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Emergency personnel tend to a person injured in Sunday night's shooting outside a restaurant in Toronto. Photo: CTV

10 reportedly injured in Toronto mass shooting

The shooting occurred outside a restaurant in the Greektown neighbourhood.

23 Jul 2018 - 11:52am More on Canada

Chinese-restaurant staff are going on strike against what they believe are heavy-handed UK immigration raids, one of which left a woman sprawled in the street in front of a van

Fury boils over as immigration raids hit London Chinatown restaurants

23 Jul 2018 - 11:09am 7

Markeis McGlockton (left) flinches as he is shot by Micheal Drejka outside a convenience store in Clearwater, Florida. Photo: Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office

He shot man dead in parking dispute. US police say he ‘stood his ground’

23 Jul 2018 - 8:54am 4

Polls show only a minority of Americans would favour US soldiers fighting to defend Taiwan, but a decision by Washington not to intervene in a Taiwan Strait conflict would represent a dramatic shift in US strategy

What would the US do if Beijing decided to take Taiwan by force?

22 Jul 2018 - 8:32pm 114

West Mercia Police in Britain released this photo of men they would like to speak to after a three-year-old boy was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in a Worcester shop on Saturday. Photo: West Mercia Police

Did these men deliberately throw acid in face of three-year-old boy?

23 Jul 2018 - 8:13am 1

An Israeli soldier hands out water to members of the Syria Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, in this still image taken from video provided by the Israeli Army. Photo: Reuters

Israeli military extracts hundreds of White Helmet rescuers from Syria

23 Jul 2018 - 7:48am 3

Finance ministers and central bankers say risks to the world economy have increased.

Top finance chiefs caution against growing global trade tensions

23 Jul 2018 - 4:40am 2

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The pressure is intensifying on the French president as some suspect a cover-up in Alexandre Benalla affair

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Emmanuel Macron stays silent as his former aide appears before a magistrate

Monday, 23 July, 2018, 4:03am 2

Demonstrators say the public debate in the county is being pushed to the right.

Europe

Thousands rally in Munich to protest against the ‘politics of fear’

Monday, 23 July, 2018, 3:28am

Zeng Fanzhi, one of China's most famous painters, will have his works displayed at The Feuerle Collection in Berlin. Photo: AFP

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Is China’s rise driving an Asian art renaissance in Europe?

Sunday, 22 July, 2018, 7:18pm

The exterior of a Burberry store in central London. Photo: Reuters

Europe

Burberry under fire for burning unsold clothes but everyone does it

Sunday, 22 July, 2018, 10:02pm 1

Opinion

US president would be wise to learn from history and avoid creating more enemies when you are already at (trade) war with another

Trump, China and Europe: one enemy at a time please

22 Jul 2018 - 3:01pm 4

America’s creditors are fed up with Trump’s squander of US economic growth as he picks fights

America’s creditors are fed up with Trump’s squander of US growth

22 Jul 2018 - 11:25am 18

About 85 per cent of the Chinese products hit by initial Trump tariffs are machinery and components used by manufacturers in the US. Photo: Reuters

Never mind trade war, this is how China and US can both get what they want

22 Jul 2018 - 12:28am 13

The US has placed 25 per cent tariffs on Chinese products worth US$34 billion. Photo: AFP

US tariffs are taxing for the whole world, not just China

14 Jul 2018 - 11:39pm 22

There’s an old Chinese saying that in a war, one must prepare to lose 800 of their own to kill 1,000 of the enemy’s men – and that means both countries will end up battered, bruised and bloody

US-China trade war: winner will be whoever can lose the most

14 Jul 2018 - 11:58am 24

File photo of writer and director James Gunn at the world premiere of the film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 in Hollywood, California. Photo: AFP

United States & Canada

Disney ditches ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ director over old tweets

21 Jul 2018 - 8:16pm

Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson, former leader of the right-wing EDL, is escorted away by police from a rally in central London in 2017. Photo: AFP

United States & Canada

How a jailed British activist became the latest cause for US ‘alt-right’

21 Jul 2018 - 8:16pm 2

US Secretary of Defence James Mattis. Photo: AP

United States & Canada

Mattis supports easing sanctions on allies that buy Russian weapons

21 Jul 2018 - 3:52pm 2

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulates Mary Ng after she was sworn-in as Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion during a cabinet shuffle at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

United States & Canada

Hong Kong-born Mary Ng elevated by Trudeau in Canada cabinet reshuffle

19 Jul 2018 - 9:48pm 8

n this April 20, 2018 file photo, Palestinian protesters fly a kite with a burning rag dangling from its tail during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel. Photo: AP

Middle East

The Palestinian air force: arson kites and a firebombing falcon

18 Jul 2018 - 10:02pm

Model Mara Martin breastfeeds baby Aria on a Miami catwalk. Photo: Sports Illustrated Swimsuit

United States & Canada

Empowering or a ‘farce’? Swimsuit model breastfeeds on catwalk

18 Jul 2018 - 8:25am 8

United States & Canada

Emergency personnel tend to a person injured in Sunday night's shooting outside a restaurant in Toronto. Photo: CTV

World

10 reportedly injured in Toronto mass shooting

The shooting occurred outside a restaurant in the Greektown neighbourhood.

