Iran’s central bank blames protests for currency’s fall
DUBAI — Iran’s central bank governor on Saturday partly blamed recent anti-government unrest for the fall of the Iranian currency to record lows, while...
N. Korea fired two ballistic missiles, says SK military
SEOUL/TOKYO — North Korea fired two ballistic missiles towards the sea off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast on Sunday, South Korea’s military said.
Japan’s Vice...
Pope in 2013 signed resignation letter in case of bad health
ROME — Pope Francis revealed in a new interview published on Sunday that after he was elected in 2013, he signed a letter of...
Elon Musk restores Twitter accounts of journalists but concerns persist
Elon Musk reinstated the Twitter accounts of several journalists that were suspended for a day over a controversy on publishing public data about the billionaire’s plane.
Twitter suspends several journalists, Musk cites ‘doxxing’ of his jet
Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists who recently wrote about its new owner Elon Musk, with the billionaire tweeting that...
Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series wraps up — but what is the effect on...
LONDON — Beyond the drama of feuding brothers and Machiavellian royal aides working with a hostile press, the key issue which arises from Prince...
ECB slows rate hikes but pledges more to keep up inflation fight
FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank (ECB) eased the pace of its interest rate hikes on Thursday but stressed significant tightening remained ahead and...
‘Go all out’: China prepares for infection spread after COVID policy U-turn
BEIJING/SHANGHAI — China put a priority on protecting rural communities from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Friday as millions of city-dwellers planned holidays for...
Russia says no Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine
KYIV — Russia ruled out a “Christmas ceasefire” after nearly 10 months of war in Ukraine and rejected a call by Kyiv to start...
Tokyo makes solar panels mandatory for new homes to be built after 2025
TOKYO — All new houses in Tokyo built by large-scale homebuilders after April 2025 must install solar power panels to cut household carbon emissions,...
US Senate passes bill to ban TikTok on gov’t devices
WASHINGTON — The US Senate late on Wednesday passed by voice vote a bill to bar federal employees from using Chinese-owned short video-sharing app...
Vietnam makes big push to expand South China Sea outposts, says US think tank
WASHINGTON — Vietnam has conducted a major expansion of dredging and landfill work at several of its South China Sea outposts in the second...