Taiwan vowed Friday to remain the world’s “most important” AI chipmaker, after reaching a trade deal with the United States that will reduce tariffs on the island’s shipments and increase Taiwanese investment on US soil...
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PM Carney announces ‘preliminary’ Canada-China deal to reduce tariffs
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a deal with China’s Xi Jinping on Friday to reduce tariffs on each country’s products after the two leaders met in Beijing. “Canada and China have reached a preliminary but...
Cuba pays tribute to soldiers killed in Maduro capture
Cuba paid tribute on Thursday to 32 soldiers killed in the US military strike that ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, in a ceremony attended by revolutionary leader Raul Castro. Havana, under pressure from US President Donald Trump, had...
Washington completes first sale of Venezuelan oil
The United States has finalized a sale of Venezuelan oil — the first since Washington took control of the sector following the toppling of president Nicolas Maduro, a US official told AFP on Thursday. According to the official, who did not identify...
Spain nabs cocaine ring that used swimmers on high seas
Spanish police on Thursday said they had busted a network that saw smugglers swim on the high seas to help stash Colombian cocaine on Europe-bound container ships and hijack vessels. The network employed a so-called “monkeys” technique...
Security body vows reforms following demands by Washington, Moscow
The world’s largest regional security organisation on Thursday vowed to reform and “remain relevant” as it faces pressure from members Russia, Belarus and the United States. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe...
Russia poses no threat to Greenland, diplomat says
Russia on Thursday dismissed as a “myth” it posed a danger to Greenland after NATO countries announced troop deployments on the autonomous Danish island following “threats” from Moscow and Beijing. US President Donald Trump...
Iran internet blackout has lasted a week: monitor
The nationwide shutdown of the internet by authorities in Iran, which activists fear is aimed at masking the true scale of a crackdown on protests, has now lasted a full week, a monitor said Thursday. “Exactly one week ago… Iran fell...
Online gamblers can seek redress in countries of residence: EU top court
Online gamblers in the EU can seek redress in their country of residence, even when the companies offering the games reside elsewhere, the bloc’s top court ruled on Thursday. The case was brought before the Court of Justice of the European...
Portugal closes Iran embassy over ‘tension’
Portugal on Thursday announced a “temporary” closure of its embassy in Tehran, citing a “context of tension”, and advised its nationals not to travel to Iran. Portugal’s foreign ministry said in a statement that eight...
France to send more forces to Greenland, says Macron
President Emmanuel Macron Thursday said France would soon send more “land, air, and sea” forces to join a European military exercise in Greenland, after Washington threatened to seize the autonomous Danish territory. “A first team...
Russia, China unlikely to back Iran against US military threats
While Russia and China are ready to back protest-rocked Iran under threat by US President Donald Trump, that support would diminish in the face of US military action, experts told AFP. Iran is a significant ally to the two nuclear powers, providing...
China offers leniency if cronies of accused scam boss surrender
China called on Thursday for criminal associates of accused scam boss Chen Zhi to surrender voluntarily in return for lighter sentences, after their alleged ringleader was extradited from Cambodia. Chen has been indicted by the United States on...
US sanctions Iranian officials over protest crackdown
The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on Iranian security officials and financial networks, accusing them of orchestrating a violent crackdown on peaceful protests and laundering billions in oil revenues. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent...
US stocks up as oil prices drop on latest Trump Iran stance
Oil prices tumbled Thursday after US President Donald Trump appeared to dial down threats of imminent military action on crude producer Iran. International oil benchmarks Brent North Sea crude and West Texas Intermediate slumped over four percent...
Breaking Headlines
- Iran president says any attack on supreme leader would be declaration of war
- US air authority warns of ‘military activities’ over Mexico, Central America
- Trump says may slap tariffs on nations that don’t back his Greenland plans
- Why Iran’s neighbours fear possible US strikes
- Iran’s Pezeshkian thanks Putin for Russian support at UN in call: presidency
- US congress members in Denmark in support of Greenland
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- First post-Maduro migrant deportation flight lands in Venezuela: AFP
- ‘No impunity’ for those behind Iran crackdown: French FM
- Kremlin welcomes calls by some European states to resume dialogue