International

Walmart shifts to India from China for cheaper imports

Walmart is importing more goods to the United States from India and reducing its reliance on China as it looks to cut costs and diversify its supply chain, data seen by...

Israel, Hamas seek new deal to extend Gaza truce on final day

In the final hours before hostilities were scheduled to resume following a six-day break, Israel and Hamas were negotiating through mediators on Wednesday about a...

U.S. military aircraft crashes in sea off Japan killing at least one

At least one person has died after a U.S. military Osprey aircraft with six people on board crashed into the sea near an island off southern Japan on Wednesday morning,...

Jimmy Carter makes rare public appearance at his wife’s memorial

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, 99, has made a rare public appearance Tuesday to join his successors Joe Biden and Bill Clinton and all five living first ladies at...

Finland closes its border for two weeks to stop asylum seekers from Russian

Finland will close its entire border with Russia to travellers for the next two weeks in a bid to halt the unusually large flow of asylum seekers to the Nordic nation,...

Twenty killed in Sierra Leone attack and nearly 2,000 prisoners escape

Sierra Leone authorities said Monday that 20 people were killed and nearly 2,000 prisoners escaped during Sunday’s attack on the capital. Gunfire was heard ringing...

Texas top court to hear arguments over abortions in medical emergencies

A group of patients and doctors will urge Texas’ highest court on Tuesday to stop the state from enforcing its near-total abortion ban for women with medical...

All trapped workers rescued from Himalayan tunnel, say officials

Indian rescuers on Tuesday pulled out the first of 41 construction workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas for 17 days, hours after drilling through...

North Korea says its new spy satellite photographed White House, Pentagon

North Korea has launched its first spy satellite into orbit, sending a message to the world that it can monitor everyone and everything, following decades of satellite...

Truce between Israel and Hamas extended for two days

A truce between Israel and Hamas will be extended by two days, mediator Qatar said hours before the pause was due to end Tuesday, as more hostages were freed from Gaza...