MOSCOW, Russia: Russia's principal security agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB), has accused British intelligence of using the British Council as a front to work against Russia.
This week, the FSB said it had found teachers at top universities in four Russian regions who had worked with the British Council, a UK-based cultural and educational organization.
SYDNEY, Australia: Australia will not ease its strict biosecurity rules during trade talks with the United States, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said..
He spoke ahead of a possible meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 summit later this month.
Since 2003, Australia has limited the entry of U.S. beef due to concerns about mad cow disease. However, Australia still exports about A$4 billion (U
The Israeli Navy has intercepted a ship carrying humanitarian aid and a number of activists including Greta Thunberg, Rima Hassan, a member of the European Parliament, and Game of Thrones star Liam Cunningham.
TOKYO, Japan: Japan's demographic challenges intensified in 2024, with the number of births falling to another all-time low—underscoring the urgency of what Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called a "silent emergency."
According to data released this week by the Health Ministry, just 686,061 babies were born last year, marking a 5.7 percent drop from 2023 and the first time births have fallen below 700,00
BEIJING, China: A little-known office inside China's Ministry of Commerce has become a powerful chokepoint in the global auto and tech supply chain. With Beijing tightening export rules on rare earth magnets—vital for electric vehicle motors and military tech—a small team of bureaucrats now holds sway over what reaches automakers, chip firms, and aerospace giants worldwide.
D-day veterans return to Normandy 81 years later to honor freedom
OMAHA BEACH, France: Eighty-one years after the D-Day landings, a small group of World War II veterans has returned to the beaches of Normandy, France. Most are over 100 years old now, but they came back with the same message they fought for during the war: freedom must always be protected.
Nearly two dozen veterans who served in Europe and the Pacific are visiting Normandy to
BEIJING, China: The public security bureau in Guangzhou, a city in China, has announced a secret reward for more than 20 people it believes were involved in cyberattacks in China, according to China's official news agency Xinhua this week. This move adds to China's growing claims that Taiwan is behind these attacks.
Authorities said these hackers were connected to the Taiwan government and named one of them as N
THE HAGUE - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has strongly condemned the United States for imposing sanctions on four of its judges, calling the move an unacceptable attack on judicial independence.
The U.S. government announced sanctions against Second Vice-President Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini Gansou (Benin), Judge Solomy Balungi Bossa (Uganda), Judge Luz del Carmen Ibanez Carranza (Peru), and Judg
LOS ANGELES, California: As obesity rates among American teenagers climb to historic levels, more families and doctors are cautiously turning to medical interventions. New data shows a sharp rise in the number of U.S. adolescents starting treatment with Wegovy, a powerful weight-loss drug approved for use in children aged 12 and older.
In 2023, the average prescription rate fo
BERLIN, Germany: Germany has taken its first significant fiscal step to jumpstart its slowing economy.
This week, the cabinet approved a corporate tax relief package worth 46 billion euros (US$52.43 billion), aimed at boosting investment and easing the tax burden for businesses between 2025 and 2029.
The package includes generous depreciation incentives, such as "super depreciations," which allow 30 perce
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