Trump says he and Putin have agreed to begin talks on ending the war

President Donald Trump upended three years of U.S. policy toward Ukraine yesterday , saying that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had agreed to begin negotiations

Blood pressure patterns differ between South and East Asian adults in UK

Disparities in how high blood pressure and cardiovascular risks may develop among South Asian and East Asian adults in the United Kingdom highlight the need for

Chocolate love has its price as cocoa costs make hearts shudder, not flutter

St. Valentine chocolates always seek to show how deep your love is. This year, it might just also show how deep your pockets are.

Amateur treasure hunters unearth pieces of British history

When Malcolm Weale saw the tiny, dirt-covered object he’d unearthed in an English field, he knew it was something special. In his hand was a silver

Turkmenistan reaches deal with Turkey to ship natural gas via Iran

Turkmenistan has struck a deal to ship natural gas to Turkey via Iran, a government daily reported yesterday . The official daily Neutral Tyrkmenistan said that Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov,

Trump signs order for plastic straws as he declares paper ones ‘don’t work’

President Donald Trump said yesterday he is banning federal use of paper straws, saying they “don’t work” and don’t last very long. Instead he wants

A dairy worker in Nevada was infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has been spreading in U.S. herds since last

Most nations miss deadline for plans to fight climate change. UN says take your time to do it right

Nearly 200 nations faced a Monday (yesterday, Macau time) deadline to file what the United Nations’ climate chief calls “among the most important policy documents governments will produce

US officials are bound for Europe for top-level talks on Ukraine

President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said yesterday that top administration officials will meet with European officials this week about how to end the war

Mexican long-nosed bats are no strangers to southeastern Arizona

Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but without capturing and measuring the night-flying creatures, proof has been elusive. Researchers

Turkey’s Erdogan again rejects US proposal to relocate Palestinians from Gaza

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan again rejected a U.S. proposal to relocate Palestinians from Gaza and said Israel should pay for the damage it caused there and for

Trump’s AI ambition and China’s DeepSeek overshadow an AI summit in Paris

The geopolitics of artificial intelligence will be in focus at a major summit in France where world leaders, executives and experts will hammer out pledges on

Flu season in the US is the most intense it’s been in at least 15 years

The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years. One indicator of flu activity

Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s fiery freedom fighter and first president, dies aged 95

Sam Nujoma, the fiery white-bearded freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, and

From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rainforest, USAID has big impact across the globe

The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism from congressional Democrats and raised questions and concern about

US democratic senators protest Trump granting Musk’s staff access to classified info US

Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are demanding answers after they say President Donald Trump gave billionaire Elon Musk and his staff access to sensitive

Bank of England halves UK growth projection and cuts main interest rate to 4.50%

The Bank of England halved its growth projection for the British economy this year as it cut its main interest rate yesterday for the third time in six

Trump’s suggestion the US ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip rejected by friends and foes

President Donald Trump’s proposal that the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and permanently resettle its Palestinian residents was swiftly rejected and denounced yesterday by American

At least 10 killed in Sweden’s worst mass shooting, gunman also dead

Sweden’s worst mass shooting left at least 11 people dead, including the gunman, and at least five seriously wounded at an adult education center west

Sands achieves ISO 14001 certification for environmental management

Sands China Ltd. has received ISO 14001:2015 certification for its Environmental Management System (EMS), marking a significant step in the company’s commitment to sustainable operations and adherence to

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