U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to stick with diplomatic talks after weighing a return to all-out war with Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. officials familiar with the matter.Amid the current diplomatic stalemate, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced changes to the country's coalition government, appointing new ministers and deputy ministers in a reshuffle of the Government of National Unity (GNU).In a statement issued Tuesday by the Presidency, Ramaphosa said the changes followed

'The Forbidden City: Six Centuries of Mystery' exhibition held in Paris

Spain's Daily Mortality Monitoring System, coordinated by the National Epidemiology Center of the Carlos III Health Institute, estimated that 1,029 deaths were attributable to high temperatures in June, the second-hottest June in the country's history.The figure includes people who died directly

Some in the West argue that communist governments are not naturally suited to innovation, but China's experience challenges that assumption. At a CGTN panel, Dr. Geeganage Weerasinghe, general secretary of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka, said China's technological achievements are underpinned by

A Sudanese medical group has accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of detaining 20 doctors, including four women, in El Fasher, warning that the conflict in North Darfur has taken a devastating toll on healthcare workers.A recent report from the Sudan Doctors Network revealed that 25 medical

This summer, Europe is once again baking in relentless heat, with temperatures flirting with or breaching 40 C. The data from public health authorities, such as France's initial estimates of around a thousand excess deaths during a single heatwave, are grim. It is a recurring tragedy, and yet, the

A bus transporting foreign nationals for repatriation overturned near Musina in South Africa's Limpopo Province, killing the driver and injuring 11 passengers, authorities said on Wednesday.The Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety said the accident occurred on the N1 highway near

The Communist Party of China has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. For many Global South countries, poverty alleviation remains both an economic task and a question of governance. At a CGTN panel, we spoke to Rabia Abdalla Hamid, the National Executive Committee Secretary for

Thailand's business sentiment continued to rebound across most sectors in June, fueled by easing Middle East tensions, lower energy prices, and government economic relief measures, data from the central bank showed on Wednesday.According to the Bank of Thailand, the Southeast Asian country's

A serious fire broke out on Wednesday morning in a ten-storey apartment building in Antwerp, Belgium. Antwerp police confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that at least six people had died in the fire, according to Belgian media.Everyone in the affected building has now been evacuated. A total of 60

Twelve Polish tourists were injured after a car collided with a bus carrying Polish citizens in Antalya, Türkiye, a Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.The spokesman, Maciej Wewior, told local media TVN24 that 30 Polish citizens were traveling on the bus when the accident occurred.

Indonesia registered a 9.38-percent year-on-year increase in Chinese tourist arrivals in May, reaching 125,460, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) said at a press conference on Wednesday.The archipelago welcomed a total of 1.38 million international visitors in May, up 5.83 percent from the same month last

The US has long styled itself as the "guardian of democracy." Yet under the cloak of this high-sounding narrative lies a meticulously engineered political apparatus geared toward maximizing America's geopolitical interests. Among its many instruments, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

The world's oceans just experienced their hottest June on record and could set fresh highs in the months ahead as El Nino and climate change drive temperatures even higher, scientists said on Wednesday.Global average sea surface temperatures in June were 20.98C, beating the previous records of 2023