PARIS: Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh won the right to host the Expo 2030 world fair, vote results showed on Tuesday (Nov 28), in another diplomatic victory for a Gulf country after the Qatar World Cup last year. South Korea’s Busan and Italy’s Rome were also in the running to host theContinue Reading
SYDNEY: China has urged Australia to notify it of navy movements in the contested South China Sea and East China Sea, with a senior Chinese official cautioning that a small incident between militaries could escalate and damage ties. Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last week said a Chinese warship actedContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Campaigning for Indonesia’s presidential election was officially underway on Tuesday (Nov 28), with two of the three candidates kicking off two months of whistle-stop touring to woo voters in a race to lead the world’s third-largest democracy. Indonesia holds presidential and legislative elections on Feb 14, with Defence MinisterContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei will meet with a top security aide to US President Joe Biden in Washington, the White House confirmed on Monday (Nov 27), after the far-right libertarian lunched with former US President Bill Clinton in New York. The meal with the former US leader, a DemocratContinue Reading
HELSINKI : Finland’s prime minister on Monday (Nov 27) said his country expects more asylum seekers to arrive at its border via Russia and plans to take further measures to stem the flow after closing all but one entry point in recent weeks. “Intelligence information from different sources tells usContinue Reading
BAN KHOK SAMRAN: When Natthawaree Mulkan’s mother saw that her daughter was among the Thai hostages released by Hamas, she was so happy she danced with her 8-year-old granddaughter outside their home in northeastern Thailand. “I was elated … I came out and danced,” Bunyarin Srijan, 56, said pointing toContinue Reading
“Australia and the Philippines are firmly committed to peaceful, secure and prosperous region, where sovereignty and agreed rules and norms are respected,” Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said in a joint statement posted by Marcos. “The first joint patrol between the Australian Defence Force and the Armed Forces ofContinue Reading
Earlier reports said around 12 Thais had been released. A source briefed on the negotiations said their release was unrelated to a truce deal with Israel, the first in the seven-week-old war, and followed a separate track of talks with Hamas mediated by Egypt and Qatar. The ministry thanked theContinue Reading
AMSTERDAM: More than a thousand people gathered in Amsterdam on Friday (Nov 24) in support of groups facing discrimination in the Netherlands, after major gains for a far-right political party this week. In Amsterdam’s central Dam Square people lit candles or held up cellphone lights in a mostly silent protest,Continue Reading
BEIJING: Europe should not be afraid of working with China because of competition, foreign minister Wang Yi said at a press briefing on Friday (Nov 24) with his French counterpart in Beijing. “China’s position is clear, we will adhere to our support of Europe’s strategic autonomy,” Wang said when askedContinue Reading