US deep freeze leaves more than 700,000 without power
AN ARCTIC BLAST that gripped much of the United States on Saturday left more than 700,000 without power, at least 16 dead from weather-related...
Blinken seeking to upgrade Vietnam ties as Hanoi treads narrow path
HANOI - US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visits Vietnam this week hoping for progress towards upgrading relations with a key trade partner that shares US...
Biden raises concern over China’s COVID response after WHO questions data
BEIJING/HEBRON, Ky. — US President Joseph R. Biden raised concern about China’s handling of its COVID-19 outbreak hours after the World Health Organization (WHO)...
China conducts patrols in South China Sea amid ongoing run-ins
BEIJING - China's military will conduct routine patrols with its naval and air forces in the South China Sea from Wednesday to Thursday, the...
Germany economy ministry supports ‘fair’ distribution of wind power expansion costs
BERLIN — Germany’s economy ministry is in favor of distributing the network costs of expanding renewable energies “fairly” among the country’s federal states, a...
HK eases quarantine for vaccinated execs
HONG KONG (HK) is allowing vaccinated directors and senior executives of major listed companies to travel globally more easily, in a significant relaxation of its onerous border curbs that’s drawing backlash from the wider population for being elitist.
Debt in a warm climate: coronavirus and carbon set scene for default
LONDON — Where coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has precipitated unprecedented debts, climate change could trigger defaults across a planet which a United Nations (UN)...
Dozens of Russian weapon tycoons have faced no Western sanctions
AS RUSSIA’s military continues to pound Ukraine with missiles and other lethal weapons, Western nations have responded in part by targeting Russia’s defense industry with sanctions.
71 dead, no survivors in Russian plane crash outside Moscow
MOSCOW -- A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed outside Moscow on Sunday after taking off from the capital’s Domodedovo airport, killing everyone...
COP26 message to business: clean up to cash in
GLASGOW — The hard-fought Glasgow Climate Pact sent a clear message to global companies and executives: reassess business strategies and carbon footprints to reap monetary rewards, or lag and risk losses.
US-China meeting, Marcos speech in spotlight at security summit
SINGAPORE - The Shangri-La Dialogue summit began on Friday with the US and China defense chiefs holding their first face-to-face meeting in two years...
A ‘millennials party’ dares to break Indonesia’s political mold
JAKARTA -- In the Jakarta headquarters of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), workers call each other “bro” and “sis,” and their leader sets the...