SYDNEY, Australia- A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday in the Pacific Ocean to the east of New Caledonia, the US Geological Survey said, a day after a major quake hit the same area. The epicentre was 35 kilometres (22 miles) deep and located about 300 kilometres (190 miles) east of the New...
WASHINGTON, United States-Talks to avoid a US debt default were on a knife edge Saturday as President Joe Biden warned he would not accept "extreme" Republican demands but said he remained optimistic. "I still believe we'll be able to avoid a default and we'll get something decent done," he told...
HIROSHIMA, Japan- India will do "whatever we can" to resolve the Ukraine crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged Saturday as he met President Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time since Russia's invasion. "I understand your pain and the pain of Ukrainian citizens very well," Modi said, as the...
GENEVA, Switzerland - Nearly 337 million life years were lost in the two first years of the Covid-19 pandemic, as millions of people died prematurely, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The UN health agency's annual world statistics report also showed...
WASHINGTON, United States - US President Joe Biden told G7 leaders that Washington will support providing advanced warplanes including F-16s to Ukraine and will back efforts to train Kyiv's pilots, a senior White House official said Friday. The US move signals a major breakthrough for Kyiv,...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral and related events following her death last September cost UK taxpayers nearly £162 million ($201 million), the government revealed on Thursday in its first public estimate. The elaborate state funeral for Britain's longest-serving...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States and Taiwan have concluded negotiations on a trade agreement to deepen economic ties, amid growing tensions between Washington and Beijing. "This accomplishment represents an important step forward in strengthening the US-Taiwan economic relationship," US...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan- Pakistan former prime minister Imran Khan left court late Friday after being granted bail, following his arrest in a graft case which was declared unlawful by the Supreme Court. His party confirmed he had left the court premises and was heading for the city of Lahore, some 380...
MOSCOW, Russia- Russian authorities have put International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan on a "wanted" list after the Hague-based court issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin in March. Khan's picture could be seen in the Russian interior ministry's database on Friday. The...
MOSCOW, Russia- More than 100,000 people have enlisted in the Russian army this year, former president Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday, as Moscow seeks to recruit volunteers for its offensive in Ukraine. Moscow has conducted an aggressive military recruitment campaign in recent months as...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso- Around 20 people in east-central Burkina Faso have been killed in attacks by suspected jihadists, sources said on Friday. Armed men on Monday raided the village of Kaongo in the border province of Koulpelogo, killing at least 11 people including two women and children, and...
MILAN, Italy-Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi was discharged on Friday from a hospital in Milan, where he was admitted more than six weeks ago suffering from leukaemia and a lung infection. The 86-year-old billionaire media mogul was driven away from the San Raffaele Hospital without making...
