hungary - A Hungarian court sentenced a Ukrainian ship captain to five-and-a-half years in prison on Tuesday over a collision on the Danube in 2019 that killed 25 South Korean tourists and two crew members. The disaster, on a busy stretch of the river in the heart of Budapest, was...
TOKYO, Japan - Campaigners filed a fresh petition with almost 225,000 signatures on Monday against plans to fell large numbers of trees and tear down a historic baseball stadium in a rare green area of central Tokyo. Lush with trees donated to honour Emperor Meiji a century ago, Meiji Jingu Gaien...
