India’s top court to examine change in Kashmir’s status
NEW DELHI —
India’s top court is taking up legal challenges to the government’s decision to
revoke Indian-controlled Kashmir’s special status and has asked the government
to...
Brazil to reject G7 money to fight amazon fires
BRASILIA – The Brazilian government has
said it will reject an offer of aid from G7 countries to help tackle fires in
the Amazon rainforest.
French President...
Hong Kong leader vows to narrow rifts
HONG KONG leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday
that she had met with a group of young people about the pro-democracy protests
gripping the city, but she...
Australian writer faces spying charges in China
BEIJING – Chinese-Australian writer Yang
Hengjun has been formally arrested on espionage charges in China after months
of detention, Australia has confirmed.
The Australian citizen has been...
World leaders vow to help Brazil fight fires, repair damage
RIO DE JANEIRO – Leaders of the Group of
Seven nations said Sunday they are preparing to help Brazil battle fires
burning across the Amazon region...
Battered Hong Kong faces economic crisis
HONG KONG – As one of the world’s most important trade
and business hubs, Hong Kong was always going to struggle this year because of
the...
Trump caught off guard as Iran’s Zarif visits G7 summit
BIARRITZ, France – Iran’s foreign
minister paid a visit to a G7 summit in France on Sunday, an unexpected twist
to a meeting already troubled by...
N. Korea tests new ‘super-large’ rocket launcher
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said Sunday leader Kim
Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a “newly developed super-large multiple
rocket launcher,” another demonstration of...
Squabbles erupt as G7 leaders open summit
BIARRITZ, France – Squabbles erupted among G7 nations on
Saturday as their leaders gathered for an annual summit, exposing sharp differences
on global trade tensions, Britain’s...
3 killed, 300 evacuated in Indonesian ferry fire
JAKARTA – Indonesian rescuers found three people dead and
evacuated 300 from the blazing wreckage of a ferry off the coast of Java
island, an official...