PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on the need for raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 in order to make the French pension system financially sustainable in the coming years, in a letter to workers’ unions released Friday.,The move comes after more than a million demonstr...
The latest Russian missile barrage against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure has marked one of the largest such attacks in months.On Thursday, Russia fired over 80 missiles in a massive effort to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses and cripple the country’s energy system.Russia has been regularly lau...
SANTIAGO, Chile — President Gabriel Boric shook up his Cabinet on Friday, replacing five of his 24 ministers on the eve of beginning his second year in power, announcing the change two days after Chile’s lawmakers rejected a proposed tax overhaul for financing most of his government pr...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to resume diplomatic ties has wide-reaching effects across the Middle East and beyond, and reduces the chance of armed conflict between regional rivals.Here’s a look at some of the countries that could be affected by the deal,...
MEXICO CITY (North American Times News) — Mexico’s president said Thursday that his country does not produce or consume fentanyl, despite enormous evidence to the contrary.President Andrés Manuel López Obrador appeared to depict the synthetic opioid epidemic largely as a U.S. problem, and said t...
BERLIN Shots were fired inside a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday evening, with several people killed and wounded, police said.UPDATES: Continuing coverage– German gunman kills 6 at Hamburg Jehovah's Witness hall“We...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand Fiji’s former leader Frank Bainimarama was released on bail Friday after pleading not guilty to a charge that he abused his power as prime minister by stopping a police investigation.Both Bainimarama and the nation’s suspended police commissioner had spent the night in jail...
MOUNT MERNATI, Indonesia (North American Times) — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted Saturday with avalanches of searing gas clouds and lava, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities on the slopes of the country’s most active volcano.,Merapi, on the densely populated island of Java...
TOKYO (North American Times) — Japan on Saturday marked the 12th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster with a minute of silence, as concerns grew ahead of the planned release of the treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plantand the government’s...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s capital had most of its power supply restored Friday, officials said, as the country again responded swiftly and defiantly to the latest Russian missile and drone barrage targeting critical infrastructure.In what has become a familiar Russian tactic since...
