Former attorney general is named new prime minister after a general election that ousted the island’s pro-Taiwan leader. Lawmakers in Tuvalu have named former Attorney General Feleti Teo as the Pacific Island nation’s new prime minister, weeks after a general election that put the country’s ties with Taiwan in the…
Residential building fire is the latest in a series of blazes that have killed dozens across China. At least 15 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a fire at an apartment block in eastern China’s Nanjing, local authorities have said. The blaze in the Yuhuatai district of…
Qatar tells the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that it rejects the “double standards” when international law applies to some but not to others during a hearing on Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. “Some children are deemed worthy of protection while others are killed in their thousands,” senior Qatari…
NewsFeed Palestinian ‘use of force to resist oppression is an inalienable right’ and cannot be equated with terrorism. China used examples of international conventions to defend the Palestinian struggle for self-determination in its presentation to the UN’s top court. Published On 22 Feb 202422 Feb 2024 Check out our Latest…
NewsFeed Two people have been killed after a cargo ship crashed into a bridge in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. Vehicles, including a bus, fell off the Lixinsha Bridge as it collapsed into the river below. Published On 22 Feb 202422 Feb 2024 Check out our Latest News and Follow…
Seoul’s biggest hospitals reduce surgeries by a third as trainee doctors continue strike over health reforms. Hospitals in South Korea have been forced to cancel or postpone surgeries and medical procedures, including treatments for cancer, according to media reports, as more trainee doctors walked off the job in protest over…
London’s High Court has scheduled two days of hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may appeal a United States request for extradition to stand trial on espionage charges. Those charges carry maximum penalties of 175 years, but the real danger, says Assange’s wife Stella,…
Shmyhal says delays in providing long-range artillery, missile equipment is ‘main danger for us on the battlefield’. Ukraine needs long-range missiles and other ammunition to repel Russian troops, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said, as the country nears its third year of war amid battle losses and shrinking foreign aid….
Biennial air show opens to the public for the first time since the onset of the COVID-pandemic in 2020. China’s C919 jetliner is being showcased at Asia’s biggest airshow, as its Beijing-backed manufacturer seeks buyers for the country’s first homegrown passenger jet. Chinese state-run aerospace firm COMAC has touted the…
Defence minister says the $7.25bn plan will increase Australian navy’s surface combatant fleet to 26 from 11. Australia has announced a decade-long plan to double its fleet of warships and boost its defence spending by an additional 11.1 billion Australian dollars ($7.25bn). Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Tuesday that…
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