AFP: The United States brought greenhouse gas emissions down by an estimated 1.9 percent year-on-year in 2023, the Rhodium Group research center said in a report Wednesday -- a welcome decline, but not enough to meet Paris Agreement targets. The world's second biggest emitt ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Chinese President Xi Jinping told Maldivian counterpart Mohamed Muizzu that he supported the strategically located archipelago in protecting its "sovereignty", state media reported, after the two countries signed a number of infrastructure and other agreements. Muizzu ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis locked horns Wednesday in the final debate before voting begins in the US Republican presidential nominating contest, seeking to pitch themselves as the best alternative to runaway front-runner Donald Trump. The head-to-head showdown comes ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Israel will face accusations at the UN's top court on Thursday that it has committed "genocidal" acts in Gaza, charges the country's president dismissed as "atrocious" and "preposterous". South Africa has lodged an urgent appeal to the International Court of Justice (IC ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: With city streets largely deserted apart from a massive military deployment, Ecuador found itself in a "state of war" Wednesday as drug cartels waged a brutal campaign of kidnappings and attacks in response to a government crackdown. Hundreds of soldiers patrolled the ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will mark the first anniversary Monday of the far-right riots that rocked the Brazilian capital last year, with a ceremony in Congress declaring "democracy unbowed." Lula will convene a Who's Who of Brazil's political bigwigs to take ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: The US air safety regulator announced Saturday it was grounding some Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplanes pending inspections, a day after a panel blew out of one of the planes over the western state of Oregon. The Federal Aviation Administration "is requiring immediate inspecti ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa visited Ukraine on Sunday to meet with her counterpart Dmytro Kuleba to show Tokyo's continued support, a ministry official said. The unannounced visit was a change to her original two-week tour plan of visiting Poland, Finland, S ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: Congo's election commission said it has cancelled votes cast for 82 of the 101,000 legislative candidates in the disputed December general election over alleged fraud and other issues, amid fresh opposition calls for a re-run of the vote. Those disqualified include ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Britain intends to become the first European country to produce an advanced uranium fuel that is currently commercially available only from Russia, the government announced yesterday. The UK government said it would invest o300 million ($382 million) building a high-as ...বিস্তারিত