Ukraine appoints former U.N. ambassador as next ambassador to U.S
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appointed a former U.N. ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko as next ambassador to the United States, the presidential decree showed on Thursday....
Philippine massacre masterminds jailed for life over 57 murders
A Philippine court found the bosses of an influential political clan guilty on Thursday of masterminding a 2009 massacre of 57 people, a ruling cheered...
Hong Kong protesters march to consulates to call for support on rights
Hong Kong protesters rallied outside diplomatic missions on Thursday to urge foreign governments to follow the United States in passing human rights bills to raise...
Stylish suburbs: how ancient Mexican metropolis dodged inequality trap
Fragments of pre-Aztec murals recently unearthed on the outskirts of what was once the largest city of the Americas are adding to mounting evidence that...
Smith struggling to make it three in a row at Australian PGA
Cameron Smith’s bid for a third successive Australian PGA Championship title got off to a rocky start on Thursday as the double-defending champion slumped to...
You dirty rat: Zodiac window cleaners set Tokyo sparkling for New Year
Dangling more than 50 meters above a busy Tokyo street, window cleaners dressed up as a boar and a rat on Thursday scrubbed windows at...
Australian state declares emergency over bushfires
Australia’s most populous state declared its second emergency in as many months on Thursday (December 19) as extreme heat and strong winds stoked scores of...
Ex-minister Diab on course to be named Lebanese PM: sources
Former education minister Hassan Diab looks set to be named Lebanon’s new prime minister on Thursday, senior political sources said, a move that would thrust...
New global system shoots to standardize handicaps
A new world handicap system will be implemented early next year after an eight-year project designed to unify the way amateurs around the globe measure...
China says in touch with U.S. on signing of phase 1 trade deal
China and the United States are in close communication over the signing of their Phase 1 trade deal, China’s commerce ministry said, which will see...