Israel has failed to meet US demands to allow greater humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, where conditions are worse than at any point in the 13-month-old war, international aid organizations said yesterday.US President Joe Biden’s administration last month called on Israel to “surge” more food a
‘ARMS AND THE MAN’: Describing the protests as an ‘odd reaction,’ director John Malkovich said people love to censor matters they do not agree with
A 19th-century play directed by US actor John Malkovich has enraged nationalists in Bulgaria who call it an insult to the country — a claim the Hollywood star rejected as stirred up by the far right.Last week’s premiere of Arms and the Man by Irish-born playwright George Bernard Shaw sparked raucous
Declassified 1970s-era US spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site of a 7th-century battle that became decisive in the spread of Islam throughout the region.The Battle of al-Qadisiyah was fought in Mesopotamia — in present-day Iraq — in the 63
Climate change is contributing to record numbers of people being uprooted from their homes globally, while worsening the often already “hellish” conditions of displacement, the UN said yesterday.With international climate talks under way in Baku, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) highlig
NETHERLANDSShell wins court appealAn appeals court yesterday overturned a landmark ruling that ordered energy company Shell to cut its carbon emissions by a net 45 percent by 2030 from 2019 levels. The decision was a defeat for the Dutch arm of environmental group Friends of the Earth, which hailed
US president-elect Donald Trump has picked Republican Representative Mike Waltz to be his national security adviser, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters yesterday, tapping a retired Army Green Beret who has been a leading critic of China.Waltz, a Trump loyalist who also served in the N
PRO-US: A sharp critic of China, Surangel Whipps Jr has refused to break ties with Taiwan and overseen the swift expansion of US military interests across his nation
Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr yesterday claimed victory in national elections, keeping the pro-US leader in power as China seeks greater influence across the Pacific. Over his four years in office, Baltimore-born Whipps has overseen the swift expansion of US military interests across the Pala
IT’S A DEAL? Including the phrase ‘overlapping claims’ in a Chinese-Indonesian joint statement over the weekend puts Jakarta’s national interests at risk, critics say
Indonesia yesterday said it does not recognize China’s claims over the South China Sea, despite signing a maritime development deal with Beijing, as some analysts warned the pact risked compromising its sovereign rights.Beijing has long clashed with Southeast Asian neighbors over the South China Sea
China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship, in the clearest sign yet Beijing is advancing toward producing the nation’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery and Chinese government documents provided to The As
Police in central China imposed traffic curbs at the weekend to halt a viral craze in which thousands of university students borrowed share bikes to ride overnight to the city of Kaifeng in search of breakfast.The “Night Riding Army,” as some participants described it, clogged a highway on Friday,
The Kremlin yesterday denied reports that US president-elect Donald Trump had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent days, and said Putin had no concrete plans yet to speak to Trump.The Washington Post first reported that the call had taken place, citing unidentified sources, and said
JAPANDPP leader admits affairYuichiro Tamaki, head of the opposition Democratic Party for the People (DPP), said that a tabloid report about his extramarital affair with a model was “basically true.” “I apologize for the trouble caused,” Tamaki told reporters at a hastily called news conference afte
‘SIGNS OF ESCALATION’: Russian forces have been aiming to capture Ukraine’s eastern Donbas province and have been capturing new villages as they move toward Pokrovsk
Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi on Saturday said that Ukraine faced increasing difficulties in its fight against Moscow’s invasion as Russian forces advance and North Korean troops prepare to join the Kremlin’s campaign. Syrskyi, relating comments he made to a top US general, said out
CUSTOMARY MEETING: The two leaders are to discuss an orderly transfer of power, although Trump did not attend Biden’s inauguration ceremony in January 2020
US President Joe Biden is to meet with US president-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday after the US leader pledged an orderly transfer of power back to the Republican he beat in elections just four years ago. Trump — who never conceded his 2020 loss — sealed a remarkable comeback to
Farmer Liu Bingyong used to make a tidy profit selling milk but is now leaking cash — hit by a dairy sector crisis that embodies several of China’s economic woes. Milk is not a traditional mainstay of Chinese diets, but the Chinese government has long pushed people to drink more, citing its health b
Family members of a 31-year-old US tourist who was killed while on vacation in Hungary’s capital mourned their loss while a 37-year-old suspect was in custody on Saturday. The victim, Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon, was reported missing on Tuesday last week after she was last seen at a ni
YEMEN Soldier opens fire on SaudisA soldier for exiled government opened fire on Saudi Arabian troops as they exercised in eastern Yemen, killing two of them and wounding another in a rare insider attack during the kingdom’s nearly decadelong war there, officials said on Saturday. The assault in eas
The eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki is pictured from the Eputobi rest area in East Flores, Indonesia, on Saturday.
SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE: The attack followed a recent bombing in which a bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded and killed nine, including five children
A suicide bomber yesterday blew himself up at a train station in restive southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 24 people, including security officers, and wounding about 50 others, some critically, officials said. The attack happened when about 100 passengers were waiting for a train to travel to
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