The United Nations (UN) urged world leaders to work double time in implementing the measures in mitigating climate change as the world risks "big misses" across its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2023: Special Edition, the UN said that...
PARIS, France -- The Threads app launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days, data tracking websites said on Monday, smashing the record of AI tool ChatGPT for fastest-growing consumer app. While ChatGPT took two months to hit the 100...
NEW YORK, United States -- Heavy rains caused "life threatening" flooding on Sunday in New York state, turning streets into raging waterways, washing out bridges and leading the governor to declare a state of emergency. A woman was killed while trying to leave her house with her dog in the Hudson...
CANBERRA, Australia -- The El Nino event could pose a major threat to the health of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, experts have warned, local media reported on Monday. Marine researchers recently said that a marine heatwave caused by the climate driver could trigger a mass coral bleaching event on...
WAD MADANI, Sudan -- Conflict-torn Sudan is on the brink of a "full-scale civil war" that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations warned Sunday, after an air strike on a residential area killed around two dozen civilians. The health ministry reported "22 dead and a large number of...
TOKYO, Japan -- One person died in a landslide and hundreds of thousands of people have been urged to evacuate their homes in southwestern Japan as forecasters on Monday warned of the "heaviest rain ever" in the region. A 77-year-old woman was confirmed dead in a landslide that hit her home...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday voiced hope for the "best possible result" from an upcoming NATO summit where Kyiv is hoping for a clear signal that it could one day join the alliance. After meeting his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda, Zelensky said the two...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis said on Sunday he would create 21 new cardinals from across the world at the end of September. "Their provenance expresses the universality of the Church that continues to proclaim God's merciful love to all people on earth," said the pope, following his weekly...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, whose country still grapples with deadly war remnants, on Sunday urged Ukraine not to use cluster bombs, after Washington announced plans to send the weapons to Kyiv to fight Russian troops. Humanitarian groups have strongly condemned the...
BEIJING, China -- US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that her talks with top Chinese officials have put ties on "surer footing", as she wrapped up a trip aimed at stabilising fraught relations between the world's two biggest economies. During her four-day trip -- which came on the heels...
PARIS, France -- Around 2,000 people defied a ban to join a memorial rally in central Paris Saturday for a young black man who died in police custody, while marches took place throughout France to denounce police brutality, as tensions run high after days of rioting engulfed the country. Nationwide,...
TOKYO, Japan -- Plans to discharge treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant cleared their last regulatory hurdle in Japan on Friday, as China said it would ban some food imports over the move. South Korea meanwhile said Tokyo's plan to dilute the treated water and release it into the sea over...
