Virgil Abloh, artistic director for Louis Vuitton and Off-White founder, dies of cancer at 41
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Former Japan PM tells China, ‘a Taiwan emergency is a Japanese emergency’
Tensions over Chinese-claimed Taiwan have risen as President Xi Jinping seeks to assert his country’s…
Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean is at its highest point in two decades, UN says
In just one year — from 2019 to 2020 — the number of people living…
North Korean defector recaptured in China after more than 40 days on the run
The 39-year-old, identified by Chinese authorities as Zhu Xianjian, was just two years short of…
Iran nuclear talks restart as participants draw their lines in the sand
The flurry of public messaging was punctuated by a report out of Israel suggesting Iran…
Covid-19 vaccine mandates are divisive, but they can work. Europe is starting to show how
Up until then, governments around the world had rejected the idea of a universal coronavirus…
Sexual harassment rife inside Australian parliament, report finds
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who ordered the review in February after his party came under…
Pentagon to build up US bases in Guam and Australia to meet China challenge
The moves have been prompted by the Department of Defense’s global posture review, which President…
Sweden’s lawmakers elect first female Prime Minister — again
Andersson was first chosen to be prime minister last week, but she quit the same…
Which countries have found Omicron cases so far?
The new mutation, which is potentially more transmissible, was first discovered in South Africa and…
Lebanese protesters block roads over economic meltdown
Lebanon’s economic crisis, which erupted in 2019, has propelled more than three quarters of the…
Honduras set for woman president as leftist Castro storms towards victory
The election, set to give Honduras its first female president, seemed to have run smoothly,…
Taiwan scrambles fighters to see off Chinese warplanes as Xi meets top brass
Chinese-claimed Taiwan has complained for a year or more of repeated missions by China’s air…
Safe and alive, but ‘traumatized,’ the future of these Afghan women footballers is very uncertain
When the Taliban seized control in mid-August as the United States and Western allies withdrew…
Peru’s president pledges support for those affected by 7.5-magnitude earthquake
President Pedro Castillo Terrones tweeted, “All my solidarity with the people of Amazonas in the…
Peruvian mummy at least 800 years old found by archeologists in Lima
Researchers from the National University of San Marcos found the preserved body underground in the…
Covid-struck Czech President appoints new Prime Minister from inside a glass box
Zeman tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this week, and is currently recovering after a…
Barbados is ready to ditch Britain’s Queen. For many in the country, the move has been a long time coming
The former British colony — which gained independence in 1966 — “It was the first…
Iran nuclear talks to restart as US emphasizes it’s ‘prepared to use other options’ if diplomacy fails
The parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action will reconvene in Vienna after almost…
Japan adds $6.75 billion to military budget in rush to bolster air and sea defenses
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government on Friday approved the outlay as part of a supplementary…
