Animal health body backs bird flu vaccination to avoid pandemic
Paris [France], May 22: Governments should consider vaccinating poultry against bird flu, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide, to...
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes offshore northern California region
California [US], May 22: An earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude struck off the northern California shore on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), causing...
Trade union protest in Cannes near the venue of the Film Festival
Cannes [France], May 22: Several hundred opponents of the French law on the reform of the pension system protested today in Cannes near the palace...
'No UK, German jets for Ukraine anytime soon'
Berlin [Germany], May 21: Neither Germany nor Britain plan to deliver advanced fighter jets to Ukraine in the near future, the defence ministers of the...
Russia's Wagner claims Bakhmut; Kyiv says situation very critical
Moscow [Russia], May 21: Russia's Wagner private army claimed on Saturday to have finally captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut after the longest and...
Man attacks statue at BBC HQ with hammer and chisel
London [UK], May 21: A masked man has attacked a statue on the front of the BBC's Broadcasting House in central London with a hammer...
US demands release of 1,500 political prisoners in Belarus
Washington [US],May 21: The United States has demanded the release of more than 1,500 political prisoners from Belarus, according to an official statement on Saturday.
Taiwan president vows to keep 'status quo' on cross-strait relations
Taipei [Taiwan], May 21: Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen vowed Saturday to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait in the face of increased military...
Bahrain to resume diplomatic relations with Lebanon
Dubai [UAE], May 21: Bahrain said Saturday it would restore full diplomatic relations with Lebanon after a year and a half, following a row over...
F-18 fighter crashes into Spanish airbase
Madrid [Spain], May 21: A US-made F-18 fighter jet crashed and exploded during rehearsals before a performance event at Zaragoza Air Base on May 20,...
Historical floods, Italian Prime Minister had to leave the G7 meeting early
Hiroshima [Japan], May 21: According to Reuters, torrential rains over the past several days have turned roads in the Emilia-Romagna region, northern Italy, into rivers....
Leaders of the Quartet held a summit on the sidelines of G7,...
Hiroshima [Japan], May 21: The leaders reached the above consensus during the Quad summit meeting in Hiroshima (Japan) on May 20, on the sidelines of...
Leaders of the expanded G7 highly appreciate Vietnam's position
Hanoi [Vietnam], May 21: On the afternoon of May 20, at the meeting with US President Joe Biden , the two sides agreed to...
London court throws out lawsuit against Google over medical records
London [UK], May 21: Google defeated a lawsuit brought on behalf of 1.6 million people over medical records provided to the U.S. tech giant by...
Transgender Mississippi girl misses graduation after judge's ruling
Washington [US], May 21: A transgender Mississippi girl declined to participate in high school graduation after a U.S. District Judge said the school district could...
Florida's DeSantis seeks to disqualify judge in Disney case
Florida [US], May 21: Lawyers for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican mulling a 2024 presidential run, are asking that a federal judge be...
Sick of sewage, Britons protest at water companies' pollution
Brighton [England], May 21: Thousands of Britons took to the sea and rivers to demand an end to sewage pollution by water companies, highlighting a...
US, Taiwan reach initial agreement in new trade initiative
Washington [US], May 20: Reuters news agency on May 19 reported that the US and Taiwan had signed the initial agreement of the 21st Century...
Republican Party has a black presidential candidate
Washington [US], May 20: Senator Tim Scott, the only black Republican in the US Senate, entered the 2024 presidential race on May 19.
Russia - Iran get out of trouble with new ideas
Moscow [Russia], May 20: Russia and Iran have just signed an investment agreement of $ 1.7 billion to build a new railway connecting the two...
Russia bans former US President Barack Obama
Moscow [Russia], May 20: Russia announced sanctions against 500 Americans, including former President Barack Obama, in response to Washington's latest embargo.
Taiwan leader pledges to maintain the status quo of peace and stability...
Taipei [Taiwan], May 20: Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen vowed on May 20 to maintain the status quo of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
The US spends 16 billion USD to develop a replacement fighter for...
Washington [US], May 20: The US Air Force has launched a multi-billion dollar bid to replace the F-22 Raptor fighter jets.
Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira ordered to remain in jail ahead of...
Washington [US], May 20: A U.S. judge on Friday ordered the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking military secrets to remain in jail as he...
U.S. Supreme Court dismisses dispute over Title 42 border expulsions
Washington [US], May 20: The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a case in which Republicans sought to keep in place a policy introduced under former President...
US military leak suspect got offer to bolster intelligence skills
Washington [US], May 20: Superiors of the U.S. Air National Guardsman accused of leaking military secrets offered him intelligence-related training even after they admonished him...
FBI misused intelligence database in 278,000 searches, court says
San Francisco [US], May 20: A U.S. court found that the FBI improperly searched for information in a U.S. database of foreign intelligence 278,000 times...