US President Joe Biden addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Pressure mounted on Vladimir Putin Wednesday after his decision to send reservists to Ukraine sparked protests, hundreds arrested...

Pressure on Putin as he called reservists to war

US President Joe Biden addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Pressure mounted on Vladimir Putin...

Zelensky calls on the world to punish Russia as Biden seeks to court the...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears on the screen as he addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly United Nations (United States) (AFP)...

Global Fund raises $14.25 billion to end HIV, tuberculosis and malaria

(From left to Right) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, French President Emmanuel Macron, European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and US President...

Pressure builds after World Bank chief dodges questions about climate

World Bank President David Malpass has been accused of being a "climate denier" after refusing to answer whether he believed human-made emissions contributed to...

Historic Monza stun troubled Juve, Atalanta return to summit with Roma win

Christian Getkear (2ndR back) celebrates after scoring his first Serie A goal Monza (Italy) (AFP) - Monza plunged Juventus into a new crisis on Sunday...

Worcester boss fears for crisis rugby club’s future

Worcester warning - Rugby manager Steve Diamond says the future of the cash-strapped Premier League club is in the balance. London (AFP) - Worcester's rugby...

China doubles down on coal as energy crunch bites

Coal loading onto trains at a coal plant in Huaibei, east China's Anhui Province, on June 23, 2022 - Coal power still makes up...

Tunisian ‘hanging garden’ farms cling on despite drought

High in the hills of northwest Tunisia, farmers plant thousands of fig trees with a unique system of terraces that they hope will protect...

Steep Fed rate hike seen as certainty after ugly inflation data

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said policy makers must continue to act aggressively to curb the raging price pressures that are putting pressure on...

Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’ wins Toronto festival top prize

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Steven Spielberg's new film "The Fabelmans" earned its spot as the first Academy Awards nominee Sunday by winning the first...

Biden visits queen’s coffin as UK counts down to funeral

London (AFP) - US President Joe Biden paid his last respects in London to Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday, as it was time for...

Strong quake strikes eastern Taiwan, tsunami threat lifted

Taipei (AFP) - A strong earthquake struck southeast Taiwan on Sunday, killing at least one person, destroying a few buildings and destroying roads -...

Thousands evacuated as typhoon pounds Japan

Typhoon Nanmadol brought torrential rain, high waves and strong winds to southern Japan Minamata (Japan) (AFP) - Thousands took shelter in southwest Japan on Sunday...

Germany controls Russian-owned oil refineries

By controlling German Rosneft's operations, Berlin can operate refineries using crude oil from countries other than Russia Berlin (AFP) - Berlin on Friday took control...

Xi and Putin look to challenge global order at regional summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for global order change at a summit challenging Western influence. Samarkand (Uzbekistan) (AFP) Russian President...

The UN summit personally returns to a world of divisions

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, speaking ahead of the General Assembly leaders summit, said the divisions in the world are "the widest since at least...

How the Queen’s death followed the evidence of misinformation

People walk past a giant portrait of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Spitfields Market, London, on September 16, 2022 Washington (AFP) - The death of...

Germany seizes subsidiaries of Russian energy company

By controlling German Rosneft's operations, Berlin can operate refineries using crude oil from countries other than Russia Berlin (AFP) - Berlin on Friday took control...

The US gets a voice in an epic battle with Apple

Lawyers for Epic Games and Fortnite maker Apple will face off in an appeal hearing over strict App Store censorship, and lawyers for the...

Craig Ervine returns for the T20 World Cup

Irvine returns from a hamstring injury. © Getty Zimbabwe on Thursday (September 15, 2022) announced its 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup in...

Chan Masoud was chosen for the T20 World Cup. Fakhar Zaman is missing

Pakistan has called up left-back Shan Masood for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Masoud, 32, will replace Fakhar Zaman, who will be in reserve...

In Nigeria finding value in waste recycling

There is money in the trash: scrap metal at the Romco recycling plant in Lagos Lagos (AFP) - Heaps of garbage scattered along roads and...

Stocks rise, dollar falls before US inflation data

The dollar fell from its recent highs against the euro, the pound and the yen London (AFP) - Stock markets rose slightly and the dollar...

The United States should be “on the table” in the field of semiconductors: Blinken

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken speaks during a State Department function talk at Purdue University, on September 13, 2022, in West Lafayette, Indiana. West...

Stocks plummet, dollar jumps as US inflation picks up

Despite the welcome decline in US gasoline prices, food, housing and car prices continued to rise New York (AFP) - Stock markets fell while the...

Former Congressional Security Chief on Twitter to Shareholders Supporting Musk’s Purchase

Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, Twitter's former head of security, says company executives have ignored warnings he's raised about the safety of user data. Washington (AFP) -...

Annual US inflation eased in August – but it probably won’t be enough

High prices have forced Americans to spend a larger share of their income on basic goods High prices have forced Americans to spend a larger...

Webb Telescope takes ‘breathtaking’ images of the Orion Nebula

An international research team has revealed the first images of the Orion Nebula captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, leaving astronomers "in a...

Oregon ignites the last major wildfires that swept the western United States

CalFire firefighters move away from the fire to monitor any stray embers during the firing process to build a Fairview fire containment line near...