China’s tourists hit Thailand’s beaches for 1st time in 3 years
PHUKET, Thailand — Hitting the white sand beaches and eating mango sticky rice and seafood, Chinese tourists are returning to Thailand for their first...
Pakistan suffers major power outage after grid failure
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan suffered nationwide power outages on Monday morning due to a “major breakdown” of the national grid, the power ministry said, with...
Australia to speed up purchase of sea mines to shore up maritime defense
SYDNEY — Australia said on Monday it would accelerate plans to buy advanced sea mines to protect its maritime routes and ports from “potential...
California shooting suspect kills himself after Lunar New Year massacre
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — A 72-year-old gunman killed himself when approached by police on Sunday, about 12 hours after he had carried out a...
US wants to see quicker progress on World Bank reforms — Yellen
LUSAKA — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said the United States wanted to see quicker progress on the World Bank’s plans for...
French and German leaders gloss over divisions at summit
PARIS — The leaders of France and Germany sought at a summit on Sunday to pave over divisions that have dogged Europe’s closest bilateral...
COVID curbs over, China’s tourists hit Thai beaches for first time in 3 years
PHUKET, Thailand — Hitting the white sand beaches and eating mango sticky rice and seafood, Chinese tourists are returning to Thailand for their first...
US Justice dep’t found more classified items in Biden home
WASHINGTON — A new search of President Joseph R. Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware on Friday by the US Justice Department found six more...
New Zealand chooses Hipkins to replace Ardern
WELLINGTON — New Zealand’s ruling Labor Party chose former COVID minister Chris Hipkins on Sunday to replace the charismatic Jacinda Ardern as its new...
German finance minister warns against quick decoupling from China
BERLIN — Germany must reduce its dependence on China gradually as decoupling from the Chinese market would costs jobs in Europe’s biggest economy, Finance...
In Mexico, a reporter published a story. The next day he was dead
MEXICO CITY — Just after sunset on Thursday, Feb. 10th, two men in a white Dodge Ram pickup pulled up in front of Heber...
China reports almost 13,000 new COVID-related deaths for Jan. 13-19
BEIJING — China reported almost 13,000 deaths related to COVID-19 in hospitals between Jan. 13 and 19, adding to the nearly 60,000 in the...