KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European Council chief Charles Michel warned on Tuesday that a European Union (EU) meeting next month to decide whether to begin formal accession talks for Kyiv would be difficult. Mr. Michel, who visited ...
SEOUL — Officials and experts around the world are seeking to independently verify North Korea’s claim this week that it successfully launched its first spy satellite, an effort that South Korea asserts likely included Russian aid. With the late-night launch ...
JAKARTA — More than 200 ethnic Rohingya came ashore in Indonesia’s Aceh province late on Tuesday, taking total arrivals of members of the Myanmar Muslim minority to more than 1,000 for the week, a leader of the province’s fishing community ...
WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD — The United States (US) carried out two series of strikes in Iraq against Iranian-backed militants, US officials said on Tuesday, in the first publicly reported US responses in Iraq to dozens of recent attacks against troops in the ...
GAZA/TEL AVIV — Israel’s government and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the entry of humanitarian aid ...
LONDON – Finance minister Jeremy Hunt will announce tax cuts for businesses on Wednesday – and possibly some for voters too – as he tries to speed up Britain’s sluggish economy and help his struggling party before an election expected ...
TORONTO – Canada introduced tax measures on Tuesday to ease a severe rental housing shortage by limiting income tax deductions on short-term rentals on services such as Airbnb Inc and VRBO, joining many countries that are enacting similar laws. The ...
NEW DELHI – India on Tuesday asked private firms to ramp up investments in new coal-fired power plants to meet a dramatic rise in electricity demand and bridge nearly 30-gigawatts of additional requirement by 2030, despite international pressure to stop ...
The widespread adoption of returning and reusing plastic packaging could help to cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 69%, a study by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation showed on Wednesday. Such schemes not only lower companies’ emissions but can also ...
BEIJING – Chinese government advisers will recommend economic growth targets for next year ranging from 4.5% to 5.5% to an annual policymakers’ meeting, as Beijing seeks to create jobs and keep long-term development goals on track. Five of the seven ...