France’s Macron weighs Barnier option in drawn-out search for prime minister
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron, who has yet to appoint a prime minister two months after a snap election, is considering whether Michel Barnier, the former European Union Brexit…
With super typhoon winds, Yagi whirls towards Southern China
HONG KONG – Southern Chinese provinces and cities braced for the arrival of super typhoon Yagi, shutting schools and postponing flights ahead of its expected landfall along Hainan’s subtropical coast,…
Zelenskiy to attend Ramstein meeting, push for long-range missiles, Spiegel says
BERLIN – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will take part in a meeting on Friday of the Ramstein group of nations which supplies arms to Ukraine, German magazine Spiegel reported. Read…
Germany’s migration commissioner proposes Rwanda migrant deportation plan
BERLIN – Germany’s migration commissioner proposed deporting to Rwanda migrants who arrive illegally to the European Union through its borders with Belarus, as Berlin contemplates measures to restrict refugees arriving…
Air pollution declined in Europe and China in 2023: UN
The UN stressed that air quality and climate change were closely linked. Read More
UN chief warns Africa’s inadequate access to debt relief is recipe for social unrest
BEIJING – African countries’ inadequate access to debt relief and scarce resources is a recipe for social unrest, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday, proposing fresh reforms to…
Republican Liz Cheney, a vocal Trump critic, says she will vote for Harris
Cheney said her vote for the Democratic candidate is due to the danger that Donald Trump poses. Read More
Haiti expands state of emergency to cover entire territory
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Haiti has expanded its state of emergency to cover the entire nation’s territory, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Garry Conille said on Wednesday, as the Caribbean country battles…
IAEA head says tower at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia station requires demolition after fire
The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said a cooling tower at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had been badly damaged in a fire last month and would probably…
Elon Musk’s X wins appeal to block part of California content moderation law
The law requires social media companies to issue public reports on their content moderation practices. Read More