International

AFP/APP Washington: US President Donald Trump announced plans to impose tariffs on the European Union (EU) and warned that a 10 percent duty on Chinese imports could be enacted as soon as February 1. Speaking to reporters at the White…

AFP/APP Los Angeles: Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk found himself at the center of controversy on Monday after a gesture he made during Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the United States ignited a wave of criticism and…

AFP/APP Los Angeles: Southern California faced dangerous winds on Monday, with forecasters warning of an "extremely critical" risk in a region already reeling from devastating wildfires. Firefighters continued to make progress…

AFP/APP Washington: US President Donald Trump signed pardons on Monday for approximately 1,500 participants in the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol, where his supporters attempted to overturn the 2020 election. “These are the…

AFP/APP Taipei: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported, injuring 27 people and causing ceilings in homes to cave in, according to local authorities. An AFP journalist in the capital,…

APP United Nations: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the start on Sunday of the ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza, as UN aid convoys brought in urgently needed food aid to begin pulling the war-ravaged…

AA/APP Istanbul: China’s Vice President Han Zheng has met with billionaire Elon Musk as part of Beijing’s high-level representation ahead of the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump. Han met with Musk, the CEO of Tesla,…

AFP/APP Los Angeles: Exhausted Los Angeles firefighters are preparing for more dangerously strong winds as California's governor criticized the spread of "hurricane-force winds of misinformation" surrounding the deadly fires that have…

AFP/APP Tibú, Colombia: The death toll from attacks by ELN rebels in Colombia has risen to 60 in the country's Catatumbo region near the border with Venezuela, the Ombudsman's Office reported Saturday. Rival groups have for years been…

AFP/APP Washington: TikTok has announced that it will "go dark" in the United States this Sunday, potentially cutting off access to the app for 170 million users, unless the government provides assurances that a law requiring its sale or…