Washington, DC – The US House of Representatives has failed again to elect a speaker, with Republican leader Kevin McCarthy continuing to fall short of the majority he needs to preside over the chamber. In the sixth round of voting on Wednesday, far-right opposition to […]
United States President Joe Biden has met with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell in the southern state of Kentucky, where he promoted the benefits of a 2021 infrastructure spending package and pushed for greater bipartisanship. Biden visited the Brent Spence Bridge on the border of […]
Record high winter temperatures have swept across parts of Europe into the New Year, bringing calls from climate activists for faster action against global warming while offering short-term respite to governments struggling with high gas prices. Hundreds of sites have seen temperature records smashed, from […]
Anti-government demonstrations and roadblocks have resumed in Peru after a two-week pause as the South American nation continues to reel from last month’s impeachment, arrest and detention of former President Pedro Castillo. Peruvian protesters on Wednesday used stones and burning tyres to barricade main routes […]
Parts of Mexico’s remote southern jungles have barely changed since the time of the ancient Maya. A railway championed by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador may be about to change that, though. The new line his government is building — known as the Tren Maya […]
The United States has resumed full immigrant visa services at its embassy in Cuba’s capital, five years after Washington closed consular services in Havana due to a spate of unexplained health incidents. In a statement last week, the embassy confirmed that it would begin processing […]
China’s official data is under-representing the true impact of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has said, criticising its “very narrow” definition of COVID deaths. “We believe that the current numbers being published from China underrepresent the true […]
The number of job openings in the United States has fallen less than expected in November as the labour market remains tight, which could see the Federal Reserve raise interest rates more than currently anticipated to tame inflation. There was, however, encouraging news in the […]
The Philippines and China have had a strained relationship in recent years – the next stage of which both sides are looking to shape during President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s visit to Beijing. Manila has historically been a close ally of the United States, but that […]
Twitter Inc will reverse its 2019 ban on political advertisements, Reuters news agency has reported, citing Twitter’s head of trust and safety, as the Elon Musk-owned company seeks to grow revenue. The social media platform tweeted on Tuesday from its Twitter Safety account that it […]
