Heat-related deaths and diseases rising due to climate change, experts warn | Climate Crisis News

Heat-related deaths and diseases rising due to climate change, experts warn | Climate Crisis News

Climate change is raising temperatures to dangerous levels, causing more deaths and the spread of infectious diseases, while worsening drought and food security, a new report by health experts has warned. In 2023 – the hottest year on record – the average person experienced 50 more days of dangerous temperatures…

EU hikes tariffs on Chinese EVs, prompting rebuke from Beijing | Automotive Industry

EU hikes tariffs on Chinese EVs, prompting rebuke from Beijing | Automotive Industry

China’s Commerce Ministry promises to take ‘all necessary measures’ to protect the interests of Chinese firms. The European Union has decided to sharply raise tariffs on Chinese-made electric cars, prompting an angry response from Beijing. The tariffs of up to 45.3 percent will take effect on Wednesday after an inquiry…

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says Russia war is being pushed ‘beyond borders’ | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says Russia war is being pushed ‘beyond borders’ | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the thousands of North Korean soldiers expected to reinforce Russian troops on the front line in Ukraine are pushing the almost three-year war beyond the borders of the warring parties. Western leaders say North Korea has sent some 10,000 soldiers to help Russia’s military…

Qatar’s Akram Afif, Japan’s Kiko Seike win AFC Player of the Year awards | Football News

Qatar’s Akram Afif, Japan’s Kiko Seike win AFC Player of the Year awards | Football News

Al Sadd forward Afif won the award for the second time after leading Qatar to the AFC Asian Cup title at home in 2023. Qatar’s Akram Afif has been named the Asian Football Confederation’s Player of the Year for a second time, along with Kiko Seike from Japan, who secured…

Pentagon says North Korea sent 10,000 troops to join Russian war in Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

Pentagon says North Korea sent 10,000 troops to join Russian war in Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

US increases estimated number of North Korean troops sent to Russia amid fears Moscow’s war on Ukraine could expand. An estimated 10,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia to train and fight against Ukraine in “the next several weeks”, the Pentagon has announced, significantly increasing the estimated number…

For Taiwan’s crucial chip industry, Trump and Harris both bring risks | Business and Economy

For Taiwan’s crucial chip industry, Trump and Harris both bring risks | Business and Economy

Taipei, Taiwan – For engineers working in Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, the past few years have been difficult. The United States’s efforts to curb the growing power of China, Taiwan’s neighbour, by cutting off its access to the most cutting-edge chips has put the island’s chip sector in the crosshairs of…

More than one in three tree species at risk of extinction: Report | Environment News

More than one in three tree species at risk of extinction: Report | Environment News

The International Union for Conservation of Nature says tree species are at risk of extinction in 192 countries. More than one in three species of trees are at risk of extinction worldwide, threatening life as we know it on Earth, according to a report published by the International Union for…

Japan PM Ishiba says will stay in office despite election setback | Elections News

Japan PM Ishiba says will stay in office despite election setback | Elections News

Sunday’s snap election was the governing party’s worst result in 15 years, exit polls and media showed. Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to stay in office despite receiving a major blow in Sunday’s snap election he called himself to shore up more support for his party. Ishiba told…

Japan’s ruling coalition loses majority in blow to new PM Ishiba | Elections News

Japan’s ruling coalition loses majority in blow to new PM Ishiba | Elections News

The outcome is a serious blow for PM Ishiba as his Liberal Democratic Party suffers its worst result in 15 years. Japan’s ruling coalition has lost its parliamentary majority in a significant defeat at Sunday’s national election, raising uncertainty about the next government’s make-up and the outlook for the world’s…

China vows to take ‘necessary measures’ over bn US arms sale to Taiwan | Weapons News

China vows to take ‘necessary measures’ over $2bn US arms sale to Taiwan | Weapons News

Beijing says latest arms package violates China’s sovereignty, endangers peace in the region. China has slammed the latest round of United States arms sales to Taiwan, vowing to take “all necessary measures” to assert its sovereignty over the self-ruled island it claims as its own. The US State Department on…