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Chinese FM says agreement to upgrade China-Vietnam ties highlight moment of Xi's visit

Chinese FM says agreement to upgrade China-Vietnam ties...

Beijing [China], December 15: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday that the upgrade of China-Vietnam ties is the...

Sunak says UK committed to two-state solution in Mideast

Sunak says UK committed to two-state solution in...

London [UK], December 15: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has stressed the UK remains committed to a two-state solution in...

Putin confirms willingness to keep negotiating over US prisoners

Putin confirms willingness to keep negotiating over US...

Moscow [Russia], December 15: Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at his major annual press conference on Thursday, confirmed his willingness...

Chinese mourners use AI to digitally resurrect the dead

Chinese mourners use AI to digitally resurrect the...

Beijing [China], December 15: At a quiet cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu pulls out his phone, places...

Seoul scrambles jets after Chinese, Russian warplanes approach

Seoul scrambles jets after Chinese, Russian warplanes approach

Seoul [South Korea], December 15: South Korea's military said Thursday it scrambled fighter jets as two Chinese and four Russian...

US House launches impeachment inquiry against president

US House launches impeachment inquiry against president

Washington [US], December 15: The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden,...

Scientists see risk of lost opportunity for long COVID research in China

Scientists see risk of lost opportunity for long...

Beijing [China], December 15: With more than a full year past since China eased restrictions and let COVID-19 sweep its...

Australian woman jailed for 20 years for death of her four children has conviction quashed

Australian woman jailed for 20 years for death...

Canberra [Australia], December 15: A woman imprisoned for 20 years over the deaths of her four children, and pardoned in...

EU to open membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova

EU to open membership talks with Ukraine and...

Brussels [Belgium], December 15: European leaders have decided to open EU membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova and to grant...

Japan PM purges cabinet in bid to ride out financial scandal

Japan PM purges cabinet in bid to ride...

Tokyo [Japan], December 15: Embattled Japanese premier Fumio Kishida dropped four cabinet ministers as he tried to limit the fallout...

Israel-Hamas war: Heavy rain compounds misery in Gaza

Israel-Hamas war: Heavy rain compounds misery in Gaza

Gaza [Palestine], December 15: Displaced people housed in makeshift shelters in the Gaza Strip have had their plight aggravated by...

Israeli attacks on Syria kill 36 since early Oct.

Israeli attacks on Syria kill 36 since early...

Damascus [Syria], December 14: A total of 36 people were killed in heightened Israel attacks on Syrian military sites affiliated...

Hamas leader says ready to discuss with Israel on Gaza ceasefire

Hamas leader says ready to discuss with Israel...

Gaza [Palestine], December 14: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Wednesday that the Gaza-ruling Palestinian faction is ready to discuss...

German gov't to tackle budget crisis with savings

German gov't to tackle budget crisis with savings

Berlin [Germany], December 14: The German government announced on Wednesday that the 17 billion euro (18.36 billion U.S. dollars) gap...

Zelensky attends Nordic-Ukrainian Summit in Norway

Zelensky attends Nordic-Ukrainian Summit in Norway

Oslo [Norway], December 14: The Nordic countries on Wednesday reaffirmed their commitment to providing further assistance to Ukraine when they...

Japan reports 1st death from mpox disease

Japan reports 1st death from mpox disease

Tokyo [Japan], December 14: A man in his 30s living in Japan's Saitama prefecture near Tokyo has died of mpox...

3 Japanese ministers tender resignations over funds scandal

3 Japanese ministers tender resignations over funds scandal

Tokyo [Japan], December 14: Three Japanese ministers tendered their resignations on Thursday amid an unfolding political funds scandal centering on...

Xi says China, Vietnam must oppose attempt to 'mess up Asia-Pacific'

Xi says China, Vietnam must oppose attempt to...

Hanoi [Vietnam], December 14: China and Vietnam should oppose any "attempt to mess up Asia-Pacific", President Xi Jinping said Wednesday...

Tusk sworn in as Poland's new PM

Tusk sworn in as Poland's new PM

Warsaw [Poland], December 14: Poland's president on Wednesday swore in Donald Tusk as the new pro-EU prime minister, putting an...

Zionists face heat as UN demands Gaza ceasefire

Zionists face heat as UN demands Gaza ceasefire

Gaza [Palestine], December 14: The Zionist entity declared on Wednesday its determination to continue its Gaza war "with or without...

Israel suffers heaviest combat losses since October

Israel suffers heaviest combat losses since October

Jerusalem [Israel], December 14: Israel announced its worst combat losses for more than a month after an ambush in the...

9 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza City

9 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza City

Gaza [Palestine], December 14: Palestinian militants carried out one of the deadliest single attacks on Israeli soldiers since the Gaza...

Russian missile attack on Kyiv injures more than 50 people

Russian missile attack on Kyiv injures more than...

Kyiv [Ukraine], December 14: A barrage of Russian missiles targeted Kyiv on Wednesday, wounding at least 53 people.

Landmark summit takes direct aim at fossil fuels

Landmark summit takes direct aim at fossil fuels

Dubai [UAE], December 14: Nations at the UN climate summit have for the first time taken explicit aim at the...

Biden considers new border and asylum restrictions

Biden considers new border and asylum restrictions

Washington [US], December 14: Top Biden administration officials were labouring on Wednesday to try to reach a last-minute deal for...

Michigan elections director testifies as prosecutors

Michigan elections director testifies as prosecutors

Washington [US],December 14: Prosecutors began outlining their case Wednesday against 15 Michigan Republicans who face forgery and serving as false...

Moscow Government Minister emphasises city-citizen collaboration in climate action

Moscow Government Minister emphasises city-citizen collaboration in climate...

Dubai [UAE], December 14: Maria Bagreeva, Moscow Government Minister and Head of the Moscow Department of Economic Policy and...