PARIS, Jan 13 (AFP): The world's political and business elites will gather for the annual Davos summit next week to promote "cooperation in a fragmented world", with war in Ukraine, the climate crisis and global trade tensions high on the agenda.For half a century, the World Economic Forum in the...
Read moreUNITED NATIONS, Jan 13 (XINHUA): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on all member states to uphold the vision and the values of the UN Charter and the rule of law in particular."First and foremost, I urge all member states to uphold the vision and the values of the...
Read moreWASHINGTON, Jan 13 (AFP): US President Joe Biden said Thursday a second set of classified documents had been found at his private residence, prompting calls for a congressional investigation into the alleged mishandling of official papers.The records, from Biden's time as vice president, were discovered at a storage space in...
Read moreDAMASCUS, Jan 13 (AFP): Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday that a Moscow-brokered rapprochement with Turkey should aim for "the end of occupation" by Ankara of parts of Syria.The comment, in a statement from his office, was Assad's first on meetings between ministers from Ankara and Damascus after more than...
Read moreTOKYO, Jan 13 (AFP): Japanese prosecutors indicted the man accused of killing former prime minister Shinzo Abe on Friday, after a lengthy psychiatric review found him fit to stand trial, local media said.Tetsuya Yamagami was detained immediately after the former Japanese premier was gunned down last July while giving a...
Read moreGENEVA, Jan 13 (AFP): The past eight years were the hottest since records began, the United Nations confirmed Thursday, despite the cooling influence of a drawn-out La Nina weather pattern.Last year, as the world faced a cascade of unprecedented natural disasters made more likely and deadly by climate change, the...
Read moreUkraine's peace summit may take place on Feb 24: ambassadorKIEV: Ukraine's Ambassador to Türkiye Vasyl Bodnar said that a summit to discuss the peace plan for Ukraine may take place on Feb. 24, the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency reported Thursday. The summit, which is due to be held under...
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