International

AFP/APP Ottawa: King Charles III hailed Canada as "strong and free" in a major speech to open parliament in Ottawa, delivered amid renewed rhetoric from US President Donald Trump about annexing the country. “Democracy, pluralism, the…

AFP/APP Ottawa: King Charles III was given an enthusiastic welcome on Monday by Canadians who turned out in droves to see their monarch on his historic visit to open parliament, as part of the pushback against US President Donald Trump's…

AFP/APP Washington: Social media platform X experienced a two-hour outage on Saturday, prompting owner Elon Musk to announce a renewed focus on his core businesses. Outage and Response X returned to normal by 11:00 am US Eastern…

AFP/APP Washington: The Trump administration’s attempt to block Harvard University from enrolling international students—despite its global reputation for academic excellence—has sparked widespread concern among diplomats, academics, and…

AFP/APP Washington: Former US President Donald Trump on Friday expanded his tariff threat to include all smartphone manufacturers, declaring a 25 percent import tax on devices not made in the United States, in a move that could…

AFP/APP Washington: A highly anticipated White House report outlining Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda devotes significant space to raising alarm over vaccines, while touching on environmental and nutritional concerns that…

AFP/APP Maitland, Australia: Record floods cut a destructive path through eastern Australia on Friday, caking houses in silt, washing out roads and separating 50,000 people from help. Four bodies have been pulled from vast tides of…

AFP/APP Washington : Donald Trump will host a private event on Thursday for hundreds of top investors in his crypto memecoin, marking an unprecedented convergence of U.S. presidential influence and personal business interests. The…

AFP/APP Athens: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the Greek islands of Crete and Santorini on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said. The strong quake struck 82 kilometres (51 miles) northeast of Crete's capital Heraklion, at a…

AFP/APP Sydney: Torrential rain continued to lash eastern Australiaon Thursday, swelling already engorged rivers, engulfing roads and leaving almost 50,000 people stranded. Police found the body of a 63-year-old man inside a flooded…