APEC hotel openings and pipelines hit new highs in 2024
The hotel development sector across the Asia-Pacific region, excluding China, has experienced remarkable growth through the third quarter of 2024. According to the latest Hotel…
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Posts share fabricated report about China pulling investment from Malaysia
After Chinese national flags were raised at a festival in Malaysia, prompting a backlash from Malay nationalists, an image of a doctored news article circulated online that falsely claimed…
Rafael dissolves into a low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico after hitting Cuba as a hurricane
MIAMI (AP) — Rafael has weakened into a low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico after barreling across Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane last week. Rafael weakened into a tropical storm…
Israel’s new defense minister says country has defeated Hezbollah
Israel’s newly appointed minister of defense said Sunday his country has defeated Hezbollah, noting that the elimination of the Lebanese terrorist organization’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah,…
'My conscripted husband is now dead': How Myanmar's war is killing civilians
The last time Chaw Su saw her husband was in March, when he was forcibly conscripted to fight for the army in Myanmar's civil war. Four months later, she found out he had been killed at…
Russian troops continue attacks in eastern Ukraine
The Russian military has once again tried to break through the Ukrainian lines of defence around the town of Kurakhove on the edge of Ukraine's eastern Donbass region. Of a total of 108…
Gunmen open fire in a bar in central Mexico killing 10 and injuring 7
HUEHUETOCA, Mexico (AP) — Gunmen open fired in a bar in central Mexico killing 10 people and injuring seven, a local official said. The attack took place Saturday in the historic city…
German Protestant Church council chairwoman criticizes asylum debate
Germany should stop seeing refugees as a general threat, the council chairwoman of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) said on Sunday, calling the political debate on asylum seekers…
Alitalia will lay off over 2,000 remaining employees as liquidation nears
ROME (AP) — Italy’s former national carrier Alitalia has started procedures for the collective dismissal of its remaining 2,059 employees, its administrators told unions. The move comes as…
Putin offers African countries Russia’s ‘total support’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered what he called "total support" for Africa, including in the struggle against terrorism and extremism. The speech was read out at a summit in…
Germany's far-left party picks lead candidates for expected election
Germany's embattled far-left party, Die Linke (The Left), has selected its lead candidates for anticipated early elections, it announced at a press conference on Sunday. The election…
German industry: Plenty of paper for early ballots
Germany will not lack for paper in the event that snap elections are called early in the New Year, the head of the country's paper-producing industry has said. Asked by ZDFheute.de, the…
Mauritius holds an election with the ruling party seeking a new term
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — People in Mauritius voted Sunday for a new Parliament with the ruling party seeking to secure a second five-year term for Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth in one of…
Israeli strike on Gaza house kills many, medics and rescuers say
Dozens of people have been killed and wounded in an Israeli strike on a house in Jabalia in northern Gaza, Palestinian medics and rescuers say. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa…
As Russian forces close in on Kurakhove, hundreds of residents remain in the front-line city
KURAKHOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Set on Ukraine's eastern front, Kurakhove is surrounded on three sides, with Russian forces just under 2 miles (3 kilometers) from the devastated city center. Yet…
Israel continues attacks on Gaza Strip and Lebanon's Hezbollah
Israel has launched renewed attacks on targets in the Gaza Strip and in Lebanon, the military said early on Sunday, adding that it had "eliminated dozens of terrorists." In the northern…
Music stars sing praises of team sweeping Ghana clean
Known as Buz Stop Boys, a group of mostly young professionals and tradespeople are driving a new wave of civic responsibility in Ghana, picking up brooms and shovels to clean up the mounds…
Experts warn ‘famine is imminent’ in Northern Gaza
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) issued a report Friday stating Northern Gaza’s citizens are threatened by an “imminent and substantial likelihood of extreme…
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Balinese hope construction freeze can tame tourism
On Indonesia's beach-fringed resort island of Bali, fed-up locals want to slow the mass tourism that is their biggest money earner -- hoping a plan to freeze hotel-building can restore…
Alleged German left-wing extremist leader remanded in custody
An alleged leader of a violent left-wing extremist group in Germany has been taken into pre-trial detention following his arrest. The detention order was executed by an investigating judge…
Seven dead in Lebanon's Tyre as Israel denies famine in northern Gaza
Seven people have been killed and more than 40 injured in Israeli airstrikes on the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Saturday, as Israel rejected claims…
Rafael weakens to tropical storm over Gulf of Mexico after barreling through Cuba as a hurricane
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rafael weakened Saturday to a tropical storm and was expected to dissolve over the Gulf of Mexico in the coming days after barreling across Cuba as a Category 3…
A 'jungle': Rome's teeming jail lays bare Italy's prison ills
Traces of black soot still mark the facade of the Regina Coeli jail, a reminder of the latest riots in Rome's infamous lock-up -- now emblematic of long-standing troubles plaguing Italy's…