Category: World

Brazil’s first lady on Monday defended remarks she made about short-video app TikTok during a state dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a move that departed from diplomatic convention … Read More

Netflix has thrown Sesame Street a safety net with a new streaming deal that offers the popular children’s staple a broad reach while keeping it on its long-standing home, PBS, … Read More

French police have recovered by chance the long-lost bust of American singer Jim Morrison that once adorned the grave of the iconic frontman of The Doors, 37 years after it … Read More

Nippon Steel plans to invest US$14 billion in US Steel’s operations including up to US$4 billion in a new steel mill if the Trump administration approves its bid for the … Read More

Twenty-two countries, including Australia, Britain, France and Germany, on Monday demanded that Israel immediately “allow a full resumption of aid into Gaza” after the partial lifting of its blockade on … Read More

US Vice-President J.D. Vance extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the Vatican on Monday ahead of a flurry of US-led … Read More

US President Donald Trump spoke to Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday about peace in Ukraine after Washington said there was an impasse over ending Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War … Read More

Legendary Russian ballet dancer and choreographer Yuri Grigorovich has died aged 98. Born in the Soviet city of Leningrad to a ballet family, Grigorovich’s career – as a dancer, then … Read More

Joe Biden expressed his gratitude to Americans on Monday for their “love and support” after the former US president said he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The weekend announcement … Read More

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to become the first European leader to deliver the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore later this month. Arguably Asia’s most influential … Read More