France identifies first case of new mpox variant, AFP reports
PARIS - France has identified its first case of the new mpox variant, news agency AFP reported on Monday, citing a statement from the...
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau is likely to announce resignation
OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister (PM) Justin Trudeau is increasingly likely to announce he intends to step down, though he has not made a...
Vietnam’s 2024 GDP growth quickens to 7.09%
HANOI — Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 7.09% last year, greater than the 5.05% expansion in 2023, driven by strong exports and robust...
Chinese cyberattacks on Taiwan gov’t averaged 2.4M a day
TAIPEI — Cyberattacks on Taiwan government departments doubled in 2024 from the previous year to an average of 2.4 million attacks a day, the...
South Korea extends shutdown of Muan airport due to crash probe
SEOUL — South Korea’s government said on Monday it will extend the shutdown of Muan International Airport by a week to Jan. 14, citing...
Anger and tears as Montenegro town commemorates mass shooting victims
CETINJE, Montenegro — Thousands of Montenegrins gathered in the town of Cetinje on Sunday to commemorate the 12 victims of a mass shooting last...
Canada PM Trudeau to announce resignation as early as Monday, Globe and Mail reports
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce as early as Monday that he will resign as Liberal Party Leader, The Globe and...
South Korean police asked to execute arrest warrant for impeached president
SEOUL - South Korea's anti-corruption agency said on Monday that it had asked police totake over the execution of an arrest warrant for impeached...
Biden says it is awful that Trump is seeking to do away with US...
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he thought it was awful that President-elect Donald Trump was trying to do away with...
French budget deficit for 2025 will not be ‘much’ above 5% -minister
PARIS - France's budget deficit for 2025 "will not be much above 5%," the country's budget minister Amelie de Montchalin reaffirmed in an interview...
Egypt to receive $1.2 billion as part of IMF programme in January, finance minister...
CAIRO - Egypt is expected to receive a $1.2 billion disbursement from the International Monetary Fund this month as part of an $8 billion...
Musk turns on UK’s Farage and says he should quit as Reform party leader
LONDON - Elon Musk said Nigel Farage should quit as leader of Britain's right-wing Reform UK party in an abrupt withdrawal of support by...