Who will pay for climate ‘loss and damage’?

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — The COP27 summit of nearly 200 countries agreed on Sunday to set up a “loss and damage” fund to support...

Gold seen fighting back in battle with dollar for haven role

Don’t write off gold in the battle of the havens. Bullion has lost out in a paradigm shift where the metal’s no longer viewed as...

China shares slide as regulatory clampdown spooks investors, education firms dive

SHANGHAI — Chinese shares slumped on Monday as investor worries over the impact of government regulations kneecapped the education and property sectors, after Beijing...

Siemens denies plan for mass job cuts

Frankfurt am Main, Germany -- German industrial conglomerate Siemens denied Friday a media report that it would cut thousands of jobs as part of...

China launches crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12 in historic mission

By Carlos Garcia and Shubing Wang
JIUQUAN - China launched a spacecraft on Thursday carrying three astronauts to part of a space station still under construction for the longest stay...

North Korea conducts first test firing of its new warship’s weapons system

SEOUL - North Korea earlier this week conducted the first test-firing of the weapons system of the new "Choe Hyon-class" warship it recently unveiled,...

China says outlook worrisome as conflict spreads in Middle East – state media

BEIJING - China views the situation in Gaza as "very serious" with the risk of a large-scale ground conflict rising and the spread of...

US President Biden’s latest Taiwan gaffe stokes tensions with Beijing

PRESIDENT Joseph R. Biden is seeking to show US resolve against China, yet an ill-timed gaffe on Taiwan risks undermining his bid to curb Beijing’s growing influence over the region.

Taiwan won’t be forced to bow to China, says president Tsai

TAIPEI  — Taiwan will keep bolstering its defenses to ensure nobody can force the island to accept the path China has laid down that offers neither freedom nor democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Sunday, in a strong riposte to Beijing.

Australia sets sights on clean energy jobs created by ‘climate emergency’

SYDNEY - Australia sees the world's climate emergency as an opportunity to create jobs, the new Labor government said on Wednesday, introducing legislation to enshrine an emissions reduction target. Minister...

More than 40 migrants die in truck in Texas

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — Authorities found 46 migrants dead inside a tractor-trailer on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, the city’s fire department said, in what appears to be one of the most deadly recent incidents of human smuggling along the US-Mexico border.

Oxfam says 263 million more face extreme poverty

THE IMPACTS of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), rising global inequality and soaring food prices caused by the war in Ukraine are set to send more than a quarter-billion more people into poverty this year, according to charity group Oxfam International.