AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN BEIJING, China– The United States has said it successfully dismantled a China-based hacking network known as "Volt Typhoon", accusing it of infiltrating critical US infrastructure networks with the goal of disabling them in the event of conflict. The group -- active...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand is set to become one of the first countries to ban harmful "forever chemicals" from cosmetic products, environment watchdogs said Wednesday. The Environmental Protection Authority said it will ban long-lasting substances perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl...
PARIS, France - France vowed Wednesday to prevent a trade deal between the European Union and the South American Mercosur bloc to be signed in its current state, as the country is rocked by farmer protests. The trade deal, which would include agricultural powers Argentina and Brazil, is among...
BERLIN, Germany - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz joined four other European leaders Wednesday in urging EU countries to boost efforts to provide crucially needed weapons for Ukraine to resist the Russian invasion. The leaders, in a letter published in the Financial Times a day before an EU...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The EU said Wednesday it plans to extend tariff-free entry for Ukrainian farm products for a year from June, but with "safeguards" to stop cheaper imports flooding the market at the expense of Europe's own farmers. Grain imports from war-torn Ukraine have already caused a...
CULIACÃN, Mexico - A fiery collision between a double-decker bus and a truck left 19 people dead and 22 injured Tuesday in northwestern Mexico, authorities said. Officials were seen removing remains from the charred wreckage of the bus, which had been traveling from the city of Guadalajara...
AFP/MANILA BULLETIN ISLAMABAD, Pakistan– Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison, less than two weeks before the country votes in an election his party has been hamstrung from contesting. Pakistan goes to the polls next Thursday in a ballot...
AFP/MANILA BULLETIN Seoul, South Korea–North Korea fired another round of cruise missiles on Tuesday, Seoul's military said, extending a recent flurry of tests of weapons that analysts warned could be destined for Russia's war in Ukraine. This month, Pyongyang has conducted tests of...
Beijing, China– China and the United States on Tuesday resumed talks on curbing the production of ingredients to make fentanyl, as the two powers seek to rebuild frayed channels of communication on hot-button issues. The synthetic opioid, many times more powerful than heroin, has...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's energy ministry said Monday that it will begin building four new nuclear reactors this year to compensate for Russia's seizure of the country's largest nuclear plant. Energy Minister German Galushchenko said in televised comments that all four new reactors would be at...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia on Monday officially registered incumbent Vladimir Putin as a candidate for the presidential election in March, a vote that he is all but certain to win. The 71-year-old has led Russia since the turn of the century, clinching four presidential ballots and briefly...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian MPs introduced a bill Monday to overturn a ban on using the sperm and eggs of dead soldiers. A controversial new law due to come into force in March requires sperm and eggs stored by soldiers to be destroyed after their deaths. But it has stirred an emotive debate in...
