International

AFP/APP Hong Kong: Asian equities diverged Wednesday after another unremarkable day on Wall Street, where rising bond yields and comments from Federal Reserve officials dampened expectations for US interest rate cuts. A global rally…

AFP/APP Kazan, Russia: Chinese President Xi Jinping praised the deepening strategic cooperation between China and Russia during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the BRICS summit in Kazan on Tuesday. "The world is…

AFP/APP Washington: One of the tightest US election races of modern times enters its final, two-week stretch Tuesday, with Republican Donald Trump making a special pitch to Latino voters as Democratic rival Kamala Harris sits down for a…

AFP/APP Sydney: King Charles III flipped sausages and admired Australian avocados on Tuesday during the final leg of his tour Down Under, a whirlwind jaunt designed to shore up support in one of his biggest realms. The 75-year-old…

AFP/APP Geneva: Britain is urgently looking to reset its trading relationship with the European Union, and sees international commerce as key to reviving UK growth, trade minister Douglas Alexander told AFP. Alexander said Britain's…

AFP/APP Washington: Donald Trump surrogate Elon Musk's offer of a million dollars to one registered voter in a swing state every day until the US Election Day on November 5 has raised questions about the legality of such a move. While…

AFP/APP Stonecrest: Vice President Kamala Harris celebrated her 60th birthday on Sunday while campaigning in Georgia, a crucial battleground state in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. Speaking at a Baptist megachurch near Atlanta,…

AFP Gaza: Gaza's civil defence agency reported on Sunday that an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, killed at least 73 Palestinians, with many others injured.  The strike targeted a residential area late Saturday,…

AFP Khan Younis: The Israeli military released footage on Saturday showing Yahya Sinwar, Hamas's leader in Gaza, preparing for an extended stay underground just hours before the militant group launched its October 7 attack.  Sinwar,…

AFP Istanbul: Turkey has warned that Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon and Gaza are pushing Iran toward taking "legitimate steps," Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said during a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart,…