INTERNATIONAL: EU lawmakers on Thursday (April 7) overwhelmingly approved a resolution for "an immediate full embargo on Russian imports of oil, coal, nuclear fuel and gas."
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INTERNATIONAL: The World Health Organization's European chief said on Thursday 7th April that the body was preparing for possible "chemical assaults" in Ukraine.
INTERNATIONAL: British rock band Pink Floyd will release a new song on Friday (April 8) to raise money for humanitarian relief in Ukraine, featuring the vocals of a Ukrainian singer who quit an international…
INTERNATIONAL: Australia is expected to trigger a national election in the coming days, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison seeking to clear thorny political issues as his three-year term nears its end.…
INTERNATIONAL: The first Bushmaster armoured vehicles bound for Ukraine will depart Australia on Friday 8th April, the Australian government said, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy requested…
INTERNATIONAL: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan is due to address the nation on Friday after the Supreme Court ruled he acted unconstitutionally in blocking an attempt to oust him - a decision that…
INTERNATIONAL: Ukraine's prosecutor general on Thursday 7th April reported 26 bodies were found under two ruined buildings in Borodyanka, northwest of Kyiv. Emergency services worked to clear the rubble…
INTERNATIONAL: China firmly opposes any form of official contact between the United States and Taiwan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Thursday, in response to a planned visit…
INTERNATIONAL: The UN General Assembly on Thursday 7th April suspended Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council over reports of "gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights" by invading…
INTERNATIONAL: China warned on Thursday it would take strong measures if U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan and said such a visit would severely impact Chinese-U.S. relations,…
INTERNATIONAL: Ukraine wants sanctions crippling enough to force Russia to end its war after accusing some countries of putting economic wellbeing above punishment for civilian killings that the West…
INTERNATIONAL: In one drawing, dozens of men sit crammed into a single room, hunched with their knees together, every inch of space occupied. In another, they lie back to back on the floor, their faces…
INTERNATIONAL: The benchmark S&P 500 fell on Wednesday (April 6), with steep declines in tech and other growth stocks, after minutes from the Federal Reserve's March meeting sharpened investors' focus…
INTERNATIONAL: Growth in developing Asia will likely be slower this year than previously thought, the Asian Development Bank said on Wednesday, as the war in Ukraine is expected to derail economic recovery…
INTERNATIONAL: The Czech Republic has become the first NATO country to send tanks to Ukraine, including T-72 and armored infantry vehicles. This delivery is understood as a gift by NATO allies following…
INTERNATIONAL: Young protesters gathered in Sri Lanka’s capital Wednesday (April 6) to demonstrate against the government as the country suffered its worst economic crisis in decades.
INTERNATIONAL: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the foreign ministers of Britain, France, Germany and Italy in Brussels on Wednesday (April 6) as the world's wealthy democratic powers prepare…
INTERNATIONAL: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Wednesday (April 6) said that the range of sanctions imposed on Russia for its war in Ukraine should give China's leader Xi Jinping a "good…
INTERNATIONAL: The United States and its allies on Wednesday prepared new sanctions on Moscow over civilian killings which President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as "war crimes", as heavy fighting and…
INTERNATIONAL: Russia is getting more heat after the atrocities of recent reports on civilian killings, torture, and rape in Bucha came to light. Russia vehemently denied the allegations, but the international…
INTERNATIONAL: Police investigating a mass shooting in Sacramento, California, over the weekend took a third man into custody on Tuesday 5th April but said he was not accused of taking part in the massacre.
INTERNATIONAL: Peruvian President Pedro Castillo on Tuesday 5TH April afternoon lifted a curfew order following widespread defiance on the streets, as protests spiraled against rising fuel and fertilizer…
INTERNATIONAL: Tensions between Russia and Ukraine have intensified after hundreds of murdered civilians were allegedly found following the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine's Bucha.
INTERNATIONAL: People behind these “heinous crimes” must not go unpunished, the EU Commission head has said.
INTERNATIONAL: Drastic cuts to fossil fuel use. Growing forests and eating less meat. These are just some of the actions needed in this decade to contain global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial…
INTERNATIONAL: INorth Korea opposes war but would use nuclear weapons if South Korea attacked, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Tuesday, in a warning that analysts said…
INTERNATIONAL: Daniel Ricciardo thinks he might once have taken the Australian Grand Prix for granted but three years without any Formula One action at Albert Park has left him hankering for a race on…
INTERNATIONAL: Australian police on Tuesday recovered the bodies of a British national and his nine-year-old son killed in a landslide on a hiking trail in the Blue Mountains national park near Sydney.
INTERNATIONAL: An Indonesian court handed down a death sentence on Monday to a teacher for raping 13 girls at an Islamic school, upholding an appeal by prosecutors for the death penalty after he had initially…
INTERNATIONAL: The International Space Station (ISS) is set to become busier than usual this week when its crew welcomes aboard four new colleagues from Houston-based startup Axiom Space, the first all-private…
INTERNATIONAL: China's economic hub of Shanghai has enforced nucleic acid tests on all its 25 million residents on Monday in efforts to completely eliminate potential risks of COVID-19 transmission.
INTERNATIONAL: Russia will present "factual evidence" to the United Nations Security Council that its forces have not been killing civilians in Ukraine and were not involved in events in Bucha, Vasily…
INTERNATIONAL: Former U.S President Donald Trump held a rally in Michigan Saturday (April 2) where said, the "invasion of Ukraine would never have happened if I was in the White House."
