World
Tens of thousands of people marched Saturday in Valencia to voice their anger at the authorities' handling of deadly floods.Thousands also marched in other Spanish cities, but the Valencia regional authorities put the turnout in the regional capital at 130,000.Some protesters shouted "Murde...
Arab and Muslim leaders have begun arriving in Saudi Arabia for a summit scheduled for Monday that will focus on Israel's wars in Gaza and Lebanon, Saudi state media said.The Saudi foreign ministry announced the summit in late October during the first meeting of an "international alliance&q...
Business & Commerce
Some Asian countries stand to gain if US president-elect Donald Trump pushes ahead with his promised massive tariffs on China and triggers a new wave of factory relocations to the rest of the region.But a trade war between the world's biggest economies would also destabilise markets everywhere, ...
World,Back Page
Women in Afghanistan are not forbidden from speaking to each other, the Taliban government's morality ministry told AFP on Saturday, denying recent media reports of a ban.Afghan media based outside the country and international outlets have in recent weeks reported a ban on women hearing other w...
Famine is looming in the northern Gaza Strip amid increased hostilities and a near-halt in food aid, a UN-backed assessment said Saturday.The alert from the Famine Review Committee warned of "an imminent and substantial likelihood of famine occurring, due to the rapidly deteriorating situation ...
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell arrived Saturday in Kyiv to reassure Ukraine of Europe's backing in the first visit by a top Brussels official after Donald Trump's poll win.The volatile Republican's victory in the United States election has set nerves jangling in Ukraine and Europe...
Incessant Israeli attacks on Gaza kill at least 26 Palestinians from north to south since dawn, including another bombing of the southern al-Mawasi “safe zone” in which nine people died and many others were wounded, reports Al-Jazeera.AFP from Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories, reports...
A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted again on Saturday, sending a giant ash tower nine kilometres (more than five miles) into the sky, days after it killed nine people and forced thousands of locals to evacuate.Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,703-metre (5,587-foot) twin-peaked volcano on the tourist...
National,Back Page
South Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea in a show of force after North Korea's recent salvo of missile launches, Seoul said Friday.The nuclear-armed North had test-fired what it said was its most advanced and powerful solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as well as a n...
World,Front Page
Prince William has described the past year in which his wife Catherine and his father, Britain's head of state King Charles III, each battled cancer as "brutal" and probably the "hardest" of his life.The heir to the British throne was speaking to reporters on Thursday a...
Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Peru and Brazil next week for meetings of APEC and the G20, Beijing's foreign ministry said Friday.Xi will go to Lima from November 13 to 17 and Rio de Janeiro from November 17to 21, foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a statement.In Peru...
Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine state is heading toward famine, the United Nations warned on Thursday, as the country's civil war squeezes commerce and agricultural production."Rakhine's economy has stopped functioning," a new report from the UN Development Programme said, proj...
Thousands of people were urged to flee an out-of-control wildfire burning around communities near Los Angeles on Thursday, with dozens of homes already lost to the fast-moving flames.Fierce seasonal winds were casting embers up to three miles (five kilometers)from the seat of the fire around Camaril...
Donald Trump's crushing presidential victory heralded a new era of uncertainty in the United States and the world Wednesday, as defeated Kamala Harris gave a defiant concession speech while vowing to help his transition to power.An emotional vice president Kamala Harris told tearful supporters i...
Dubai's Emirates Group announced half-year profits of $2.5 billion on Thursday, citing robust demand despite conflicts in the Middle East.The airline group, operating from the world's busiest airport for international traffic, has faced regional disruptions due to the conflicts, but has expa...
Iran on Thursday described Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election as an opportunity for the United States to reassess past “misguided policies.”Trump, set to return to the White House in January after defeating US Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s elec...
A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted more than half a dozen times on Thursday, catapulting a colossal ash tower five miles into the sky against a backdrop of lightning as nearby residents fled in panic.Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted on Monday and Tuesday, killing nine people and forcing the relo...
Sports,Football
Robert Lewandowski struck twice as in-form Barcelona thrashed Red Star Belgrade 5-2 to stay in the upper echelons of the Champions League group table on Wednesday.The veteran striker climbed to 99 career goals in the competition, while Inigo Martinez, Raphinha and Fermin Lopez also netted as Barcelo...
Paris St Germain's disappointing Champions League campaign continued on Wednesday as they slumped to a last-gasp 2-1 home defeat by Atletico Madrid that left the Ligue 1 leaders in the elimination zone.Warren Zaire Emery's opener was quickly cancelled out by the visitors' Nahuel Molina i...
For the second time in eight years, a woman has won the Democratic nomination for US president, only to come up short in a campaign where gender was a central issue.Like Hillary Clinton in 2016, Kamala Harris had a shot at becoming the first woman to occupy the Oval Office but stumbled at the final ...
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