KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia- Hundreds of forest fires in Indonesia have caused haze that has worsened air quality in parts of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur's top environment official has said, a claim Jakarta denied on Saturday. Outbreaks of smog-belching forest fires in 2019 caused Malaysia to say it...
AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN BERLIN, Germany– Billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday waded into German politics at a time of a heated debate on immigration across Europe, saying Berlin-funded migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean could be seen as an "invasion" of Italy. Musk, who was born...
A general view shows the crowd during a consistory to create 21 new cardinals at St. Peter's square in The Vatican on September 30, 2023. Pope Francis elevates 21 clergymen from all corners of the world to the rank of cardinal -- most of whom may one day cast ballots to elect his successor. (Photo...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES - Donald Trump never misses a chance to remind voters that he was the one to appoint three justices to the US Supreme Court who voted to ditch the federal right to an abortion. But ask the 77-year-old what he thinks personally about abortion, and his position starts to...
NEW DEHLI, INDIA -As hopes dim of further contact with India's Moon rover, the country's space chief has said he was satisfied with the prospect of calling its successful lunar mission to an end. India began exploring the Moon's surface in August after becoming just the fourth nation to land a...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Veteran Senator Dianne Feinstein, a titan of US political history who notched a string of legislative achievements during a trailblazing three-decade career in the Senate, has died at 90 years old, US media said Friday. US Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of...
QUETTA, PAKISTAN -More than 50 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Friday by a suicide bomber targeting a procession marking the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed, officials said. Volunteers shift a blast victim on a stretcher at a hospital in Quetta...
TUNIS, TUNISIA - The jailed leader of Tunisian opposition party Ennahdha, Rached Ghannouchi, 82, began a hunger strike on Friday to protest his detention and express support for other "political prisoners", his party said. The head of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, Rached Ghannouchi,...
This aerial photo taken on Feb. 4, 2023 shows the Quanzhou Bay cross-sea bridge, a part of the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway, in southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua) FUZHOU, China -- China's fastest cross-sea high-speed rail started operation on Thursday, with...
A staff of a small shoe manufacturer shows their new products to make an introductory video to be posted on social media in Bogor, West Java on September 27, 2023. Indonesia has banned goods transactions on social media platforms such as TikTok, Facebook or Instagram in a new regulation, its trade...
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during an event with the Ukrainian-Canadian community and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, not pictured, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 22, 2023. Canada's prime minister said on September 25, 2023, the singling out of a Ukrainian...
Founder and CEO of Meta Platforms Inc. Mark Zuckerberg laughs as he uses a childhood photo of him to demonstrate new technology during the Meta Connect Developer Conference at Meta's headquarters in Menlo Park, California on Wednesday September 27, 2023. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) MENLO...
