Zelensky to meet Trump in Florida for talks on Ukraine peace plan
PALM BEACH, Florida — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald J. Trump will meet in Florida on Sunday to hammer out a...
Core inflation in Japan’s capital slows in December but no bar for further BOJ...
TOKYO — Core consumer inflation in Japan’s capital slowed in December on moderating cost pressure for food but stayed above the central bank’s 2% target,...
A year on, Jeju Air crash report delayed as families question probe’s credibility
SEOUL — A South Korean investigation into the Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people is set to miss a one-year deadline to release...
Judge grants injunction blocking US from detaining British anti-disinformation activist
WASHINGTON — A US judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from detaining British anti-disinformation campaigner Imran Ahmed, after the US permanent resident...
Ukraine, US negotiators discussed how to bring peace closer, Zelenskiy says
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that he spoke with US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared...
Jair Bolsonaro backs son’s Brazil presidential bid, undergoes hernia surgery
SAO PAULO — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro endorsed his son Flavio's 2026 presidential bid on Thursday in a statement from a hospital where...
Political stability at stake as Malaysia’s Najib awaits verdict in biggest 1MDB trial
KUALA LUMPUR — Jailed former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will hear a verdict on Friday in the biggest trial he faces over the...
US launches strike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria
PALM BEACH — The United States carried out a strike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria's government, US...
Japan expects growth to accelerate next year with fiscal stimulus
TOKYO — Japan’s government revised up its economic forecast for the fiscal year to next March and projected that growth would accelerate in the following...
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was...
Christmas celebrations muted at Bondi as Australians grieve after deadly shooting
SYDNEY — Christmas celebrations were muted at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach on Thursday in the aftermath of a terror attack that killed 15 people there...
BP to sell stake in Castrol to Stonepeak for $6 billion
BP HAS AGREED to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol lubricants business to US private equity firm Stonepeak for about $6 billion, a...