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Mass polio vaccination campaign to immunise 200,000 children in southern Gaza extended by a day

Gaza, Israel/Palestine (AFP/REUTERS) - campaign to vaccinate children in the southern Gaza Strip against polio by an extra day. Gaza's health ministry reported the first...

Chinese families seeking to escape a competitive education system have found a haven in Thailand

Chiang Mai,Thailand (AP) — The competition started in second grade for DJ Wang’s son. Eight-year-old William was enrolled at a top elementary school in Wuhan,...

Indian passenger plane Vistara makes emergency landing in Türkiye over ‘bomb threat’

Eezurm, Türkiye (AA/DT) - An Indian passenger plane made an emergency landing in Türkiye's eastern city on Friday afternoon while en route to Germany...

China’s global battery ram will be hard to stop

Hong Kong (Reuters Breakingviews) - China’s electric cars have zoomed into a new era of battery-powered driving. Now models such as BYD’s (002594.SZ), opens...

Trump says he will appoint Musk head of government efficiency commission if elected

New York, USA (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he would establish a government efficiency commission headed by billionaire supporter...

Ugandan Olympic athlete dies after being severely burned by her partner

Nairobi, Kenya (AP) — Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80% of her...

Canadian opposition party ends support agreement with Prime Minister Trudeau’s Liberals

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AP) — An opposition party in Canada ended a support agreement with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government Wednesday, raising the...

Turkey seeks to join the BRICS bloc of emerging economies, a Kremlin official says

Moscow, Russia(AP) — NATO member Turkey has applied for membership in the BRICS bloc of developing economies, a senior Kremlin official said Wednesday, as...

King Mulawarman of Kutai Welcomes Diplomat Times’ Shashi Kumar for a Groundbreaking Dialogue

Kalimantan, Indonesia (DT) – Diploma Times Editor-in-Chief and renowned social worker, Shashi Kumar, recently embarked on an international visit to Indonesia, where he had...

Egypt’s president makes his first visit to Turkey as relations thaw

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The presidents of Turkey and Egypt on Wednesday found common ground on the war in Gaza as they continued to...

In Asia, pope urges Indonesia to live up to promise of ‘harmony in diversity,’ fight extremism

Jakarta, Indonesia (AP) — Pope Francis urged Indonesia to live up to its promise of “harmony in diversity” and fight religious intolerance on Wednesday,...

Bangladesh floods leave 71 dead, fears of waterborne disease rise

Dhaka, Bangladesh (Reuters) - The death toll from floods in Bangladesh rose to 71 on Tuesday with millions of people still stranded in devastated...

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