World

Japan's new births fall to record low in 2023 as demographic woes deepen

The number of babies born in Japan fell for an eighth straight year to a fresh record low in 2023.

February 28, 2024 9:43 am
 

World

Inside the Democratic rebellion against Biden over the Gaza war

The depth of Democratic Party anger over President Joe Biden’s handling of the Gaza war has caught his campaign off guard.

February 28, 2024 8:05 am
 

World

France's Macron says sending troops to Ukraine cannot be ruled out

France’s President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday there was no consensus on sending troops to Ukraine, but the subject could not be ruled out.

February 27, 2024 6:01 pm
 

World

US airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy

A U.S. Air Force airman who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington in an apparent act of protest against the war in Gaza has died, the military and local police said.

February 27, 2024 5:30 pm
 

World

Arab states, Turkey ask World Court to declare Israeli occupation illegal

Arab states urged international judges to rule the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories illegal and Turkey described the occupation as “the real obstacle to peace” on the final day of hearings in a case examining its legal status.

February 27, 2024 4:08 pm
 

World

South Korea nurses to take on more medical work due to doctor walkout

South Korean nurses have been given legal protection to perform some medical procedures normally conducted by doctors, the health minister said, as authorities seek to ease the burden on hospital staff caused by a walkout of trainee doctors.

February 27, 2024 3:01 pm
 

Pacific Islands

US cautions after Hawaii neighbor Kiribati gets Chinese police

The United States on cautioned Pacific Islands nations against assistance from Chinese security forces after Reuters reported that Chinese police are working in the remote atoll nation of Kiribati, a neighbor of Hawaii.

February 27, 2024 2:46 pm
 

World

Denmark ends probe into 'deliberate' Nord Stream pipeline blasts

Denmark has dropped its investigation into the explosions in 2022 on the Nord Stream pipelines carrying Russian gas to Germany, police said, becoming the second nation to do so after Sweden closed its own inquiry.

February 27, 2024 1:40 pm
 

World

Sweden clears final hurdle to join NATO as Hungary approves accession

Hungary’s parliament approved Sweden’s NATO accession, clearing the last hurdle before the historic step by the Nordic country whose neutrality lasted through two world wars and the simmering conflict of the Cold War.

February 27, 2024 12:28 pm
 

World

Satellite images reveal floating barrier

Satellite images of the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea show a new floating barrier across its entrance.

February 27, 2024 11:47 am
 

World

Polish farmers block highway at border crossing with Germany

Polish farmers protesting against European Union regulations and cheap food imports from Ukraine blocked the A2 highway at a border crossing with Germany.

February 27, 2024 10:03 am
 

New Zealand

New Zealand begins sentencing of those involved in White Island volcanic eruption

Sentencing for the tour booking agents and managers of an island in New Zealand where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people.

February 27, 2024 9:26 am

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