The European Union implemented a new sanctions package on Russia that officials hope will significantly relieve food-security problems facing developing and poor countries.
One of the Chinese capital’s designated crematoria for Covid-19 patients has been flooded with dead bodies in the wake of the country’s loosening of pandemic restrictions.
A lasting drive for change will challenge the foundations of the Islamic Republic but isn’t an immediate threat to the government in Tehran, Western and Middle East security officials say.
A giant cylindrical aquarium that had become a landmark in the years since the fall of the Berlin Wall burst, raining one million liters of water and 1,500 exotic fish on a busy crossing.
Japan called China its biggest security challenge and said it would sharply raise military spending including for missiles that can hit other countries.
Russia fired a barrage of missiles targeting energy infrastructure in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, part of a campaign to wear down its adversary while rebuilding for an expected renewed ground offensive.
Countries in the bloc are set to start collecting additional taxes in 2024 under a long-stalled global deal, after Hungary and Poland dropped their objections.
Kyiv sought to destabilize occupying Russian forces and put them on the back foot as the Kremlin said the attacks were dragging the West further into the war.
The law, by aiming to prevent a generation of people from legally buying cigarettes, marks progress for antismoking campaigners who initially struggled to achieve piecemeal measures.
Retail sales tumbled as locked-down consumers cut back on spending, while industrial production lost momentum as factories grappled with Covid restrictions and slowing overseas demand.
Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com said it would dispatch 1,000 workers to Beijing to clear a backlog of deliveries, adding to mounting evidence that China’s exit from its zero-Covid policies has been bumpy and uncertain.
The decision kick-starts a busy day for monetary policy in Europe, with the Bank of England and the European Central Bank due to unveil their latest moves.
The six departed diplomats faced a deadline to submit to police questioning over the violent mid-October scuffle outside China’s consulate in Manchester.
Benjamin Netanyahu is shepherding several laws that will codify unusual agreements he has made with coalition partners for their support in his comeback bid as prime minister.
Police have raided the headquarters of Emmanuel Macron’s political party, prosecutors said, as part of two probes into possible ties between consulting firms and France’s presidential campaigns in 2017 and 2022.
The alleged leader of a suspected far-right terrorist cell that German authorities dismantled last week met with Russian diplomats in what investigators believe was a failed bid to obtain support, German officials said.
The Chinese leader has long admired Vladimir Putin. Now, he is strengthening ties between the two nations with increased trade and energy partnerships.
Ukrainian air defenses repelled a wave of Russian strikes in Kyiv, knocking at least 13 drones out of the sky, with explosions reported in the historical center of the city.
The Kremlin said that U.S. Patriot missile-defense systems would be a legitimate target if supplied to Ukraine, signaling that Russia doesn’t intend to cease its military offensive even in the face of superior weaponry.
Nearly three weeks after demonstrations against strict Covid-19 controls exploded across China, some protesters remain in detention and now facing the prospect of criminal charges.
The annual rate of inflation fell in November, a fresh sign that the surge in consumer prices around the world since early last year is easing as household spending power declines and central banks push borrowing costs higher.
The U.S. is finalizing plans to give Ukraine its most coveted missile defense system, the Patriot, the most sophisticated weapon Washington would provide Ukraine since its war with Russia began.
The European Union agreed to impose a tax on imports based on the greenhouse gases emitted to make them, inserting climate-change regulation for the first time into the rules of global trade.
The three-day meeting seeks to reset relations with a continent whose governments are divided over Washington’s tough approach toward Moscow and where China and Russia have challenged U.S. power.
Young people, many of them minors, have a played a leading role in the protests that have swept the country since the death of Mahsa Amini in September.
The proposed cap was widely criticized by European Union countries on both sides of the debate, with some warning of unintended consequences and others saying it was too high to be effective.