Ukraine could reopen Lviv airport in 2025, broker says
Wartime Ukraine could reopen a first airport in its western Lviv region next year, as it tries to restore air travel that has ...
Fragile countries make $20 billion climate finance push at COP29, letter says
BAKU - A group of conflict-affected countries is pushing at COP29 to double financial aid to more than $20 billion a year to ...
Japan marks modern-day adventurer's final stop on 46,000 km trek across Asia
TOKYO - Japan is seeing a record boom in tourism, but one recent visitor travelled more than the circumference of the earth ...
Debate in South Korea if police should go beyond call of duty for college entrance exam takers
Police ferried 154 students to test sites and delivered forgotten ID slips for nine students this year. Read more at ...
Container lorry driver in Malaysia arrested after 1 killed, 2 injured in highway crash
KLUANG - The police have detained a lorry driver involved in a three-vehicle accident that killed a 33-year-old Malaysian man ...
Rapper Kanye West accused in lawsuit of saying Kim Kardashian has ‘Jewish masters’
The musician and entrepreneur faces a litany of legal claims from former employees. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Fire in Spanish retirement home kills 10 near Zaragoza
MADRID - Fire ripped through a retirement home in the town of Villafranca del Ebro in northern Spain early on Friday, killing at least 10 people, the regional government of Aragon said. Read more at ...
EU needs to rethink Russian sanctions to cut energy costs, Hungary's Orban says
BUDAPEST - The European Union needs to reconsider sanctions against Russia as they are keeping energy prices elevated, ...