BBC News: Canadian football fans are used to donning the jerseys of other countries during the Fifa World Cup – but this year is different. A young, promising Team Canada will play on the world stage for the first time in 36 years on Wednesday, setting the nation up for a historic run, no matter […]
BBC News: Ukraine’s security service has raided a historic monastery in Kyiv in an operation it says was aimed at stopping Russian agents using the site for sabotage, intelligence or weapons. The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Christian monastery dates back to the 11th Century and is a seat of Ukraine’s Orthodox Church (UOC). The Church split […]
BBC News: The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for ex-President Donald Trump’s tax forms to be released to a Democratic-controlled congressional committee. The justices rejected Mr Trump’s bid in October to block a lower court’s ruling that granted the panel’s request for his financial records. The move is a blow to Mr Trump, […]
Reuters: GENEVA, Nov 22 – The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday that the situation in Iran was “critical”, describing a hardening of the authorities’ response to protests that have resulted in more than 300 deaths in the past two months. “The rising number of deaths from protests in Iran, including those […]
ABC News: CIANJUR, Indonesia — The death toll from the earthquake that shook the Indonesian island of Java leapt to 268 on Tuesday as more bodies were found beneath collapsed buildings, and 151 people are still missing, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said. Agency head Suharyanto, who like many Indonesians only goes by one name, […]
Reuters: BEIJING, Nov 22 – A fire at a factory in the Chinese city of Anyang in Henan province has killed 36 people, with two others injured, state media reported on Tuesday. The fire broke out at Kaixinda Trading Co Ltd in the Wenfeng District, or “High-tech Zone”, in Anyang City, the report said. The […]
Reuters: PHNOM PENH, Nov 22 – The Chinese and U.S. defence ministers met for their second face-to-face talks this year on Tuesday, a U.S. official said, in a meeting that was not expected to lead to major breakthroughs but could touch on the importance of crisis communication and their opposing views on Taiwan. While U.S. […]
NDTV News: A US B-1B strategic bomber was redeployed to the Korean peninsula on Saturday for a joint air drill with South Korea, Seoul’s military said, a day after Pyongyang launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. “South Korea and the US conducted a joint air drill today with the US Air Force’s B-1B strategic bomber redeployed […]
ABC News: BANGKOK — Leaders from around the Asia-Pacific called for an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine and pledged to steer the region’s economies toward sustainable growth as they wrapped up summit meetings Saturday. Host Thailand garnered a diplomatic coup in managing to bridge divisions among the 21 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation […]
BBC News: The last-minute alcohol ban for stadiums, announced by Fifa on Friday, is emblematic of the contradictions at the heart of this World Cup. Qatar is trying to strike a balance between delivering a successful tournament that is enjoyable for the fans, and reassuring its Muslim population they have not compromised on religious rules […]
