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They hugged, they gripped hands, they touched knees and they backslapped. But they did not agree on everything. French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump rekindled the most touchy-feely bromance in world politics as they met on Monday (February 24, 2025) for talks on Ukraine. The pair have a long history of public … Read more

Order a Coke to wash down some hummus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank these days and chances are the waiter will shake his head disapprovingly — or worse, mutter “shame, shame” in Arabic — before suggesting the popular local alternative: a can of Chat Cola. Chat Cola — its red tin and sweeping white script … Read more

Taiwan detained the Chinese-crewed cargo ship Hongtai on February 25 after a subsea telecoms cable was severed off the island, the coast guard said. | Photo Credit: AFP Taiwanese authorities are investigating a Chinese-crewed ship suspected of severing an undersea communications cable in the latest such incident adding to tensions between Taipei and Beijing. Taiwan’s … Read more

Inductees Dave Stewart, left, and Annie Lennox of Eurythmics pose in the press room during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on, November 5, 2022, at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. | Photo Credit: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP A new album called “Is This What We Want?” features a stellar list of more … Read more

A woman writes a message on a board for family members of passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 at the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A fresh search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been launched more than a decade after the plane went missing … Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal of three years of American policy toward Ukraine has raised concerns China might become emboldened to push its territorial claim on Taiwan, though experts say Beijing is most likely in a wait-and-see mode right now to see how the situation in Europe plays out. In the past two … Read more

Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United Nations rights chief warned Monday (February 25, 2025) of the risk of a return to an era of “dictators”, calling for urgent efforts to avoid “very dangerous” events. “In previous centuries, the unrestrained use of force by the powerful, … Read more

Representational image of oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia June 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Manzyuk/File Photo | Photo Credit: Reuters India, the world’s third largest oil consuming and importing nation, bought crude oil worth €49 billion from Russia in the third year of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, a global think tank … Read more

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attends the hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law, at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea on February 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is expected to make a closing statement on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) … Read more

Representational image of the North Korean flag | Photo Credit: AP Seoul North Koreans have been forced to work on Chinese-flagged fishing vessels without touching land for as long as a decade, facing verbal and physical abuse as well as harsh conditions, a report said Monday (February 24, 2025). Nuclear-armed North Korea has long made … Read more