Wildlife in South Africa's Western Cape is under growing threat as widespread wildfires continue to sweep across the province, prompting authorities to urge the public not to interfere with animals affected by fires.CapeNature, the provincial conservation authority, said on Monday that the Western

U.S. President Donald Trump slammed a group of U.S. attorneys for not moving fast enough to prosecute his favored targets during an event at the White House last week, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.Dozens of attorneys from across the United States gathered at the White House on

Sri Lanka will begin a large-scale housing program this month, a deputy minister said on Tuesday.Deputy Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply T.B. Sarath said the initiative, titled "A Place to Belong, a Beautiful Life," aims to construct more than 31,000 new homes by the end of 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused the Federal Reserve of not being bullish in lowering interest rates.Trump made the accusation in a speech to the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, local media reported.In an interview with the "CBS Evening News" later on Tuesday night, Trump said Fed

The premier of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) said on Wednesday that a footbridge used by the perpetrators of the terror attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach should be demolished.NSW Premier Chris Minns said at a press conference in Sydney that his personal view is that the footbridge at

A mainland spokesperson on Wednesday said that the Taiwan question belongs to China's internal affairs, and its resolution is a matter for the Chinese people alone.Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the comment in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's

Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86.Her death was announced Tuesday by the Claudette Colvin Legacy Foundation. Ashley D. Roseboro of the organization confirmed she

Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez is planning to send an envoy to Washington this week as the Donald Trump administration is weighing the possibility to reopen its embassy in the oil-rich South American nation, according to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday.Felix Plasencia, Venezuelan

Revelers participate in a carnival celebration in the village of Vevcani, North Macedonia, Jan. 13, 2026.

As the United States is set to formally withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) in January, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned Tuesday that the move will make both the country and the world "unsafe."On his first day back in the White House on Jan. 20, 2025, U.S.

Cameroon's Ministry of Higher Education on Tuesday signed a framework partnership agreement with China First Highway Engineering Co., Ltd. (CFHEC) to promote professionalism in university education and improve graduate employability.Cameroonian Minister of Higher Education Jacques Fame Ndongo said

Ball held to welcome upcoming old calendar New Year in Minsk, Belarus

Hungarian Minister of Justice Bence Tuzson on Tuesday praised the contributions of Chinese enterprises to Hungary's economic and social development.Speaking at a breakfast meeting co-hosted here by the Hungarian Ministry of Justice and the Association of Chinese Enterprises in Hungary, Tuzson said

A number of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers are introducing a bill aimed at preventing President Donald Trump from using the U.S. military to invade a NATO member or territory amid mounting concerns over Trump's remarks demanding Greenland's "ownership.""This is about our fundamental shared goals and our

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday that the U.S. ambition to control Greenland would constitute "a real unprecedented situation in the history of NATO and of any defense alliance in the world."Pistorius made the remarks at a joint press conference in Berlin with EU High