ROME — Pope Francis on Sunday defended a landmark decision approving blessings for same-sex couples, suggesting that those in the Catholic Church
SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Monday that he would extend tax credits on investments in the domestic
DOHA/GAZA — China called for a large-scale and authoritative peace conference on the war in Gaza, while the militant group Hamas aired
THE COMBINED FORTUNES of the world’s five richest men have more than doubled to $869 billion since 2020 while five billion people
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE – China’s central bank left the medium-term policy rate unchanged on Monday, defying market expectations for a cut as a weaker currency limited
Taiwan and China have engaged for years in competition for diplomatic recognition, but the pendulum has long swung decisively in Beijing’s favor. Nauru
DOHA/GAZA – Israeli tanks and aircraft hit targets in southern and central Gaza on Sunday and there were fierce gun battles in some areas
SEOUL – North Korea test-fired what it says was a new intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) on Sunday, in what would be its first such missile powered
BEIJING – Chinese military bodies, state-run artificial intelligence research institutes and universities have over the past year purchased small batches of Nvidia semiconductors banned
WASHINGTON – Democratic and Republican leaders in the US Congress on Sunday unveiled a short-term spending bill that would avert a partial government shutdown
