NK scraps military deal with South, to deploy new weapons at border
SEOUL — North Korea (NK) said on Thursday it would deploy stronger armed forces and new weapons on its border with the South, a...
Soccer clashes, Taylor Swift fan death tarnish Rio de Janeiro ahead of G20
RIO DE JANEIRO — Police swinging batons at panicking soccer fans. Children weeping in their mothers’ arms between the stadium’s stands. A man clutching...
Gaza ‘most dangerous place in the world to be a child’ — UNICEF
THE GAZA STRIP is the “most dangerous place in the world to be a child,” the head of the United Nations (UN) children’s agency...
Peru glaciers decimated by climate change — report
LIMA — Peru has lost 56% of its tropical glaciers in the last six decades due to climate change, according to a new government...
War with China is not an option, Taiwan ruling party VP candidate says
TAIPEI - The vice presidential candidate for Taiwan's ruling party in a January election said on Thursday that war with China is not an option, pointing to cross-strait communications as key to easing tension that has raised concern about...
OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster, sources say
Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could...
Military agreement fractures as tensions rise with North Korea
SEOUL - North Korea vowed on Thursday to deploy stronger armed forces and new weapons on its border with the South, pulling back from a 2018 military accord designed to curb the...
WHO asks China for details on respiratory illness outbreaks
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday officially requested that China provide detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children.
Chinese authorities...
OPEC+ postpones policy meeting to Nov 30, oil falls
DUBAI/LONDON - OPEC+ has delayed a ministerial meeting expected to discuss oil output cuts to Nov. 30 from Nov. 26 as producers struggled to agree on...
Israel, Hamas agree on four-day truce, hostage release, Gaza aid
GAZA/TEL AVIV — Israel’s government and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 hostages held...
US military carries out strikes in Iraq versus Iran-backed militia
WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD — The United States (US) carried out two series of strikes in Iraq against Iranian-backed militants, US officials said on Tuesday, in the...
Hundreds of Rohingya come ashore in Indonesia, joining about 1,000 this week
JAKARTA — More than 200 ethnic Rohingya came ashore in Indonesia’s Aceh province late on Tuesday, taking total arrivals of members of the Myanmar...