International

Xinhua/APP Tokyo: The death toll has risen to 65 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 3 pm local time on Wednesday after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, with aftershocks and…

AFP/APP Wajima: Japanese rescuers scrambled to search for survivors on Wednesday as authorities warned of landslides and heavy rain after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 62 people. The 7.5-magnitude quake on January 1 that…

Lauren Sforza Washington: The United States condemned the contentious remarks made by two Israeli ministers advocating for Palestinians to leave Gaza and for Jewish settlers to return to the area, Labeling the statements as…

Xinhua/APP Jakarta: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 struck off East Nusa Tenggara province in central Indonesia on Tuesday, the country's meteorology, climatology, and geophysics agency said. The earthquake rocked on Tuesday…

Iftikhar Ali United Nations: As the New Year dawned, Palestinians in Gaza, suffering under brutal Israel bombardments, were praying for a ceasefire but had little optimism that 2024 would be better, even though the UN and people around…

AFP/APP Japan: Japanese rescuers battled against the clock and powerful aftershocks on Tuesday to find survivors of a major earthquake that struck on New Year's Day, reportedly killing more than 20 people and leaving a trail of…

AFP/APP New York: Fireworks illuminated skies over Paris, Rio, and Sydney to celebrate the entry of 2024, while in Israel, Gaza, and Ukraine, rockets and strikes marked the year's earliest hours. Much of the world's population—now…

AFP/APP Beijing: China's President Xi Jinping said Monday he was willing to work with the United States to promote stable bilateral ties, exchanging congratulations with his US counterpart on the anniversary of diplomatic relations, state…

AFP/APP Sydney: Jubilant crowds will bid farewell to the hottest year on record on Sunday, closing a turbulent 12 months marked by clever chatbots, climate crises, and wrenching wars in Gaza and Ukraine. The world's population—now…

Xinhua/APP Shanghai: Shanghai has handled 100 China-Europe freight trains as of Saturday this year, according to Shanghai Customs. By Saturday, the freight trains had carried goods worth over 10,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs),…