Fed set to impose another big rate hike to fight inflation
WASHINGTON , Jul 27 (AP) — With inflation at a four-decade high, the job market strong and consumers still spending, the Federal Reserve is...
Iran and EU send envoys to Vienna to revive nuclear talks
Tehran, Aug 3 (AP) Iran and the European Union said on Wednesday they would send representatives to Vienna amid what appears to be a...
Crimea ‘sabotage’ highlights Russia’s woes in Ukraine war
KYIV, Ukraine , Aug 17 (AP) — A spate of explosions and a fire that was still burning Wednesday have turned Russian-annexed Crimea from...
Ukraine marks Independence Day six months after start of war
KYIV, Ukraine, 24 Aug (AP) — Residents of Kyiv woke up to air raid sirens as Ukraine observed its Independence Day on Wednesday, which...
European charity seeks safe port for 460 rescued migrants
MILAN, Aug 31 (AP) — The SOS Mediterranee charity is urgently seeking a port to safely unload 460 people rescued from the sea in...
Earthquake kills 65, triggers landslides in southwest China
Beijing/Chengdu, Sep 6 (PTI) The death toll from a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southwestern China rose to 66 as rescuers searched for victims and...
PM Modi arrives in historic Uzbek city of Samarkand to attend SCO summit
Samarkand, Sep 15 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Uzbekistan's historic city of Samarkand on Thursday to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)...
WTO predicts trade growth to slow next year amid crises
GENEVA , Oct 5 (AP) — The World Trade Organization is predicting global trade volumes will grow a lackluster 1% next year as crises...
Xi’s power in China grows after unforeseen rise to dominance
BEIJING, Oct 14 (AP) — When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, it wasn’t clear what kind of leader he would be.
His low-key...
Ukrainians grapple with power outages as winter approaches
KYIV, Ukraine , Nov 01 (AP) — The decorative candles Yaroslav Vedmid bought more than a year ago were never meant to be lit,...
Australian PM raises trade ‘blockages’ with China’s Xi
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he raised with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday his concerns about trade...
Japan OKs $216B extra budget to counter impact of inflation
TOKYO, 2 Dec (AP) — Japan’s parliament approved a hefty 29 trillion yen ($216 billion) supplementary budget Friday aimed at countering the blow to...
Israeli military chief suggests Israel behind Syria strike
TEL AVIV, Israel , Dec 14 (AP) — Israel’s military chief of staff strongly suggested on Wednesday that Israel was behind a strike on...
Abduction, torture, rape: Conflict in Congo worsens, says UN
DAKAR, Senegal, 27 Dec: The accounts are haunting. Abductions, torture, rapes. Scores of civilians including women and children have been killed by the M23...
Israel demolishes parts of West Bank hamlet set for eviction
JERUSALEM, 4 Jan: The Israeli military has demolished homes, water tanks and olive orchards in two Palestinian villages in the southern West Bank where...
Police start clearing German village condemned for coal mine
LUETZERATH, Germany , 11 Jan (AP) — Police in riot gear on Wednesday moved into a condemned village in western Germany, launching an effort...
Sri Lanka leader suspends parliament until policy address
COLOMBO, 28 Jan: Sri Lanka’s president suspended Parliament until Feb. 8, when he said he would announced a new set of long-term policies to...
New Indian Ocean fishing rules in big win for coastal states
MOMBASA, Kenya , 6 Feb (AP) — Indian Ocean states agreed Monday to temporarily halt the use of industrial fishing gear that is drastically...
New Zealand declares emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle eases
WELLINGTON, 14 Feb: The New Zealand government declared a national state of emergency Tuesday after Cyclone Gabrielle battered the country’s north in what officials...
Nepal Ex-PM’s Party To Withdraw Support To Government Over President Polls
Kathmandu, 27 Feb: Former Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli-led CPN-UML party on Monday decided to withdraw its support to the Pushpa Kamal Dahal...