VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- The Vatican and the government of Vietnam took a step forward Thursday in improving strained ties, agreeing to a "Resident Papal Representative" in the Communist nation. A joint announcement of an agreement finalising the status and office of the resident envoy came...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden on Thursday praised Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for strongly backing Western efforts to help Ukraine fight off Russian invasion -- while setting aside any qualms about her far-right government. Biden said Meloni had also provided "very...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday minimized his hard-right government's judicial reform package in interviews with US media, calling it a "minor correction" while dismissing international and domestic criticism. "It's described as the end of Israeli...
BEIJING– Wang Yongsheng, a former vice president of China Development Bank, is under disciplinary and supervisory investigation, according to an official statement released Thursday. Wang, also a former member of the bank's committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), is being...
This aerial photo taken on July 26, 2023 shows fishing boats taking shelter at a port in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province.  (Xinhua) BEIJING, China -- China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Wednesday raised its emergency response for typhoons and flooding...
LOS ANGELES– NASA and SpaceX are targeting Aug. 17 to launch the seventh crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the agency said on Wednesday. The mission, codenamed "Crew-7", is the seventh rotational mission to the ISS for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. SpaceX's Crew Dragon...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See– A Vatican prosecutor requested a prison sentence of more than seven years for an Italian cardinal on trial for financial fraud related to a disastrous London property deal. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, 75, a former advisor to Pope Francis who was fired from another top...
TOKYO, Japan -- The population of Japanese nationals totaled 122,423,038 across the country in 2022, down by 801,000, marking the biggest drop and the first time all 47 of the country's prefectures have seen a decline, government data showed Wednesday. Kids in costumes enter the theme park "Warner...
LOS ANGELES, United States -- The water temperature around the tip of Florida in the United States has hit hot tub levels, and may have set new world record for the warmest seawater, according to US media reports. People lounge on Daytona Beach, Florida, the United States, Sept. 7, 2020. (Xinhua) A...
PARIS, France–Elon Musk is rebranding his Twitter platform as "X" and wants to create a super-app where users will do all their finances as well as their socialising. His inspiration is China's WeChat, which dominates the Chinese internet with chat, payments, games and a host of other...
Bogotá, Colombia–Colombia said Wednesday it would ask the United States for the extradition of Salvatore Mancuso, a former leader of a feared paramilitary group whom President Gustavo Petro had earmarked to work in his government. Mancuso, 58, has been serving a sentence in a US prison...
WILMINGTON, United States– US President Joe Biden's son Hunter pleaded not guilty to minor tax offenses Wednesday as a deal with federal prosecutors crumbled in a Delaware court. The surprise move came after Judge Maryellen Noreika raised questions over the original deal -- under which...
