WASHINGTON – The World Bank is seeking to vastly expand its lending capacity to address climate change and other global crises and will negotiate with shareholders ahead of April meetings on proposals that include
HONG KONG – As casinos in Macau begin new licenses to operate in the world’s biggest gambling hub on Jan. 1, the
BEIJING – China’s state media played down the severity on Tuesday of the COVID-19 wave surging over the country, with its scientists expected to give a briefing to the World Health Organization on
Authorities around the world are imposing or considering curbs on travellers from China as COVID-19 cases there surge following its relaxation of
Tesla Inc’s head of China, Tom Zhu, has taken over responsibilities for sales, service and deliveries in North America, Electrek website reported
BREGANA BORDER CROSSING, Croatia — Croatia rang in two historic changes with the new year, as the European Union’s (EU) youngest member
BRASILIA – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil‘s president on Sunday, delivering a searing indictment of far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro and vowing
SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for developing new intercontinental ballistic missiles and a larger nuclear arsenal to counter US-led threats,
KYIV/DONETSK PROVINCE FRONT LINE, Ukraine – Waves of Russian drones targeted critical infrastructure in Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv and surrounding areas on Monday, officials said, as Russia extended its constant bombardment into the second day of 2023. Ukrainians cheered
SEOUL – South Korea and the United States are discussing possible joint planning and exercises using U.S. nuclear assets in the face of North Korea‘s growing nuclear and missile threats, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said in a newspaper
