China vows to ‘transform’ economic model, targets growth at around 5%
BEIJING - China will target economic growth of around 5% this year as it works to transform its development model, curb industrial overcapacity, defuse...
Avoid war at all costs – Nguyen
“We need to avoid war,” is the call from a Vietnamese medical doctor and 2024 Magsaysay Awardee, as she draws on the lingering effects...
US halts new visa interviews for foreign students
WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump’s administration has ordered its missions abroad to stop scheduling new appointments for student and exchange visitor visa applicants...
Japan PM Kishida’s nuclear push faces resistance ahead of election
KASHIWAZAKI, Japan — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s push to restart Japanese nuclear power plants idled after the Fukushima disaster faces stiff opposition ahead of a general election on Sunday, where his future as leader hangs in the balance if the vote is tight.
European women’s work-life balance worsened since COVID outbreak — study
European women’s work-life balance has worsened since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, a European Institute for Gender Equality...
IAEA mission heads to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant; Russia pounds Donbas
KYIV — A team from the United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog was on its way on Monday to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the agency’s chief said, as Russia and Ukraine traded accusations of shelling in its vicinity, fueling fears of a radiation disaster.
Supreme Court lifts limits on Trump deporting migrants to countries not their own
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for President Donald Trump's administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own...
Blue Origin opens up bidding for first ‘spectacular’ space tourism trip in July
By Eric M. Johnson
SEATTLE - Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, said on Wednesday it is targeting July 20 for its first suborbital sightseeing trip on...
Japan’s Abe seen poised to call snap general election
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may hold a snap general election next month, local media reported, a move that would allow him...
US jet shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon with missile
SURFSIDE BEACH — A US military fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, a...
EU, resolving a deadlock, in deal to cut most Russia oil imports
By Jan Strupczewski and Philip Blenkinsop
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders agreed in principle on Monday to cut 90% of oil imports from Russia by the end of this year, resolving a deadlock with Hungary over the bloc's toughest sanction yet on Moscow since the...
US to donate an additional 500 million COVID-19 vaccines
WASHINGTON - The United States plans to donate an additional 500 million COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE to nations around...