U.S. Department of State said on Friday that U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators met over two days and agreed on the framework of security arrangements.

The U.S. Consumer Sentiment Index rose to 53.3 in December, according to a preliminary reading released Friday by the University of Michigan (UM) Surveys of Consumers, up from the final reading of 51 in November but below last December's 74.

Canada's employment increased by 54,000, or 0.3 percent, in November, driven by gains in part-time work, said Statistics Canada on Friday.

The strong bond of friendship between China and Malaysia was highlighted during the China-Malaysia Spring Festival Gala, which kicked off in Putrajaya, the country's administrative capital, on Friday.

This photo taken on Dec. 4, 2025 shows a high-level seminar held at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

A powerful storm, named Byron by local meteorologists, continued to batter Greece for a second consecutive day on Friday, triggering widespread flooding.Mandra, a town in the western Attica region roughly 20 km from Athens, was among the hardest-hit areas.

Endangered African penguins living off the coast of South Africa have likely starved to death in large numbers due to severe food shortages, according to a new study.

The death toll from the drone strike that hit civilian areas in the city of Kalogi in southern Sudan's South Kordofan state on Thursday has risen to 79, among them 43 children, the state government said on Friday.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted off the coast of Jalisco, Mexico, at 1933 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The International Symposium on Human Rights Protection in the Digital Era was held here on Friday, bringing together scholars, social organizations and media from both China and Malaysia.

In pics: Helsinki Christmas Market in Finland

The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of U.S. President Donald Trump's directive to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States, a contentious part of his efforts to curb immigration and a step that would alter how a 19th-century constitutional provision has long been un

Farmers harvest poinsettia plants in Mexico City

In pics: Quinta Crespo Market in Venezuela

U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators held the second day of talks in Miami, the U.S. state of Florida, continuing discussions on the U.S.-proposed peace plan for the Ukraine crisis, U.S. and Ukrainian officials said Friday, according to a report from U.S. online media outlet Axios.

China will work with the United States on salient global narcotics issues based on the principles of equality and mutual respect, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Security said on Friday.