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China’s President Xi Jinping attends the Leaders Retreat at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 17, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Xi embarks on first Vietnam trip in six years China looks to boost ties with Hanoi Possible deals on railways, digital …

A group of colonists stormed last night parts of Qaryut village, south of Nablus in the West Bank, under security protection from the Israeli occupation forces.Local sources told Palestinian news agency (WAFA) that colonists stormed a water spring in the village, performed Talmudic rituals at the place and fired live …

SYDNEY — A sperm whale that became stranded on a sandbank at a popular beach near Perth, Western Australia on the weekend has died. Officials from the Parks and Wildlife Service of Western Australia confirmed the 15-meter (49-feet) long whale died Tuesday morning after it swam off the sandbank into …

Rina Gonoi, a former member of Japan’s Self Defence Forces, who has accused colleagues of sexually assaulting her during her time in the military, speaks to Reuters in Yokohama, Japan, December 8, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Gallagher/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights FUKUSHIMA, Japan, Dec 12 (Reuters) – A Japanese court on Tuesday …

Donald Tusk speaks after he was nominated to be new prime minister in the Polish Parliament in Warsaw yesterday. (AFP) Poland’s parliament voted in favour of Donald Tusk becoming prime minister yesterday, putting an end to eight years of nationalist rule and setting the stage for a thawing of relations …

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to decide whether Donald Trump has any immunity from criminal prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office — the first time that the high court will weigh in on the historic prosecution of the former …

CNN — Lawyers for Alexey Navalny said Monday they have lost contact with the jailed Russian opposition leader, who was believed to be imprisoned in a penal colony about 150 miles east of Moscow, and his whereabouts are unknown. Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in prison in August, after he was …

In 2012 the United Nations created Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to resolve pressing environmental, political, and economic challenges. Almost 11 years later, the globe needs to catch up on its promises. The climate crisis has intensified beyond our imagination. Extreme weather events like droughts and floods have decimated healthy farmland …

NEW DELHI — India’s top court has upheld the stripping of special status from the former state of Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 revoked the Indian constitution’s Article 370, which had given the region significant autonomy. The state of more than 12 million people was …

(1/3)Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as they attend the swearing-in ceremony of Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei at the National Congress, in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 10, 2023. REUTERS/Matias Baglietto Acquire Licensing Rights EU leaders this week discuss Ukraine’s membership bid Ukraine also hope to …