TOKYO, Japan– Japan's oldest person passed away Tuesday at the age of 116, officials said, offering their condolences for Fusa Tatsumi who lived through two world wars and multiple pandemics. Born in 1907, Tatsumi raised three children with her husband, a farmer, in Osaka, local...
(Photo by MINH HOANG / POOL / AFP) HANOI, Vietnam– China's President Xi Jinping called Tuesday for a "new stage" in relations with Vietnam as he began his first visit in six years, seeking to counter the United States' growing influence with the communist nation. Xi will meet the leader...
Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd L) attends a meeting with Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the Central Office of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Hanoi on December 12, 2023. (Photo by MINH HOANG / POOL / AFP) BEIJING, China– China is confronting...
STRASBOURG, France– The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Poland for violating citizens' rights by failing to recognize and protect same-sex couples. The verdict of the court, based in Strasbourg, follows complaints lodged by 10 Polish nationals living in same-sex...
MANILA, Philippines– The Philippines has so far endured fewer storms in 2023 than in any of the past 25 years and now faces potentially the worst drought in decades, officials said Tuesday. The tropical archipelago nation -- which is ranked among the most vulnerable countries to the...
A local resident walks next to destroyed houses following a Russian shelling in Kyiv, on December 11, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine downed eight Russian missiles targeting the capital Kyiv on December 11, 2023 and another 18 attack drones over the rest of the country, the air...
HANOI, Vietnam -- China's President Xi Jinping will visit Vietnam for the first time in six years on Tuesday seeking to counter the United States' growing influence with the communist nation. Chinese President Xi Jinping (Xinhua) Xi will meet the leader of Vietnam's ruling Communist...
China on Tuesday lifted suspensions targeting three of Australia's biggest red meat exporters, winning praise from Canberra as the trading partners mend a strained relationship. Many of Australia's most lucrative export commodities were effectively banned from China as the two countries fought a...
Members of a displaced Palestinian family stand amid the rubble in Rafah on a street in the southern Gaza Strip on December 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas. (AFP) The UN General Assembly is due to vote Tuesday on a non-binding resolution...
GENEVA, Switzerland - Swiss police were hunting a "dangerous" gunman who killed two people and injured another Monday in the southern town of Sion. Police officers control a bus near Saint Maurice, as they search for a gunman who killed two people and injured another in the southern Swiss town...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Ukraine sounded the alarm over its European ambitions on Monday as EU leaders face a struggle to agree renewed financial support and an invitation to Kyiv to start formal membership talks. The leaders of the 27 European Union states meet on Thursday at a summit that...
KYIV, Ukraine - Kyiv said Monday that the largest cargo crossing point between Ukraine and Poland was reopened despite a weeks-long protest staged by Polish hauliers barring traffic for truckers over the frontier. A woman stands in a damaged house following a Russian shelling in Kyiv, on...
