China has called on North Korea to strengthen bilateral cooperation and jointly oppose hegemony, in what was interpreted as a thinly veiled reference to the United States, Chinese officials said. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his North Korean counterpart, Choe Son-hui, in Beijing on Sunday, just weeks after a rare visit by North […]

New York Mayor Eric Adams announced on Sunday that he was withdrawing from the mayoral race, citing a failure to gain traction against Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, a self-described socialist who has faced fierce criticism from former US President Donald Trump. Adams, 65, once a popular mayor, had been plagued by corruption allegations and criticised […]

At least four people were killed and several others wounded on Sunday after a shooter targeted a Mormon church in Michigan, authorities confirmed. US President Donald Trump described the incident as part of a national “epidemic of violence.”   Police in northern Michigan reported that the attacker first rammed the church with a vehicle, then […]

A protester was killed by Ecuadorian armed forces during demonstrations against a fuel price increase, according to the country’s largest Indigenous organisation, Conaie, on Sunday. Efrain Fuerez, described by Conaie as a father of two and pillar of his family, was reportedly shot three times and died later in hospital in Cotacachi, approximately 100 kilometres […]

An appeals trial involving Air France and Airbus opened on Monday concerning the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that claimed 228 lives, marking the worst disaster in the French airline’s history.   On 1 June 2009, Air France flight AF447, travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, lost control over the Atlantic Ocean and […]

Australian telecommunications giant Optus reported on Monday that it experienced a network outage on Sunday, which temporarily prevented calls to emergency services. This incident comes just over a week after a previous disruption that has been linked to four deaths. The outage affected thousands of people in New South Wales and lasted more than nine […]

Europe has long been a global leader in combating climate change, but the European Environment Agency (EEA) warned on Monday that more must be done to safeguard the continent’s environment and bolster resilience against global warming. “Significant progress has been made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, but the overall state of Europe’s […]