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German president says US is destroying world order
Published on 08/01/2026
» BERLIN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has strongly criticised US foreign policy under President Donald Trump and urged nations not to let the world order disintegrate into a “den of robbers” where the unscrupulous take what they want.
15 potential successors to Pope Francis
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - The April 21 death of Pope Francis triggered a period of mourning in the Catholic Church, but also kick-started the race for his successor.
China hosts foreign naval officials amid S.China Sea tensions
Reuters, Published on 21/04/2024
» QINGDAO, China - The Chinese Navy on Sunday kicked off a biennial meeting of top foreign naval officials in the port city of Qingdao, in a show of military diplomacy that will be closely watched for signs of more engagement between China and the United States.
Welcome to the Anthropocene, Earth's new chapter
AFP, Published on 10/07/2023
» PARIS - Since 2009, a cloistered band of hard-rock geologists and other scientists have toiled on a mission of great consequence.
Titanic sub hours from running out of air
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 22/06/2023
» A multinational search team scanned the sea near the century-old wreck of the Titanic on Thursday, the fifth day since a tourist submersible went missing with five people aboard and with just hours to go before its air supply was expected to run out.
China's Xi Jinping hails 'uninterrupted' cultural continuity for powering nation's rise
South China Morning Post, Published on 04/06/2023
» China's unique development path is rooted in the historical continuity of its culture, President Xi Jinping told a cultural symposium in Beijing, in his latest effort to defend the legitimacy of the ruling Communist Party.
What will the Artemis Moon base look like?
AFP, Published on 04/05/2023
» COLORADO SPRINGS (UNITED STATES) - The next time NASA goes to the Moon, it intends to stay. Under the Artemis program, the US space agency plans to maintain a human presence, for the very first time, on a celestial body other than Earth.
No timeframe for fixing Nord Stream pipelines: operator
AFP, Published on 30/09/2022
» STOCKHOLM - Nord Stream's operator said Thursday it was unable to immediately assess damage to pipelines linking Russia to Europe, threatening an indeterminate outage -- after Sweden detected a fourth leak and NATO decried "acts of sabotage".
Fourth leak detected in Russian gas pipelines
AFP, Published on 29/09/2022
» STOCKHOLM: A fourth leak has been detected in undersea gas pipelines linking Russia to Europe, the Swedish Coast Guard said Thursday, after explosions were reported earlier this week in what NATO called "reckless" sabotage.
Communist Party emerges from shadows during Hong Kong crackdown
AFP, Published on 10/07/2021
» HONG KONG - China's Communist Party has abandoned its tradition of working from the shadows in Hong Kong as authorities pursue a sweeping crackdown on critics and remould the financial hub in the mainland's authoritarian image.