Anti-government rebels have ambushed and killed 11 people in an attack on a rubber plantation in Malaya. The dead include a London director visiting the area, the manager of the estate
Almost 200 nations accepted a compromise deal yesterday aimed at keeping a key global warming target alive, but it contained a last-minute change that watered down crucial language about
At the main hospital in Romania’s capital, the morgue ran out of space for the dead in recent days, and doctors in Bulgaria have suspended routine surgeries so they can
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter this weekend registered her candidacy for vice president in next year’s elections and was chosen as the running mate of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the late
The English pound note is to disappear after more than 150 years. News of the familiar green £1 note’s withdrawal came when Chancellor Nigel Lawson made his autumn statement in parliament
The world’s top carbon polluters, China and the United States, agreed yesterday to increase their cooperation and speed up action to rein in climate-damaging emissions, signaling a mutual effort
The head of lighting on the film “Rust” filed a lawsuit over Alec Baldwin’s fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of the Western, alleging negligence that caused
Germany reported a record-high number of more than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases yesterday as lawmakers mulled legislation that would pave the way for new coronavirus measures. The Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s
The man who led his people’s struggle for more than 40 years suffered multiple organ failure at 0330 local time (0230 GMT). He had been in a coma since 3 November
South Korea has rejected refugee status for ethnic Chinese people who have been “stateless” since they fled North Korea years ago, two of the applicants and an activists’ group said
People who trust Fox News Channel and other media outlets that appeal to conservatives are more likely to believe falsehoods about COVID-19 and vaccines than those who primarily go elsewhere
Thousands of Britain’s iconic red phone boxes will be protected from removal under new rules, the U.K.’s telecommunications regulator said yesterday . The public payphone boxes may look like obsolete relics
The country’s military rulers ordered the execution of Mr Saro-Wiwa and eight other dissidents should go ahead at 0730 local time (0830 GMT). They were taken in chains to a prison
The U.N. humanitarian chief urged Myanmar’s military leaders yesterday to provide unimpeded access to the more than 3 million people in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance since government forces
Hong Kong could open up to global travel in roughly six months, after officials have successfully navigated the introduction of quarantine-free borders with mainland China and boosted the local vaccination
A Russian island north of Japan has become a testing ground for Moscow’s efforts to reconcile its prized fossil fuel industry with the need to do something about climate change. More than
Prince Charles and Princess Diana have ended the first day of their much-vaunted trip to the USA at a gala dinner in the Washington, hosted by President Reagan and his
A new round of deadly attacks and forced conscription has begun against ethnic Tigrayans in an area of Ethiopia now controlled by Amhara regional authorities in collaboration with soldiers from
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to talk about climate change. But his opponents want to focus on sleaze. As a United Nations climate summit aimed at staving off catastrophic global
The result of the American presidential election is still hanging in the balance hours after the last polls officially closed. Votes are still being counted in the key state of Florida
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