China said Friday it opposes “blindly supporting sanctions” on North Korea, after Beijing abstained during a UN Security Council vote in which Russia blocked the renewal of a panel of UN experts monitoring sanctions-busting activity by...
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A woman who says she was threatened with being kicked off a US Delta Air Lines flight because she was not wearing a bra demanded a meeting with the company’s top boss on Thursday over what she says is a discriminatory policy. Lisa Archbold...
The US House of Representatives will send articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden’s immigration chief to the Senate on April 10, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday — sparking a trial that would likely begin the...
Russia on Thursday blocked the renewal of a panel of UN experts monitoring international sanctions on North Korea, weeks after the body said it was investigating reports of arms transfers between Moscow and Pyongyang. The move was met with a flurry...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday pressed US House Speaker Mike Johnson to help deliver “vital” military aid to Kyiv after a recent escalation in Russian attacks. A $60 billion support package has been stalled in the US...
Pope Francis, who often champions poor and marginalised people, celebrated the traditional Holy Thursday Mass by washing the feet of 12 young inmates in a juvenile detention centre in Rome. The Argentine Jesuit, who was hospitalised last week for...
Traveling in New York is already costly, but it just got worse: transit authorities have approved a controversial $15 toll, set to take effect in mid-June, for motorists entering the busiest part of Manhattan. The board of New York’s...
Russia on Thursday accused Armenia of trying to rupture increasingly strained ties between the two ex-Soviet countries, as Yerevan voices mounting criticism of Moscow’s role as regional security guarantor. The small Caucasus nation has been in...
French authorities are to deploy members of the security forces in front of all Catholic and Protestant churches for the upcoming Easter weekend, further bolstering security in the aftermath of the Moscow attack, according to a memo seen on Thursday...
Scotland saw a record number of names given to only one baby last year, with Banksy, Daemon and Jihad among them, the National Records of Scotland said on Thursday. Boy, Demigod, Howl and Shady were also among the 2,362 unique names given to boys...
Chinese real estate giant Vanke’s profit fell 46 percent in 2023, the company said Thursday, as the country’s property market grapples with an unprecedented crisis. Vanke is one of China’s top property developers and was the...
Latvian Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins said Thursday he would step down following a scandal over his use of state funds to pay for private flights during his time as prime minister. Last week, Latvia’s prosecutor general opened a probe into...
Major Chinese property developer Country Garden expects to suspend trading of its Hong Kong-listed shares, the company said in a filing on Thursday, highlighting unprecedented challenges gripping the country’s debt-saddled real estate sector...
A viral photo suggesting The Simpsons predicted the Baltimore bridge collapse shows the characters standing on a boat, witnessing a ship and a bridge collapsing. Many claim the American TV series foresaw the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge...
The collapse of a major Baltimore bridge after a cargo ship smashed into it could bring about the largest marine insurance payout ever, the boss of insurance giant Lloyd’s of London said in an interview Thursday. “It feels like a very...