Hong Kong, June 29 (AP): When the British handed its colony Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech and press that are not allowed Chinese
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New York, June 29 (AP): Ghislaine Maxwell, the jet-setting socialite who once consorted with royals, presidents and billionaires, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for helping the financier Jeffrey Ep
Brussels, June 29 (AP): European Union countries reached a deal following hard-fought talks that dragged into early on Wednesday to back stricter climate rules that would eliminate carbon emissions from new car
Madrid, June 29 (AP): President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the U.S. is enhancing its military presence in Europe for the long haul to bolster regional security after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Colombo, June 28 (PTI) US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced an additional USD 20 million in assistance to feed over 800,000 children and 27,000 pregnant and lactating women over the next 15 months in Sri
Seoul, June 28 (AP) North Korea said Tuesday it is making all-out efforts to prevent potential damages caused by heavy rains this week that outside observers worry could aggravate the country's economic har
Kremenchuk (Ukraine), June 28 (AP) French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that Russia cannot and should not win the war in Ukraine, as its terrible toll was on full view the day after a Russian missile s
Elmau (Germany), June 28 (AP) Leaders of the world's wealthiest democracies struck a united stance to support Ukraine for as long as it takes as Russia's invasion grinds on, and said they would explore
Elmau (Germany), June 27 (AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy has joined the Group of Seven leaders by video link at their summit in the Bavarian Alps. Zelenskyy could be seen on a television screen
Sloviansk, June 27 (AP) Russia was mounting an all-out assault on the last Ukrainian stronghold in the eastern Luhansk region, pouring fire" on the city of Lysychansk from the ground and air, the local gov
Seoul, June 27 (AP) A top South Korean official said Monday that North Korea is increasingly targeting the South with its nuclear arms programme, and urged China and Russia to persuade the North not to conduct
Hong Kong, June 27 (AP) Will he go or not? Chinese President Xi Jinping kept Hong Kong guessing on Monday about his possible appearance at the 25th anniversary of the former British colony's return to Chine
Elmau (Germany), June 27 (AP) The Latest on the G-7 summit, the annual meeting of the leading democratic economies, which this year is being held in the Bavarian Alps in Germany; and on the summit of NATO leade
Elmau (Germany), June 26 (AP) The Latest on the G-7 summit, the annual meeting of the leading democratic economies, which this year is being held in Germany's Bavarian Alps: The Group of Seven leading de
People protesting Poland’s near-total abortion ban. Salvatore Allotta / Shutterstock Claire Pierson, University of Liverpool The global landscape of reproductive rights is constantly shifting. T-
A half-century of reproduction rights upended by the Supreme Court. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Linda C. McClain, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University After half a century, American
Kyiv, June 26 (AP) Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Sunday morning, striking at least two residential buildings, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, as elsewhere Russian troops consolid
Elmau, June 26 (AP) President Joe Biden on Sunday praised the continued unity of the global alliance confronting Russia, as he and other heads of the Group of Seven leading economies strategised on sustaining t
Tehran, June 26 (AP) Iranian state television said Sunday that Tehran had launched a solid-fueled rocket into space, drawing a rebuke from Washington ahead of the expected resumption of stalled talks over Tehra
Washington, June 25 (AP) President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings, includin