23 Jul 2018 - 11:52am More on Canada

Polls show only a minority of Americans would favour US soldiers fighting to defend Taiwan, but a decision by Washington not to intervene in a Taiwan Strait conflict would represent a dramatic shift in US strategy

Geopolitics Opinion China United States Policies & Politics Diplomacy & Defence United States & Canada

What would the US do if Beijing decided to take Taiwan by force?

Sunday, 22 July, 2018, 8:32pm 114

Police officers remove a passenger from a car that crashed after a pursuit. Photo: AP

United States & Canada

One dead after police pursuit and shoot-out in Los Angeles

Sunday, 22 July, 2018, 10:02pm

File photo of Carter Page, one-time adviser to Donald Trump during his presidential campaign. Photo: Reuters

United States & Canada

FBI believed Trump adviser was Russian agent, secret documents show

Sunday, 22 July, 2018, 10:02pm 1

The Trump administration has junked the concept in the United States, and Asian nations are often beholden to telecom providers, but India has decided all its 1.3 billion people should have equal access to online content

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What does India’s trend-setting net neutrality mean?

Sunday, 22 July, 2018, 1:37pm 2

America’s creditors are fed up with Trump’s squander of US economic growth as he picks fights

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America’s creditors are fed up with Trump’s squander of US growth

Sunday, 22 July, 2018, 11:25am 18

Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton waves to the crowd at OZY Fest in Central Park on Saturday, July 21, 2018. Photo: AP

United States & Canada

Clinton: Russia may attack US midterm election infrastructure

Sunday, 22 July, 2018, 10:06am 9

Markeis McGlockton (left) flinches as he is shot by Micheal Drejka outside a convenience store in Clearwater, Florida. Photo: Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office

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He shot man dead in parking dispute. US police say he ‘stood his ground’

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Hong Kong’s MTR and China’s Guangshen Railway Company are said to be front runners to operate trains on a new train network in Britain

Europe

Can Chinese expertise help Britain rival Japan’s bullet trains?

Sunday, 22 July, 2018, 10:02pm READ NOW

Europe

Chinese-restaurant staff are going on strike against what they believe are heavy-handed UK immigration raids, one of which left a woman sprawled in the street in front of a van

Europe

Fury boils over as immigration raids hit London Chinatown restaurants

23 Jul 2018 - 11:09am 7

West Mercia Police in Britain released this photo of men they would like to speak to after a three-year-old boy was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in a Worcester shop on Saturday. Photo: West Mercia Police

Europe

Did these men deliberately throw acid in face of three-year-old boy?

23 Jul 2018 - 8:13am 1

The pressure is intensifying on the French president as some suspect a cover-up in Alexandre Benalla affair

Europe

Emmanuel Macron stays silent as his former aide appears before a magistrate

23 Jul 2018 - 4:03am 2

Demonstrators say the public debate in the county is being pushed to the right.

Europe

Thousands rally in Munich to protest against the ‘politics of fear’

Monday, 23 July, 2018, 3:28am

The exterior of a Burberry store in central London. Photo: Reuters

Europe

Burberry under fire for burning unsold clothes but everyone does it

Sunday, 22 July, 2018, 10:02pm 1

Zeng Fanzhi, one of China's most famous painters, will have his works displayed at The Feuerle Collection in Berlin. Photo: AFP

Society Europe East Asia South Asia

Is China’s rise driving an Asian art renaissance in Europe?

Sunday, 22 July, 2018, 7:18pm

Middle East

An Israeli soldier hands out water to members of the Syria Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, in this still image taken from video provided by the Israeli Army. Photo: Reuters

Middle East

Israeli military extracts hundreds of White Helmet rescuers from Syria

23 Jul 2018 - 7:48am 3

Israelis hold placards reading “This house belongs to all of us” during a protest against the controversial Nationality Bill. Photo: EPA

Middle East

Israel passes contentious law proclaiming ‘Jewish nation-state’

19 Jul 2018 - 10:59pm 2

n this April 20, 2018 file photo, Palestinian protesters fly a kite with a burning rag dangling from its tail during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel. Photo: AP

Middle East

The Palestinian air force: arson kites and a firebombing falcon

18 Jul 2018 - 10:02pm

Iraqis carry the coffin of a man who was kidnapped and then executed by the Islamic state group in Karbala city, southern Iraq, on June 28. Photo: EPA

Middle East

Islamic State makes comeback, seven months after Iraq claimed ‘final victory’

Wednesday, 18 July, 2018, 10:02pm

Japanese Ambassador Fumio Iwai clowns around in a police pickup truck during a handover ceremony of vehicles provided by Japan to the Iraqi police at an unspecified location in Iraq. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Middle East East Asia

Why do Iraqis adore the Japanese ambassador so much?

