MOSCOW - The Kremlin on Friday dismissed speculation that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had fallen out of favour with Vladimir Putin after efforts to organise a summit between the Russian president and Donald Trump were put on ice last month.
When President Donald Trump hit Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia’s two largest oil companies, with sweeping sanctions on October 22, the message to Moscow was unmistakable: Washington was turning up the heat. But the shockwaves reached far beyond Russia — landing squarely in New
DUBAI - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Friday that Iran seeks peace, but will not be coerced into abandoning its nuclear and missile programmes, state media reported.
Yamato Transport has started providing delivery drivers in some regions with bear repellent spray.
JAKARTA - Explosions at a mosque in Indonesia's capital Jakarta that injured dozens of people during Friday prayers could have been an attack, officials indicated, with a 17-year-old identified as the suspected perpetrator.
Culling operations are expected to start on or after Nov 13.
Elon Musk’s company SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin have submitted simplified plans to NASA designed to return US astronauts to the Moon’s surface. These plans focus on NASA’s Artemis III mission, which will see the first US astronauts walk on the Moon since Apollo
The government has defended the high taxes on cigarettes believed to be fuelling their illicit trade.
MOSCOW - Russia urged the United States on Friday to clarify what it called contradictory signals about a resumption of nuclear testing, saying such a step would trigger responses from Russia and other countries.
Authorities say a 17-year-old suspected of causing the explosion during Friday prayers is in surgery.
ATHENS - A liquefied natural gas tanker successfully outran pirates that approached the vessel in a speedboat off the coast of Somalia on Friday, maritime security sources said, adding to worries of a resurgence of piracy after years of calm.
MOSCOW - Russia said on Friday that it wanted the United States to clarify recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump about the possible resumption of nuclear testing, given that such a step would trigger serious responses from other countries.
The deceased are reportedly all crewmen of the ship.
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More than 150 people were evacuated as the lounge filled with acrid smoke.
Febrio De-Zoysa was living in Ottawa with the parents and four children when he fatally stabbed them.
The country is struggling to recover from the aftermath of Kalmaegi, which has killed more than 180 people.
GIA LAI, Vietnam - At least five people died in Vietnam after Typhoon Kalmaegi pummelled coastal regions with destructive winds and heavy rain, officials said on Friday, following the storm's deadly passage through the Philippines where it killed at least 188 people.
One thing I notice when I talk to young people these days is that they don’t use social media very much — or at least, not the kind that we Millennials used a lot in the 2010s. Zoomers don’t want to connect on Twitter, or Facebook or even Instagram. Instead, they just use phone
The vast majority of counterfeits were traced back to China.
Mr Lee reportedly asked Mr Trump for help on the fuel during last week’s summit talks.
China has begun designing a new rare earth licensing regime that could speed up shipments, but it is unlikely to amount to a complete rollback of restrictions as hoped by Washington, industry insiders said.
The export curbs have become Beijing’s most potent source of leverage in its trade rivalry with Washington.
The Fujian uses electromagnetic catapults that allow planes to strike from a greater distance.
The suspected perpetrator is about 17 years old and currently undergoing surgery, said deputy house speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad.
The Chinese navy seeks to become a blue-water force capable of projecting power in the region and beyond.
It said it will hear a plea from the pilot’s father on Nov 10 for an independent probe.
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Warmer sea surface temperatures speed up the evaporation process and pack “fuel” into tropical cyclones.
The Fujian has electromagnetic catapults for take-offs, making it potentially far more powerful than China's first two Russian-designed carriers.
The documentary will be shown at one cinema in Tokyo from December.
BRUSSELS/BELEM - Governments heading to the U.N. COP30 climate summit in Brazil are bracing for the possibility that the Trump administration may seek to disrupt negotiations at the event - even without any U.S. officials showing up.
This is seen as a move that could strengthen deterrence against Chinese coercion in disputed waters.
Iris Hsieh Yu-hsin - known as the “nurse goddess” by her fans - was found dead in a hotel bathtub in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 22. The case was classified as murder on Nov 4.
China’s resumption of Japanese seafood imports comes as the two neighbours aim to stabilise ties.
NEW DELHI - Aircraft movement at Delhi airport was hampered on Friday because its Air Traffic Control system suffered a technical problem, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said after several flights were disrupted at one of the world's busiest airports.
Japan has had more than 100 bear attacks since April, with a record 13 people killed so far.
The first track Very Shuai was released on Spotify on Nov 5 - the day he turned himself in to assist with investigations - and the second track Chosen ABC, on Nov 7.
Alicia Machado, who won in 1996, was commenting on the now-viral confrontation involving director of Miss Universe Thailand, Nawat Itsaragrisil, and Miss Mexico, Fatima Bosch.
