NAIROBI – Mauritius’ Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth says nearly all remaining oil has been removed from a damaged Japanese ship, which leaked about 1,000 tonnes in a threat to tourism…
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has picked Senator Kamala Harris as his choice for vice president, making her the first Black woman on a major-party US presidential ticket and giving…
BRASILIA – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a “lie,” despite data produced by his own government showing that…
WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he’s “deeply troubled” by reports of the arrest of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai “under Hong Kong‘s draconian National Security Law.”…
BEIRUT– Lebanon’s prime minister has announced his government’s resignation, saying a huge explosion that devastated Beirut and triggered public outrage was the result of endemic corruption. The August 4 detonation…
NAIROBI – A Japanese ship that ran aground on a reef off Mauritius two weeks ago has now stopped leaking oil into the Indian Ocean but the island nation must…
HONG KONG – Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has filed a court challenge against his disqualification from district polls, in a move which may have implications for this year’s…
BANGKOK – The inter-governmental Mekong River Commission on Friday urged China and Southeast Asian countries to share more data on hydropower dam operations, as water flow in the Mekong hit…
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping bans on US transactions with China’s ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, operator of the WeChat app, starting in…
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s health ministry has reported 6,590 new confirmed coronavirus infections and 819 fatalities, bringing the country’s totals to 462,690 cases and 50,517 deaths. The virus is spreading…