Wednesday, 18 July, 2018, 10:55pm

Israeli soldiers during clashes with stone-throwing Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron in April 2018. Photo: EPA

Middle East

Israel passes law to ban groups critical of state, military from schools

Tuesday, 17 July, 2018, 10:31pm

A local man on a donkey on the road between the Tajik border and Ishkashim. Photo: Edward Cavanough

Society

Where Instagramers and Taliban play

Saturday, 14 July, 2018, 10:30am READ NOW

Americas

Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel (second left) applauds as former president Raul Castro arrives at the National Assembly session on July 21, 2018. Photo: AFP

Americas

Castro’s changes to Cuban constitution include term limits

22 Jul 2018 - 12:42pm

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega arrives for an event to mark the 39th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution in Managua, Nicaragua, on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

Americas

Nicaragua’s Ortega blames US coup attempt for deadly unrest

20 Jul 2018 - 1:41pm 3

Brazilian surgeon Dr Denis Furtado is escorted by police after his arrest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday. Photo: AP

Americas

Rio police arrest plastic surgeon ‘Dr Bumbum’ over HSBC manager’s death

20 Jul 2018 - 9:45am

‘The fact he is still alive gives you hope. He is the ultimate symbol’

Americas

Watch rare video of uncontacted tribesman, alone in Amazon for 22 years

Friday, 20 July, 2018, 10:03pm

Paramilitaries on a truck in Masaya, following clashes with anti-government demonstrators. Photo: AFP

Americas

Forces loyal to Nicaraguan president storm opposition stronghold

Thursday, 19 July, 2018, 9:48pm

Plastic surgeon Denis Furtado was considered capable of performing magic on women’s bodies. Now he is on the run after the death of patient Lilian Quezia Calixto. Photos: Social media

Americas

Celebrity plastic surgeon ‘Dr Bumbum’ on the run after patient dies

Wednesday, 18 July, 2018, 10:02pm 6

Africa

The Soubre hydroelectric dam, which was built by China to reduce the energy deficit in the Ivory Coast. China’s engagement with Africa has accelerated over the decades. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy & Defence

What to know about China’s ties with Africa, from aid to infrastructure

22 Jul 2018 - 3:04am 10

Chinese leader seeks to deepen military and economic ties on a four-nation tour

Diplomacy & Defence

In African visit, Xi Jinping aims to step in where US steps aside

22 Jul 2018 - 9:49am 12

The Soubre hydroelectric dam in Ivory Coast, built by China’s state-run Sinohydro. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy & Defence

China’s investment in West Africa takes on France in former colonies

18 Jul 2018 - 11:19pm 5

‘We now stand at a crossroads, a moment in time in which two very different visions of humanity’s future compete for the hearts and minds of citizens around the world’

United States & Canada Africa

Obama warns against China’s model and the rise of ‘strongman politics’

Wednesday, 18 July, 2018, 10:02pm 22

Soldiers from the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army on the back of a vehicle in Damboa, Borno State northeast Nigeria on March 25, 2016. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Africa

Hundreds of Nigerian troops missing after Boko Haram overruns base

Monday, 16 July, 2018, 12:46pm

Many Kenyans consider Obama native to this country and bask in his success, despite the fact that Obama has never lived in Africa.

United States & Canada Africa

Barack Obama returns to Kenya to help launch his sister’s project

Monday, 16 July, 2018, 5:25am 5

Russia & Central Asia

Russian foreign minister says accusations are ‘totally unacceptable’

Russia & Central Asia

Russia demands US release accused spy, calling charges false

22 Jul 2018 - 6:27am 7

US Secretary of Defence James Mattis. Photo: AP

United States & Canada

Mattis supports easing sanctions on allies that buy Russian weapons

21 Jul 2018 - 3:52pm 2

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: AP

United States & Canada

White House ‘is not considering supporting’ call for Ukraine referendum

21 Jul 2018 - 7:48am

The 25-year-old was stabbed to death in his home city of Almaty

Other Sport Russia & Central Asia

Man ‘confessed to murdering Olympic figure skating hero’; one more arrested

Saturday, 21 July, 2018, 5:26am 4

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands on Monday. Trump has invited Putin to join him in the US, in a move that has startled the US president’s own staff. Phtoo: AP

United States & Canada Russia & Central Asia

‘Say again?’ Trump invites Putin to US, startling his intelligence chief

Friday, 20 July, 2018, 7:52am 6

An attendant servicing a taxi at a petrol station in Pyongyang, North Korea, last year. Photo: AFP

Global Economy Commodities China Business East Asia Economy Russia & Central Asia

China and Russia delay US bid to halt petrol shipments to North Korea

Friday, 20 July, 2018, 3:12am 5

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