WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Friday approved $571.3 million in defense assistance for Taiwan, the White House said, as the Democrat prepares to leave office ahead of the January inauguration of ...
JAKARTA: In the mid-19th century, Dutch colonial officials climbing an Indonesian volcano spotted an ancient statue meant to serve as protection against misfortune, looted it, and took it to the Netherlands. ...
PARIS: France international footballer Paul Pogba told AFP on Friday he wanted “to turn the page“ after his brother was sentenced to a three-year prison term, with two years suspended, after a high-profile ...
FRANKFURT: A post from Elon Musk on his platform X that only the far-right AfD party can “save Germany” sparked accusations Friday that he was seeking to interfere in the country’s upcoming polls.
MAMOUDZOU: French President Emmanuel Macron extended his visit to cyclone-devastated Mayotte on Friday after angry residents vented exasperation and despair over the scale of the disaster.
WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday it would be “a great idea” for Canada to become the 51st US state, teasing on social media that “many Canadians” welcome the idea, as Ottawa is ...
PORT VILA, VANUATU: Rescuers say they have expanded a search for survivors in quake-rocked Vanuatu to “numerous places of collapse” beyond the stricken capital, as the reported death toll climbed to 10. ...
NEW YORK: The man accused of gunning down a US insurance executive in Manhattan -- a killing that tapped into widespread anger with the American health care system -- appeared in a New York court Thursday ...
NEW DELHI: From an anonymous office in a New Delhi mall, matrimonial detective Bhavna Paliwal runs the rule over prospective husbands and wives -- a booming industry in India, where younger generations ...
WASHINGTON: Elon Musk's role in wrecking a bipartisan Congress deal to avert a US government shutdown has underlined his extraordinary influence over the Republican Party and the incoming administration ...
