BEIJING/TOKYO - Trade cooperation between China and Japan has been \"severely damaged\", the Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday, urging the Japanese prime minister to retract her comments on Taiwan or face the consequences.
The petition argued that Aespa’s appearance could damage Japan’s image.
[Nyasa Times] Just after sunrise, long before offices open or policy meetings begin, you will find young Africans already at work in the fields, markets, and improvised tech hubs that power our food systems. Different countries, different landscapes, but the same pulse: young
[Nyasa Times] On a road in Kenya's Makueni County, a woman loads sacks of pigeon pea onto a motorbike. Her landscape is rehabilitated, soils restored, seeds climate-resilient, markets ready, and a weather alert on her phone shows when it will rain. Each element exists because
[SAnews.gov.za] Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Blade Nzimande, has emphasised the importance of collective action to strengthen Africa's resilience and capacity to produce life-saving vaccines and medicines.
Manual checks take more than 30 seconds for each person.
Scuffles broke out between young activists and loyalists of Nepal's former ruling party on Nov 19.
BRUSSELS - European foreign ministers said on Thursday that any plan to end the war in Ukraine must include Ukrainians and Europeans after the U.S. floated a framework that would involve Kyiv giving up some of its land and weapons and curbing the size of its army.
[Premium Times] Mr Adelabu said the synchronisation will enable the country to optimise generation costs, deepen industrialisation, strengthen regulatory oversight, and expand its leadership in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) energy landscape.
BEIJING - Japan's relations with China have plunged to their lowest in years after a dispute triggered by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks this month about Taiwan, the democratically-governed island that China claims as its own territory.
The group stressed that atomic bomb survivors cannot allow nuclear arms to be brought into Japan.
IRU welcomes the European Commission and High Representative’s new Military Mobility Package and calls for practical civil and military cooperation to keep the EU’s transport network strong and ready. The package, comprising a new regulation and a strategic joint communication,
Sussan Ley’s offer allows a clear path to pass laws to rewrite Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act in final sitting week Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Coalition has offered to help Labor rush through new nature laws if
The word is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as ‘involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc, or an artificial intelligence’.
The Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition defended its track record in improving the state’s fortunes as hustings for the Nov 29 election heat up.
The “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, was sold at Sotheby’s on Tuesday night for US$236.4 million, making it the second-most expensive painting ever sold at auction, blowing past its original estimate of more than US$150 million.
BRUSSELS - Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Thursday said the European Union should stop sending money to the Ukrainian government after corruption reports.
Poain registration surges with investors after non-volatility income instrumentsThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published a new commentary that noted increasing vulnerabilities of global financial markets, citing increased liquidity stress and high volatility of
The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) is pleased to update the public on the introduction of Broadband Support Packages, linked to the changes to VSAT licensing announced at the end of October. From 1 February 2026, eligible households will be able to sign up, via FIG, to
Two trains collided near České Budějovice, injuring dozens, with five seriously hurt. Czech Railways confirmed the crash during rush hour, halting rail traffic.
The European Citizens' Panel on Intergenerational Fairness has agreed on a final set of recommendations to the European Commission that will shape the first EU Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness. The final recommendations encourage fair and responsible policy making that
More than 20 people were pulled from the water, while more than 10 remain missing.
By Gwynne Dyer - I have spent thousands of hours sitting alongside video editors working on productions quite similar to the Panorama documentary that has landed the British Broadcasting Corporation with the threat of a billion-dollar libel suit by Donald Trump. I think I
[UN News] When Salma* was just 15, she was forced to get married, even though she wanted to stay in school and become a doctor someday.
Centuries of intense rivalry mean their economic embrace can never be taken for granted.
Britain’s Ambassador in Buenos Aires David Cairns hosted the first major event of his posting in Argentina on Tuesday, welcoming around 800 guests to the residence in Recoleta for a celebration marking the 77th birthday of King Charles III.
The dog was left behind as his family escaped to higher ground.
He cited graft scandals involving ministers, MPs, former police chief and over 200 police officers.
Tens of thousands of homes were left without power due to a power outage in parts of Paris, this number later dropped to a couple thousand.
Ethiopia has welcomed the return as part of a broader push to repatriate items of national significance.
A geomagnetic superstorm is an extreme space weather event that occurs when the sun releases massive amounts of energy and charged particles toward Earth. These storms are rare, occurring about once every 20–25 years. On May 10–11, 2024, the strongest superstorm in over 20
The Commission has granted EU marketing authorization for ‘brensocatib', a new active substance for the treatment of chronic progressive lung disease (non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, or NCFB) in patients aged 12 years and older. The estimated number of patients with NCFB in
[Premium Times] In response to the request by the governor of Kwara State, President Tinubu has ordered the deployment of more security men to Eruku and the entire Ekiti Local Government Area of the state.
NASA released close-up images of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas, only the third known visitor from another star, after it passed near Mars. The closest the comet will come to Earth is 269 million kilometers in mid-December. Then it will hightail it back into interstellar space,
The European citizens' initiative called ‘Ban on conversion practices in the European Union' has been submitted to the European Commission. The initiative obtained 1,128,063 validated statements of support from EU citizens and reached thresholds in 11 member states, making it
[Global Fund] Johannesburg -- Private sector leaders, philanthropists, and global health experts convened today at the B20 Global Health Breakout, held on the margins of the G20 Leaders' Summit, to spotlight a new wave of innovation transforming the fight against AIDS,
A record 13 people have been killed by bears so far this year. Canada, the U.S. and several other nations have issued warnings for citizens traveling in Japan.
MANILA – A former Philippine mayor alleged to be a spy for China was convicted Thursday for human trafficking for her role in running a mega-scam center north of Manila. Alice Guo, who last year was dismissed as mayor of Bamban town in Tarlac province, was found guilty and
[Nile Post] Ugandan Fifa referee Shamirah Nabadda has won the 2025 Caf Women's Referee of the Year, securing one of African football's top honours at a glittering ceremony held on Monday night in Rabat, Morocco.
While the outcome is a let down for those who want Australia to do better on climate, Chris Bowen looks set to play a pivotal role in the UN talks Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Ouch. From one perspective, Australia’s
Europe needs to create a roadmap for how to build and deploy space data centres before it misses out on a key new industry, a report has found.
Global tech executives in recent weeks have proclaimed the robotaxi industry is finally near an inflection point.
Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupts in East Java, sending ash over nearby villages and forcing evacuations as the alert level rises to its highest point.
Despite being one of the largest natural carbon sinks, most nations exclude soil from their climate plans.
The European Commission has taken an important step to protect the EU's ferroalloy industry – which employs some 1,800 people in the EU – by imposing definitive safeguard measures on imports of certain ferroalloys into the European Union. This decision brings to a close an 11