Singaporeans yesterday cast their votes in an election where Prime Minister Lawrence Wong faces his first major test against a rejuvenated opposition in uncertain economic times for the trade-centred nation.
The United States on Friday approved a $3.5 billion sale of missiles to Saudi Arabia, ahead of a visit to the kingdom by President Donald Trump.
Iran yesterday defended its “right” to enrich uranium despite growing Western concern that Tehran may be seeking nuclear weapons, and as talks with the United States were delayed.
Microsoft raised recommended retailer pricing for its Xbox consoles and controllers around the world this week. Its Xbox Series S, for example, now starts at $379.99 in the US — up $80 from the $299.99 price tag that debuted in 2020. And its more powerful Xbox Series X will be $599.99 going forward, a $100 jump from its previous $499.99 listing
Tim Friede, a Wisconsin resident with a long-standing fascination for venomous creatures, has endured hundreds of snake bites, many self-inflicted, in a quest to build immunity
Albanese's slow-but-steady leadership resonated at a time of global tumult, analysts said
The ban applies to all products in transit from Pakistan
The Trump administration has informed lawmakers about the planned cuts at the CIA
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said one of its hospitals in South Sudan had been bombed early yesterday, with at least seven people killed by airstrikes in the area.
At least six people were killed and more than 30 injured -- eight of them critically -- in a stampede during a temple festival in the western Indian state of Goa today, officials said
US President Donald Trump’s administration proposed a $163 billion cut to federal spending next year, which would eliminate more than a fifth of the non-military spending excluding mandatory programs, it said in a statement.
Government ministers and negotiators from nearly 200 countries yesterday began the hard slog of finding common ground for a deal at the annual UN climate summit, as host country Egypt assured that the slow-moving talks were still on track.
Russia faced mounting diplomatic pressure yesterday to end its war in Ukraine, as G20 allies and critics alike rued the painful global impact of nearly nine months of conflict.
Campaigners yesterday urged leaders at the COP27 summit and big tech companies to formally crack down on climate disinformation that undermines efforts to limit the deadly impacts of global warming.
Former US president Donald Trump was expected to launch another White House bid yesterday, even as another one of his fellow election deniers lost a key race in last week’s midterms.
The EU vowed to step up its emissions cuts at UN climate talks yesterday as developing nations admonished rich polluters for falling short on efforts to help them cope with global warming.
Two people died in an explosion in Przewodow, a village in eastern Poland near the border with Ukraine, firefighters said yesterday.
Bangladesh abstained from voting in the UN General Assembly that adopted a resolution calling for Russia to be held accountable for violating international law by invading Ukraine.
Two residential buildings in the Ukraine capital were hit by missiles on Tuesday, the mayor of Kyiv said, following reports that air raid sirens were sounding in all regions of the Ukraine.
Heavy rain triggered flash floods that cut off some inland towns in Australia's southeast on Monday, with fresh evacuation warnings issued for thousands of rural residents.
Now is the time to end Russia's “destructive” war and “save thousands of lives”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the G20 summit in Bali via video address on Tuesday.
