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London (AFP) April 13, 2025 - British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Sunday said he was deeply concerned after a UK lawmaker was denied entry to Hong Kong, and said he would be urgently raising the issue with the Chinese authorities.
Apr 13, 2025
Hong Kong (AFP) April 12, 2025 - Under heavy skies, the minibus carrying Hong Kong politician Emily Lau rattles along a winding mountain road to Stanley Prison for a visit she finds all too familiar.
Apr 12, 2025
Washington (AFP) April 12, 2025 - Donald Trump said he felt in very good shape Friday after his first annual medical checkup since returning to the US presidency, an exam that puts the focus on the fitness of the oldest man ever elected to the White House.
Apr 12, 2025
Sydney (AFP) April 12, 2025 - A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday off the coast of Papua New Guinea's New Ireland province, the United States Geological Survey said.
Apr 12, 2025
Patna, India (AFP) April 12, 2025 - At least 69 people were killed this week in unusually intense thunderstorms across eastern India's Bihar state and in neighbouring Nepal, officials said Saturday.
Apr 12, 2025
Reykjavik (AFP) April 12, 2025 - Iceland's only active whaling company, Hvalur, will not hunt whales this summer for a second straight year because of global economic pressures, local media said Saturday.
Apr 12, 2025
Tuktoyaktuk, Canada (AFP) April 12, 2025 - In normal conditions, Canadian Air Force helicopter pilot Jonathan Vokey uses the treeline to gauge his altitude. But in the Arctic, where the landing zone is an expanse of white snow, he has to adjust.
Apr 12, 2025
Washington (AFP) April 11, 2025 - The US Senate approved Donald Trump's nominee to be the nation's top military officer on Friday after the president abruptly fired the previous chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff this year.
Apr 11, 2025
Washington (AFP) April 11, 2025 - The Trump administration, pursuing its deeply skeptical approach to climate change, wants to severely cut back the research arm of a government agency that plays a pivotal role in global climate science, US media reported Friday.
Apr 11, 2025
Washington (AFP) April 11, 2025 - They whimper, drink from baby bottles and crawl oh so tentatively - they look like cute white puppies, not the fruit of a daring project to resuscitate an extinct species.
Apr 11, 2025
Washington (AFP) April 11, 2025 - US President Donald Trump threatened Mexico on Thursday with escalating consequences on trade unless it provides more water to Texas under a contentious decades-old treaty.
Apr 11, 2025
Geneva (AFP) April 11, 2025 - The United Nations rights office decried Friday attacks by Myanmar's military despite a ceasefire declared following last month's devastating earthquake, which killed more than 3,600 people.
Apr 11, 2025
Hong Kong (AFP) April 11, 2025 - An Australian judge has resigned from Hong Kong's highest court amid a years-long exodus of overseas jurists, following Beijing's imposition of a sweeping national security law on the Chinese finance hub.
Apr 11, 2025
Copenhagen (AFP) April 11, 2025 - The head of the US military base in Greenland, a Danish territory coveted by US President Donald Trump, has been fired for criticising Washington's agenda for the Arctic island.
Apr 11, 2025
Taipei (AFP) April 11, 2025 - Taiwanese prosecutors said Friday they have charged a Chinese cargo ship captain for allegedly severing an undersea telecoms cable off the island in February.
Apr 11, 2025
Bogota, Colombia (AFP) April 11, 2025 - Residents in Colombia's biggest city Bogota won a much-desired reprieve from year-long water rationing Friday, with authorities announcing tough climate-induced cuts will end.
Apr 11, 2025
