ON a day of political drama not seen in Congress for a century, Republican leader Kevin McCarthy repeatedly failed in…
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RUSSIA has said a New Year’s Day missile attack which killed at least 89 Russian soldiers happened because troops were…
A TWO-year ban on some foreigners buying homes Canada has come into effect. The ban aims to help ease one…
PALESTINIANS have condemned a visit to a contested holy site in Jerusalem by a far-right Israeli minister as an “unprecedented…
UKRAINE’s president says Russia is planning a protracted campaign of drone attacks in a bid to demoralise Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky…
NORTH Korea has fired Pak Jong Chon, the second most powerful military official after leader Kim Jong Un, state media…
DOZENS of inmates have escaped from a prison in northern Mexico after gunmen, suspected to be members of a drug…
COUNTRIES around the world have celebrated New Year, after two years of muted or cancelled events due to the Covid…
LUIZ Inacio Lula da Silva has been sworn in as the new president of Brazil – the third time he…
ZHANG Daqian may not be a household name in the West, but in China — and the global art market…
UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelensky has told Russians that their leader is destroying their country. Speaking after Vladimir Putin delivered a…
NEPAL’s Kusunda language has no known origin and a number of quirks, like no words for “yes” or “no”. It…
NEWLY released tax returns for former President Donald Trump have shed light on his business losses, complicated tax set-ups and…
RUSSIA attacked Ukraine with 16 Iranian-made drones overnight – with seven of them targeted at the capital, Kyiv, Ukrainian officials…
NORTH Korea has fired three short range ballistic missiles towards the sea to the east of the Korean peninsula, South…
A MYANMAR military court has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to a further seven years in prison, taking her overall…
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has welcomed the return of Benjamin Netanyahu as head of the most far-right Israeli government the…
AT the end of a year in which motherhood has been at the centre of impassioned debate in the US,…
A HUGE fire at an expressway tunnel on the outskirts of Seoul as a result of an accident has killed…
THE US is considering imposing new Covid restrictions on Chinese arrivals, after Beijing announced it would reopen its borders next…