PARIS, France -- French President Emmanuel Macron's government on Thursday rammed a controversial pension reform through parliament without a vote, sparking angry protests in Paris and other cities as well as tumult in the legislature. The move to use a special constitutional power enabling the...
TOKYO, Japan - Japan and South Korea announced the end of tit-for-tat trade measures and pledged renewed diplomacy as leaders of the two countries met in Tokyo Thursday for a summit to thaw long-frozen ties. The neighbours, both key US partners in the region, have for years been locked in a...
MOSCOW, Russia - The Kremlin said Thursday that Russia was not a threat to Finland, ahead of the Finnish president's visit to Turkey, which is expected to approve Helsinki's NATO bid. Finland and Sweden dropped decades-long policies of military non-alignment and applied to join the western...
TEL AVIV, Israel - Israeli protesters returned to the streets Thursday to rally against proposed judicial reforms, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a compromise plan touted by the country's president. The reforms, several provisions of which have already been adopted by...
VIENNA, Austria - The UN's nuclear watchdog said two and a half tons of natural uranium had gone missing from a Libyan site and "may present a radiological risk," according to a confidential report seen by AFP on Thursday. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors on Tuesday found...
BEIJING, China - China urged the United States to stop "unreasonably suppressing" TikTok on Thursday, after Washington gave the popular video-sharing app an ultimatum to part ways with its Chinese owners or face a nationwide ban. The United States and the European Union have been taking an...
MOSCOW, Russia - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he will only meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan if Turkey withdraws troops from northern Syria, according to a Russian media interview published on Thursday. His comments come one day after he met Russian President Vladimir Putin,...
ATHENS, Greece - Tens of thousands of people protested across Greece on Thursday as workers staged a mass strike to voice outrage over last month's train disaster, which killed 57 people. The February 28 tragedy exposed decades of safety failings in Greek railways and has put major pressure...
Nineteen young Filipino students from across the country each won gold medals at the World International Mathematical Olympiad (WIMO) held last Jan. 7 to 8, in Bangkok, Thailand. Nineteen young Filipino students from across the country each won gold medals at the World International Mathematical...
