Los Angeles event highlights China-U.S. cultural exchanges through film, TV

Los Angeles [California], November 9: A local event on Friday highlighted China-U.S. people-to-people exchanges through film and television, with participants enjoying the role of visual...

Ukrainian officer accused of deadly soldier gathering

Moscow [Russia], November 9: A court in the industrial city of Dnipro on Saturday detained a Ukrainian commander who allegedly gathered 100 soldiers for a...

At least 11 killed as Russia hits residential, energy sites in Ukraine

Moscow [Russia], November 9: At least 11 people have been killed, and more parts of Ukraine have been plunged into darkness, after another night of...

Nobel laureate James Watson, who co-discovered structure of DNA, dies

New York [US], November 9: World-renowned scientist James Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for helping discover the structure of...

Court in Brazil provisionally rejects former president Bolsonaro's appeal

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], November 9: Brazil's Supreme Court has provisionally rejected former president Jair Bolsonaro's appeal against his conviction for an attempted coup.

NATO chief plans to flag nuclear capabilities as deterrent

Berlin [Germany], November 9: NATO chief Mark Rutte has said that he intends to highlight the Western defence alliance's own nuclear capabilities more prominently in...

Storm damage in US has gone up tenfold since 1980

Munich [Germany], November 9: Damage caused by severe storms and flooding has multiplied in major industrialized nations since 1980, according to the world's largest reinsurer,...

Trump is wrecking not only the White House but the nation: Biden

Washington [US], November 9: Former US president Joe Biden lashed out at his successor Donald Trump, saying the current president had not only taken a...

Poisoned water deepens Gaza humanitarian crisis

Gaza City [Gaza], November 9: Israel's war on Gaza has not only razed entire neighbourhoods to the ground, displaced families multiple times and decimated medical...

Israeli strikes kill three in Lebanon amid escalation

Cairo [Egypt], November 9: Three people were killed and 11 others injured on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes in different parts of Lebanon, Lebanese authorities said....

Turkish court issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu

Istanbul [Turkey], November 9: An Istanbul court on Friday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and 36 other members of his government...

Philippines braces for another Typhoon

Manila [Philippines], November 9: Typhoon Kalmaegi has left a trail of devastation across Southeast Asia, killing hundreds in the Philippines and at least five in...

Polish parliament lifts immunity of ex-justice minister Ziobro over corruption charges

Warsaw [Poland], November 8: Poland's lower house of parliament, the Sejm, on Friday voted to lift the immunity of former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, paving...

Greece to toughen gun laws after deadly Crete shooting

Athens [Greece], November 8: Greece will tighten laws on illegal gun possession to curb gun violence, Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis said Friday.

Polish energy giant to supply U.S. LNG to Ukraine in early 2026

Warsaw [Poland], November 9: Poland's leading energy company Orlen S.A. has signed an agreement with Ukraine's Naftogaz Group for future supplies of liquefied natural gas...

Four dead as train hits car near Bucharest

Bucharest [Romania], November 8: Four people were killed on Friday when a passenger train collided with a car at a level crossing between the Vidra...

Roundup: Germany's steel summit sparks debate over protectionist remedies

Frankfurt [Germany], November 8: As Germany considers European Union (EU)-level tariffs to shield its struggling steel industry, experts warn that such protectionist measures could backfire,...

Lithuania's trade deficit widens as exports fall, imports surge in 2025

Vilnius [Lithuania], November 8: Lithuania's trade deficit widened in the first three quarters of 2025 as exports slipped 1.1 percent year on year while imports...

Eastern segment of China-funded submarine cable in Africa activated

Nairobi [Kenya], November 8: The eastern segment of China Mobile's 2Africa submarine cable was officially activated on Friday in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, with an...

Libya strikes migrant smuggling boats in NW port

Tripoli [Libya], November 8: Libya's Ministry of Defense, under the UN-recognized Government of National Unity (GNU), announced on Friday that it targeted several boats used...

Cornell University reaches agreement with Trump administration to restore federal funding

Olympia [Washington], November 8: Cornell University, one of the eight schools in the Ivy League, announced Friday that it has reached an agreement with U.S....

U.S. stocks close little changed after weak consumer sentiment data

New York [US], November 8: U.S. stocks were little changed on Friday as investors weighed weak consumer sentiment data and questioned whether the artificial intelligence...

Urgent: 5.7-magnitude quake hits 75 km NNE of Santa Rosalia, Mexico -...

Mexico City [Mexico], November 8: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 75 km NNE of Santa Rosalia, Mexico at 1204 GMT on Friday,...

Hurricane Melissa claims at least 75 lives, impacts nearly 5 mln people...

London [UK], November 8: Hurricane Melissa has claimed at least 75 lives and impacted nearly 5 million people in Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, one week...

21st Chinese American film, TV festivals open in Los Angeles

London[UK], November 8: The 21st Chinese American Film Festival and the Chinese American TV Festival kicked off in Los Angeles, the U.S. state of California,...

U.S. consumer sentiment falls in November: survey

Prague [Czech Republic], November 8: The preliminary reading of the U.S. Consumer Sentiment Index released Friday by the University of Michigan (UM) Surveys of Consumers...

Canada's employment rises 0.3 pct in October

Russia [Moscow], November 8: Canada's employment increased by 67,000, or 0.3 percent, in October, the second consecutive monthly increase, Statistics Canada reported on Friday.