Turkey to ratify Paris climate agreement, Erdogan tells UN
UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Tuesday that Turkey was ready to finally ratify the Paris Agreement on climate...
Trudeau begins third term weakened at helm of Canada minority government
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's snap election gamble has landed the Canadian leader back at square one: reelected without a majority, the liberal prime minister...
Biden bids to renew US leadership in UN speech
UNITED NATIONS, US: President Joe Biden will tell the world Tuesday that the United States wants to avoid a Cold War with China, while...
Biden to announce ‘good news’ on $100 billion UN climate fund
UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - US President Joe Biden is expected to announce "good news" on addressing a shortfall in a $100 billion global...
US to end travel bans for vaccinated passengers ‘early November’
WASHINGTON: The United States announced Monday it will lift Covid travel bans on all air passengers in November if they are fully vaccinated and...
Afghan women outraged by new Taliban restrictions on work
KABUL: The Taliban's effective ban on women working sank in on Monday, sparking rage over the dramatic loss of rights after millions of female...
Philippines’ Manny Pacquiao to run for president in 2022
MANILA - Philippine boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao declared he will run for president in 2022, vowing to tackle poverty and corruption as he seeks...
Ex-inmates decry worsening state of New York’s ‘hellhole’ jail
NEW YORK - It's held disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein, rapper Tupac Shakur and ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn: New York's notorious Rikers Island prison is...
Sparse attendance at rally in support of US Capitol rioters
WASHINGTON - A few hundred protesters turned up Saturday in Washington to rally in support of the pro-Trump rioters who ransacked the US Capitol...
‘Attack’ hits Hungary primary polls aimed to challenge Orban: opposition
BUDAPEST - Hungary's first-ever primary elections to find a candidate to challenge right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban got off to a rocky start on...
