The rediscovery of the vessel, which was captured by the Japanese for a time during World War II, highlights the potential of underwater autonomous vehicles to map the ocean floor. On Aug. 1, a ship dropped its unusual cargo into…
A Treasury official will call for greater transparency over emergency currency “swap” loans to struggling countries by China’s central bank. The United States is raising new concerns about China’s practice of making emergency loans to debt-ridden countries, warning that a…
The trial of far-right leader Marine Le Pen and 26 other senior members of the National Front, accused of using fake jobs to embezzle EU funds from the European Parliament, began in a packed courtroom on Monday, with a sea…
Professor Haruko Satoh from the Osaka School of International Public Policy and Dr. Satu Limaye, Vice President and Research Program Director at the East-West Center in Washington, discuss the evolving role of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, a strategic partnership between…
The authorities did not give a reason for the action, but it came after the United States punished a tycoon for what it said was his role in the scam compounds. The authorities in Cambodia on Monday arrested a journalist…
The storm is expected to bring torrential rain this week to Taiwan’s southwest, including Kaohsiung, the island’s third-largest city. Source: National Hurricane Center and Joint Typhoon Warning Center All times on the map are Taiwan time. Map shows probabilities of…
Plus, creating fashion in prison. Israeli conducted raids in Lebanon Israeli commando units made brief incursions into Lebanon yesterday as troops gathered at the border, possibly to prepare for a wider invasion targeting Hezbollah, according to Israeli and Western officials.…
He was the first Black African to head a major international organization, but complaints about his tenure led the U.S. and Britain to pull out of it. Amadou Mahtar M’Bow, a Senegalese civil servant and politician who became the first…
Ukraine says nine killed in Russia strikes on hospital Zelenskiy / OfficialA fire that broke out after the Russian strikes was later contained, Ukrainian officials say Nine people have been killed in twin Russian drone strikes on a hospital in…
Vladimir Putin has this week proposed changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine that would significantly lower the threshold for the country’s use of nuclear weapons. Addressing a September 25 meeting of senior Kremlin officials, he presented a series of draft amendments…