ASEAN diplomats meet China as friction mounts over Beijing's sweeping maritime claims VIENTIANE, Laos: Top Southeast Asian diplomats met Friday in Laos with China's foreign minister for talks that come as friction escalates over Beijing's growing effort to press its sweeping maritime claims in the South China Sea.Several members of the Association of Southeast Asian … Read more
LONDON: Britain's new government must drop the country's legal challenge to the International Criminal Court's request for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, Human Rights Watch has said. Rishi Sunak, the former British prime minister, had challenged the court's issuance of orders against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant earlier this year. … Read more
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's first presidential election since an unprecedented economic crisis sparked widespread unrest will be held in September, the electoral commission said on Friday. President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has led an effort to repair the island nation's battered finances, will face at least two rivals fighting against austerity measures imposed under an International Monetary … Read more
The leaders of three major countries have called on Israel for a ceasefire, saying the situation in Gaza is “catastrophic”.
HOUSTON, Texas: Vice President Kamala Harris took her presidential campaign to America's largest teachers union on Thursday, pledging a “fight for the future” as new polls showed her narrowing the gap with Republican rival Donald Trump. Harris' rapid emergence as the successor to President Joe Biden, 81, as the Democratic presidential nominee in the Nov. … Read more
Trump's assassination attempt is emerging as a key issue when it comes to negotiations in an Australian workplace.
ABUJA: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Nigeria's armed forces warned on Thursday of Kenya-style violence in protests planned for next week over soaring living costs, with the military saying it would avert “anarchy”. Kenya was rocked by deadly protests that forced the government to scrap new taxes. Nigeria's economic reforms have seen a 40 percent … Read more
PARIS: Don't you know your pommel horse from your uneven bars? AFP Sport takes a look at the details of the artistic gymnastics competition that comes to life at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. The men compete on six apparatus: floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal/high bar. There are four for women: … Read more
NEW YORK: A jersey belonging to American baseball legend Babe Ruth on Thursday broke the world record for the most expensive sports item sold at auction – and the sale hasn't even closed yet. The highest bid for the New York Yankees jersey currently stands at $13.3 million, including commissions and fees. However, the sale … Read more
PARIS: There will be no flags or fanfare for Daniil Medvedev at the Paris Olympics, but Russia's highest-profile athlete in the French capital is unlikely to be far from the headlines. The tennis star, along with other Russians and Belarusians at the Games, must compete as a neutral following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Having shown … Read more
