ANDONG, South Korea, March 27 (Reuters) – Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the country’s worst natural fire disaster with at least 28 people killed and historic temples incinerated. More than 38,000 hectares (93,900 acres) have been charred or were still burning…
Germany has said it “will not give in” and that Europe must “respond firmly” as US President Donald Trump targets imported cars and car parts with a 25% tax in his latest tariffs. Other major world economies have vowed to retaliate, with France’s president branding the move “a waste of time” and “incoherent”, Canada calling…
PARIS (AP) — France and Britain will continue to forge ahead with plans to deploy troops in Ukraine to secure an eventual peace deal with Russia but only some other nations want to take part, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday after a summit of countries that have been mulling the proposal. “These reassurance forces…
Greetings from Tyler, Who knows what’s going on at Heathrow airport? They haven’t found any evidence of foul play yet, but 2,000 flights a day? The fire at Heathrow is going to disrupt people’s travel plans. We better not find out it was terrorism. Trump will not be pleased. It’s been an historic week. The…
Armed militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan region have attacked a train carrying hundreds of passengers and taken a number of hostages, military sources have told the BBC. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) fired at the Jaffar Express Train as it travelled from Quetta to Peshawar. A statement from the separatist group said it had bombed the…
Ukraine said in joint statement with the U.S. on Tuesday that it is open to 30-day ceasefire in war with Russia, subject to Kremlin agreement. The announcements came as senior officials from Ukraine and the U.S. began talks in Saudi Arabia on ending Moscow’s three-year war against Kyiv, just hours after Russia downed over 300…
The government of Ontario on Tuesday backed off its threat to impose a surcharge on electricity to three U.S. states amid broader trade talks. In a joint statement from Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the two leaders said they had a “productive conversation about the economic relationship between the United States and Canada.”…
CAIRO, March 10 (Reuters) – The Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls much of Syria’s oil-rich northeast, signed a deal with the Damascus government on Monday to join Syria’s new state institutions, the Syrian presidency said on Monday. Photos showed interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF commander Mazloum Abdi shaking hands in Damascus…
U.S. stock sold off sharply on Monday, with major indexes posting their steepest declines of the year amid growing signs that the economy may be on weaker footing than previously believed. The S&P 500 dropped 2.69 percent, its worst day in months, while the Nasdaq Composite plunged 4.00 percent, driven by sharp losses in technology…
TORONTO (AP) — Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada’s next prime minister after a Liberal Party leadership vote in a landslide. Carney is 59. He was born in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, on March 16, 1965, and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. Credentials Carney ran the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and…