INTERNATIONAL: Maksim Levin, a photographer and videographer who was working for a Ukrainian news website and was a long-time contributor to Reuters, was killed while covering Russia's invasion of Ukraine.…
INTERNATIONAL: It will be the question of life or death as proceedings open Monday April 4 to determine the sentencing of the gunman who has pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people at a Parkland, Florida,…
INTERNATIONAL: Ukrainian authorities were investigating possible war crimes by Russia after finding hundreds of bodies, some bound and shot at close range, strewn around towns near Kyiv after Kremlin…
INTERNATIONAL: At least 12 prisoners died and another 10 were injured during a gang confrontation at a prison in Ecuador, the government said on Sunday (April 3), in a new episode of prison violence in…
INTERNATIONAL: Medical workers across China have arrived in Shanghai since Friday to help contain the recent resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the metropolis.
INTERNATIONAL: China has sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help carry out COVID-19 tests for all of its 26 million residents as cases continued to rise on Monday,…
INTERNATIONAL: Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said Sunday 3rd April that "thoughts and prayers are not nearly enough, " after six people were killed and 10 injured in an early-morning shooting on…
INTERNATIONAL: Dead civilians still lay scattered over the streets of the Ukrainian country town of Bucha on Saturday 2nd April, three days after the invading Russian army pulled back from its abortive…
INTERNATIONAL: Sri Lanka’s police used tear gas to disperse protesters in the city of Paradeniya as they demonstrated over a severe economic crisis on Sunday 3rd April, defying a nationwide curfew.
International: At least 16 people were killed and another eight to ten people went missing in heavy rains that hit the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, local authorities said on Sunday.
INTERNATIONAL: Iran on Saturday welcomed a U.N.-brokered truce in Yemen between a Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi group aligned with Tehran, and called for seeking a negotiated solution to the seven-year…
INTERNATIONAL: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday (April 2) said Russian forces aimed to seize the east and south of the country.
INTERNATIONAL: Dead civilians still lay scattered over the streets of the Ukrainian country town of Bucha on Saturday (April 2), three days after the invading Russian army pulled back from its abortive…
INTERNATIONAL: The ruble's plunge and capital controls imposed by Moscow in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine have sparked a black market for US dollars and euros as Russians seek to protect their savings,…
INTERNATIONAL: Torrential rain that flooded towns on Australia's east coast eased on Friday 1st April as clean-up operations began.
INTERNATIONAL: The U.S. government began privately warning some American companies the day after Russia invaded Ukraine that Moscow could manipulate software designed by Russian cyber security company…
INTERNATIONAL: On March 15, US President Joe Biden signed a bill approving a staggering $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine. Heavily promoted in advance as a vital lifeline to Kiev that would safeguard citizens
INTERNATIONAL: Russian missile strike on Kharkiv's frontline district of Saltivka has cut off gas supplies to tens of thousands of residents still remaining in the city's largest residential area.
INTERNATIONAL: Colombian authorities seized over 140 tarantulas being smuggled to Mexico City via Bogota's International Airport, officials said on Thursday 31st March.
INTERNATIONAL: Amid a regional backlash, the Solomon Islands said it would not allow a Chinese military base in the Pacific islands nation despite its plans to sign a security pact with Beijing.
INTERNATIONAL: Four decades have passed since the beginning of the Falkland War, the conflict between Argentina and the UK over the sovereignty of the islands, known as the Malvinas in Argentina.
INTERNATIONAL: Police in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo clashed with hundreds of protesters on Thursday (March 31), as public anger escalated against the government's handling of a worsening economic crisis.
INTERNATIONAL: A great hornbill has beaten cancer with the help of 3D technology and a medical team from Florida.
INTERNATIONAL: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday called for efforts to make the "China-U.S.-Russia +" consultation mechanism play a more effective role in the peaceful reconstruction…
INTERNATIONAL: "Die Hard" franchise star Bruce Willis will retire from his acting career after being diagnosed with aphasia, a disease that is "impacting his cognitive abilities," his family said in a…
INTERNATIONAL: An exhibition at the Queen's Scottish residence of Balmoral Castle showcased the monarch's dresses and miniature toy cars played in by young royals as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
INTERNATIONAL: Eyewitness video from Tuesday 29TH March showed people running through a building in central Mariupol as explosions sound.
PHNOM PENH: Legend Eden held a high-security screening of “Mobius” on Wednesday night, 30 March 2022. Having previously played DC Comics' The Joker, Oscar winner Jared Leto takes on Marvel's Morbius in…
INTERNATIONAL: Fields, homes, wells, and even tombs were gradually being buried under shifting sand dunes in this windswept stretch of Madagascar's southern coastline until the local community fought…
INTERNATIONAL: Oil prices dove on Thursday as the United States weighed its largest-ever drawdown from its oil reserves, while Asian stocks fell as China reported weak manufacturing data and uncertainty…
INTERNATIONAL: Germany has activated the first stage of an emergency plan to manage gas supplies in Europe's largest economy in preparation for a possible disruption or halt in natural gas supplies from…
INTERNATIONAL: Fans outside the Wilbur Theater in Boston, Massachusetts were full of anticipation on Wednesday 30TH March for comedian Chris Rock's first standup performance following the Oscars, where…
INTERNATIONAL: An Arab gunman killed at least five people in a Tel Aviv suburb on Tuesday 29th March before he was fatally shot, the national ambulance service said, in the third deadly attack in Israel…
INTERNATIONAL: On Tuesday 29 March, music stars took the stage to perform a televised concert aiming to raise funds for the Disasters Emergency Committee’s humanitarian appeal for Ukraine.
INTERNATIONAL: As a stunning rebound in U.S. stocks charges on, investors are questioning how long the surge can continue in the face of a hawkish Federal Reserve, warnings of recession from the bond…