TOKYO/BEIJING - China informed Japan on Wednesday that it will ban all imports of Japanese seafood, media outlets reported - a decision which comes amid an escalating diplomatic dispute between Asia's top two economies.
TOKYO - Within days of China urging its citizens not to travel to Japan due to a diplomatic dispute, Tokyo-based tour operator East Japan International Travel Service had lost 80% of its bookings for the remainder of the year.
WELLINGTON - New Zealand said on Wednesday it was banning new prescriptions of puberty blocking drugs for young transgender people, in a move that critics warned could worsen the mental health of those affected.
[allAfrica] Many developing countries, particularly in Africa, are experiencing a rapidly worsening sovereign debt crisis, according to global economic experts. Economic stability is at risk if this crisis is not addressed quickly and thoroughly, and experts are calling on G20
The import demand has helped reverse prices upward this year against seasonal expectations.
[Jubilee] Johannesburg, South Africa -- Debt High on G20 Agenda as Faith Leaders Call for Debt Relief and Aid for Developing Countries
Experts have linked high UPF consumption to higher risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression, and early death.
On 10 November, a high-intensity explosion occurred near the Red Fort metro station in Delhi, resulting in the deaths of at least 13 people and injuring more than twenty. The explosion originated from a Hyundai i20 vehicle, which detonated at a traffic light near Gate No. 1 of
Lisa Parkinson says people using the Big Food Project in Blackpool tell her it is a "lifesaver".
In the film screening at Tallinn, writer-director Rain Rannu lets a couple, played by Märt Pius and Steffi Pähn, struggle with the pressures of figuring out what to do with sudden Bitcoin riches.
Medical experts have said that impaired cognitive ability in old age is detrimental to one’s driving abilities.
While speculation has been rife in some Italian papers about the reasons behind Zelenskyy not making a stop in Italy, one senior researcher in comments to Euronews said the reason was probably far more mundane.
If an EU country is attacked, how long should it take for other member states to allow troops and equipment to cross through their borders to provide reinforcements? A new plan could limit how long one EU member can hold another's military up.
The suspect behind the Nov 7 bomb attack at a school mosque in Jakarta wrote of feeling isolated and drew inspiration from a Telegram group glorifying white supremacist attacks, according to the police.
Citizens Advice is warning that people will have to "choose between heating and eating" this winter.
US President Donald Trump hosted a lavish dinner to honour Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who visited the US for the first time in seven years following diplomatic isolation over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The future couldn’t look more vertical than from the 76th floor of the Lotte Tower, the sixth tallest building in the world, where microdrama key stakeholders attended the conference Future Is Vertical: The Global Rise of Short Form Media. The intentional choice from organizer
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Analysis of new-builds in Birmingham suggests all-electric homes not only use less energy but vary in peak usage Some of the first homes in the UK designed to meet new building standards put less pressure on the electricity grid than expected, a study has found. The
Europe’s universities are becoming “morally required” to hate Jews, warned Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founding Director and President of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), in a blistering address to the European Parliament last week. Speaking
Newly released emails show top finance and business figures maintained contact with Jeffrey Epstein years after his initial conviction, raising questions over judgement and corporate governance.
It comes as increasing numbers of people are arriving at South East hospitals malnourished.
The proposed restart will be the first Tepco-operated nuclear plant since the Fukushima meltdown.
[UN Women] UN Women's 16 Days of Activism campaign demands a world where technology is a force for equality - not harm.
Beijing partially eased restrictions on Japanese seafood imports earlier in 2025.
Researchers from New Zealand's conservation department conducting an annual grasshopper survey near Lake Tekapo on the South Island have spotted a rare pink grasshopper. The species – the robust grasshopper – is native to New Zealand and is the country’s largest lowland
Myanmar’s military descended on gambling and fraud hub Shwe Kokko on Nov 18.
MOSCOW - Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday that Ukrainian forces had fired four U.S.-made ATACMS missiles at the southern Russian city of Voronezh in an attempted strike on civilian targets.
The grunge-country artist debuted the song on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and dropped the studio version immediately afterward
Ukraine’s president is to go to Ankara in hopes of rebooting talks with Russia and putting an end to Moscow’s full-scale invasion. Yet the Kremlin said no Russian representatives will participate in the meeting.
The US-based Trinidadian rapper addressed the UN in New York alongside Trump administration officials, making claims that lack evidence.
[Leadership] The United Kingdom has expanded its travel safety advisory, adding 11 more countries, including Bangladesh, India, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, Papua New Guinea and Rwanda, to its methanol poisoning watchlist amid rising global cases
The singer revealed that he experienced "earth-shattering panic attacks" amid controversy online
BEIJING - Zambia will host a Chinese premier for the first time in 28 years as the sub-Saharan state emerges from a financial crisis, with Beijing eager to access the country's commodities and develop a bigger market for its exporters.
[Capital FM] Rome -- The world is facing a global hunger crisis with inadequate resources to respond, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today.
Helping communities manage green spaces by understanding how they use and value the area could be an effective way for local governments to tackle the biodiversity crisis, according to a new study from the University of Exeter.
Just four out of 50 surveyed countries have national strategies for AI in health care.
Analysis published at Cop30 summit shows adhering to pledges offer world hope of avoiding climate breakdown Sticking to three key climate promises – on renewables, energy efficiency and methane – would avoid nearly 1C of global heating and give the world hope of avoiding
The Neoliner Origin set off on its inaugural two-week voyage from France to the US with the aim of revolutionising the notoriously dirty shipping industry It is 8pm on a Saturday evening and eight of us are sitting at a table onboard a ship, holding on to our plates of
Amid a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, the challenges facing Palestinians have apparently become secondary concerns for Saudi and U.S. leaders.
Tensions have arisen as hotels claim beaches and shorelines that belong to the state.
[World Bank] Western and Central African countries are committed to accelerating digital transformation to ensure broadband access, develop artificial intelligence capabilities, create digital jobs, and build an integrated market by 2030.
[This Day] President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday depart the nation's capital, Abuja, for a two-nation visit to Johannesburg, South Africa and Luanda, Angola.
[UN News] Expanding terrorist networks, mass displacement and the collapse of essential services in West Africa and the Sahel are a growing concern worldwide.
[UN News] Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year -- less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
[UN News] Forty-five per cent of the 8.2 billion people on the planet live in cities, which is only going to increase as the world becomes increasingly urban.
[IPS] We did not start this fire, but we are being handed the bill. The wealthy country's bill. It's time to pay it.The USD 1.3 trillion roadmap is only a starting point; delivery and accountability are the real tests of success. --Evans Njewa, Chair of the Least Developed