WASHINGTON, United States – With three denisens of the Republican establishment launching presidential campaigns this week, the race for the 2024 nomination has begun to resemble the sprawling 2016 field…
Texas becomes largest US state to ban treatment for transgender minors
WASHINGTON – Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Friday a ban on treatment for transgender minors, making his state the largest in the United States to place restrictions on…
Erdogan to be sworn in for third term as Turkish president
TURKEY – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to be sworn in on Saturday as head of state after winning a historic runoff election to extend his two-decade rule for…
Smashed carriages and corpses: India’s train disaster leaves at least 280 dead
BALASORE – Carriages perched on top of each other and lines of bodies collected by rescue workers: as dawn broke on Saturday, it revealed the horror of one of India’s…
PM Albanese stresses dialogue as crucial in dealing with China
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told a regional security forum that dialogue is a vital “guardrail” in dealing with China, and praised US President Joe Biden’s effort to establish “reliable…
Saudi-Russian discord clouds OPEC+ talks
VIENNA – Signs of discord between top crude oil producers Saudi Arabia and Russia are set to overshadow an OPEC+ output policy meeting on Sunday that will test their alliance.…
Heavy rain triggers evacuation warnings in Japan
TOKYO – Hundreds of thousands of residents in Japan were urged to evacuate on Friday as tropical storm Mawar brought heavy rain and caused several rivers to overflow. The eye…
Putin gifts historic treasures to church amid Ukraine campaign
MOSCOW – For nearly a century, visitors came to Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery to admire the perfect harmony of Russia’s most famous icon: the “Trinity”, painted by Andrei Rublev in the…
US averts first-ever default with 11th-hour debt deal
WASHINGTON – US senators voted to suspend the federal debt limit Thursday, capping weeks of fraught negotiations to eliminate the threat of a disastrous credit default just four days ahead…
Mexico police find 45 bags with human body parts in ravine
MEXICO CITY, Mexico – At least 45 bags with human remains were found in a ravine in the western Mexican state of Jalisco during a search for seven young people…