President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday (February 16, 2025) he could meet “very soon” with Vladimir Putin, adding he believes his Russian counterpart genuinely wants to stop fighting in Ukraine. “No time set, but … Read more
French ex-surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, accused of the aggravated rape and sexual assault against hundreds of children during three decades, during his trial at the courthouse in Saintes, France, on March 3, 2020 in this courtroom sketch. | Photo Credit: Reuters A former surgeon goes on trial later in February charged with raping or sexually … Read more
Ships move through the Taiwan Strait as seen from the 68-nautical-mile scenic spot, the closest point in mainland China to the island of Taiwan, in Pingtan in southeastern China’s Fujian Province. | Photo Credit: AP The Taiwan Strait is absolutely “not within the scope of China’s sovereignty”, and any deliberate Chinese attempts to create tension … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a press conference at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, February 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel’s security cabinet was set to discuss on Monday (February 17, 2025) the next phase of the ceasefire in Gaza, after top U.S. diplomat Marco … Read more
A woman kneels at the foot of a statue of late Pope John Paul II outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, where Pope Francis was hospitalised Friday after a week-long bout of bronchitis worsened | Photo Credit: AP Pope Francis had breakfast, read the newspapers and followed Mass on television Sunday (February 16, 2025) … Read more
Smoke billows from Bukavu Central Prison buildings, a day after the prison break as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced into the centre of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo February 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said on Sunday (February 16, 2025), as … Read more
A Taliban government delegation was visiting Japan for the first time on Monday (February 17, 2025), in a rare diplomatic visit outside of the region. The Afghan delegation left Kabul on Saturday (February 15, 2025), in a visit that local media said would last one week and included officials from the Higher Education, Foreign Affairs, … Read more
Ukraine on Sunday (February 16, 2025) said it retook a mining village near the embattled strategic city of Pokrovsk, which Russia has tried to capture for months, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his forces had made gains. “A number of counter-attacks by Ukrainian forces have had some success,” a spokesman for troops in the area, … Read more
When Germans go to vote in one week’s time, after a polarising election campaign overshadowed by a far-right surge, they are expected to hand the chancellery to conservative Friedrich Merz. If the polls are right, it will fall to the Christian Democrat to deal with a storm of challenges roiling Germany — economic stagnation, a … Read more
The mineral ilmenite is extracted from mounds of sand deep in the earth and refined using a method that summons the force of gravity, resulting in a substance that glimmers like a moonlit sky. Ukraine boasts vast reserves of ilmenite – a key element used to produce titanium – in the heavy mineral sands … Read more