Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers his first major domestic speech of 2023, at Plexal, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London, on January 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Facing a country beset with problems that range from a cost of living crisis to deteriorating public services, U.K. PrimeRead More →
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that he is willing to work towards normalising relations with the United States, despite the continued sanctions crippling his country. Mr. Maduro’s remarks come days after the South American country’sRead More →
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping via a video conference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on December 30, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday hailed a close relationship that they described asRead More →
Image used for representative purpose only. File A 40-year-old Sikh man has been charged with second-degree murder for fatally stabbing his wife at their home in Canada’s British Columbia province, police said. Navinder Gill was charged last week for stabbing 40-year-old Harpreet Kaur Gill on December 7 in Surrey, aRead More →
Rescuers work at the site of a building destroyed by a Russian drone attack, as their attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine on December 14, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukrainian authorities said they thwarted a Russian attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region on December 14 as theirRead More →
Dorothy Pitman Hughes. | File Photo | Photo Credit: AP Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a pioneering Black feminist, child welfare advocate and community activist who co-founded Ms Magazine with Gloria Steinem and appeared with her in one of the most iconic photos of the second-wave feminist movement, has died. She was 84. Ms.Read More →
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan | File Photo | Photo Credit: AFP The United States is working a new round of sanctions against North Korea, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Thursday, as Pyongyang forges ahead with banned missile development and signals a possible new nuclear test.Read More →
British Minister of State for Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan speaks at the National Press Club in Canberra, on November 28, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP “Australia’s shift to nuclear-powered submarines will assure its South Pacific neighbours of its commitment to regional security,” Britain’s Minister of State for the Indo-Pacific said onRead More →
The forum was organised by CIDCA, China’s new development aid agency, and is currently headed by former Vice-Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui, who also earlier served as envoy to India and Pakistan. | Photo Credit: Reuters China this week convened a first “China-Indian Ocean Region Forum” bringing together 19 countries fromRead More →
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. File | Photo Credit: AP North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country’s ultimate goal is to possess the world’s most powerful nuclear force, as he promoted dozens of military officers involved in the recent launch of North Korea’s largest ballistic missile, stateRead More →
