World

Australia and Turkiye are in a standoff over which country is better suited to host United Nations climate change talks in 2026, with neither willing to give up on their bid. Both countries have been in the running since 2022, but matters…
Read More...

Demographic shifts, worsening climate change and rapid technological transformation risk creating a bleak future for youth in the mid-21st century, the United Nations agency for children warned Tuesday in an annual report. “Children are…
Read More...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Russia’s natural resources minister Alexander Kozlov on Monday, state media KCNA reported, in the latest sign of growing ties between Pyongyang and Moscow. During the meeting, Kim said cooperation…
Read More...

As tens of thousands of marchers crowded the streets in New Zealand’s capital Wellington on Tuesday, the throng of people, flags aloft, had the air of a festival or a parade rather than a protest. They arrived to oppose a law that would…
Read More...

G20 leaders failed on Monday to break a deadlock in UN climate talks at a summit in Rio that was dominated by divergences over the war in Ukraine and Donald Trump’s impending return to the White House. Ahead of the meeting, the UN had…
Read More...

Hong Kong’s largest national security trial will draw to a close on Tuesday, with dozens of the city’s most prominent democracy campaigners set to be sentenced for subversion, a charge that can carry up to life imprisonment. Beijing…
Read More...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said he would not “get into operational details” after US President Joe Biden gave Ukraine permission to use Western-supplied long-range missiles against Russia. Speaking to broadcasters at the…
Read More...

Iran’s Supreme Leader 85-year-old Ali Khamenei is allegedly suffering from a severe illness and will soon step down from his position, naming his son Mojtaba Khamenei to be his successor, reported Iran International. On September 26, 60…
Read More...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has acknowledged that his government “made some mistakes” leading to record immigration levels, necessitating a “big turn” in policy. Those remarks came in a video posted on Trudeau’s YouTube channel…
Read More...

Bangladesh is grappling with its worst dengue outbreak in years. At least 407 people have died from dengue-related complications this year, and 78,595 patients have been hospitalised nationwide, according to official data. An overwhelmed…
Read More...