ABC News: BEIJING — The top U.S. and Chinese diplomats agreed Wednesday to keep building on recent progress in bilateral ties and work together to keep the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza from spreading. Both Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken referred in a telephone call to last month’s closely […]
ABC News: MANILA, Philippines — A passenger bus lost control while negotiating a downhill curve in a central Philippine mountain village and plunged into a deep ravine, killing at least 16 people and injuring 12 others, officials said Wednesday. Eight of the wounded in the accident, which happened Tuesday afternoon in Hamtic town in the […]
BBC News: The UN climate change conference in Dubai is close to a big breakthrough on reducing the gases heating our planet, its United Arab Emirates hosts believe. Expressing “cautious optimism”, the UAE negotiating team believes COP28 is gearing up to commit to phasing down fossil fuels over coming decades. Maybe even ditching them altogether. […]
BBC News: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called off a high-profile briefing with US lawmakers amid an impasse over future US funding for the country. Virtual appearances in the Senate and House had been scheduled for Tuesday, but were cancelled at the last moment. It came after a top Ukrainian official warned they are in […]
BBC News: At least 85 civilians were killed in Kaduna state, north-west Nigeria, in an air strike during a Muslim religious celebration on Sunday, the local emergency management authority said. The civilians were “mistakenly killed” by a military drone “targeting terrorists and bandits”, according to state Governor Uba Sani, who did not give a death […]
BBC News: Heavy rains and strong winds are battering India’s southern Andhra Pradesh state as a severe cyclonic storm makes landfall. Nine people, including a child, have died in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Tamil Nadu state in rain-related incidents. Authorities have evacuated thousands of people from low-lying areas in both states. Many residential areas are […]
BBC News: Fourteen people have died in Thailand after a double-decker bus veered off the road and smashed into a tree. Photos online show the bus leaning on its side and its front split in half, with parts of the tree wedged in it. Thirty-two others were injured following the crash in Prachuap Khiri Khan, […]
BBC News: Hundreds of rescuers are racing to find 12 hikers still missing after a deadly volcano eruption in Indonesia. The search on Sumatra’s Mount Marapi was halted on Monday due to safety concerns as there were continual eruptions. Eleven hikers were killed after Marapi erupted over the weekend. Five of their bodies have been […]
BBC News: Israel’s military has ordered the evacuation of a fifth of the main city in southern Gaza, as it expands its ground offensive against Hamas. A map showed six northern and central areas of Khan Younis where an estimated 167,000 people needed to leave. Witnesses also reported seeing tanks to the east, and a […]
BBC News: China is the top emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, while India comes in at number three. The two countries also have major economies – so why is there a disagreement over whether they should contribute to a fund to tackle the damage caused by climate change? The question remains even after […]
BBC News: Daily-wage labourer Asif Maseeh wakes up each day wondering how he will feed his family of seven. “We just pray to God that we’ll find a way to eat tomorrow,” Mr Maseeh told the BBC. The 45-year-old is among an estimated 700,000 workers who have lost their jobs in recent years, following the […]
BBC News: A small twin-engine plane has been forced to make an emergency landing in a southern Paris suburb. The three people on board were taken to hospital requiring urgent attention, but their injuries were not considered life-threatening, officials said. No-one else was injured in the incident. The aircraft landed in a residential area in […]
