International

AFP/APP Brussels, Belgium: Donald Trump's defense chief denied Thursday that the US president was betraying Ukraine by opening talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, as blindsided European powers insisted they and Kyiv must have a seat at…

AFP/APP Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump revealed Wednesday that he expects to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia for Ukraine peace talks, signaling an extraordinary thaw in relations following a surprise phone…

AFP/APP Washington:An Elon Musk aide was mistakenly given clearance to make changes to the US Treasury Department's highly sensitive payments system containing millions of Americans' personal information, a department official said…

AFP/APP Buenos Aires: Dozens of residents were evacuated on Tuesday after a fire erupted on the 11th floor of a 50-story residential building in Buenos Aires. Emergency services confirmed that while no lives were lost, about 40 people…

AFP/APP Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday followed through on his promise to impose 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, escalating trade tensions despite warnings from Europe and China. "Today, I'm…

Xinhua/APP Beijing: Researchers from Zhongshan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University in east China's Shanghai have recently unveiled a new mechanism by which the Fasting-Mimicking Diet (FMD) enhances anti-tumor immunity. The FMD…

AFP/APP Paris: Nearly all nations missed a UN deadline Monday to submit new targets for slashing carbon emissions, including major economies under pressure to show leadership following the US retreat on climate change. Just 10 of…

AFP Washington: US President Donald Trump said in remarks aired Sunday that Elon Musk, who is presiding over a purge of government jobs, will help find "hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud" in federal agencies. Speaking in a Fox…

AFP/APP New York: The United States' northeastern region was hit by a winter storm that delivered a mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain before moving offshore Sunday, leaving behind significant snowfall across the region. The storm…

AFP/APP Tehran: Authorities in Iran have ordered the closure of schools and government offices in at least 10 provinces on Sunday to conserve energy as a severe cold snap and heavy snowfall grip the country, state media reported.…