DANISH Toymaker Lego has abandoned its effort to ditch oil-based plastics from its bricks after finding that its new…
RUSSIAN crude oil supplies increased 50% this spring despite the Group of 7 (G7) countries imposing sanctions due to…
BANGKOK — Chinese tourists landing in Bangkok got a VIP welcome on Monday, as Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin personally…
PARIS – France’s center–right Les Republicains (LR) party maintained its majority in the Senate after Sunday’s vote, in which three senators from Marine Le…
WASHINGTON – The speaker of Canada‘s House of Commons on Sunday apologized for praising an individual at a parliamentary meeting who served in a Nazi unit during World…
TAIPEI – Taiwan hopes to deploy at least two new, domestically developed submarines by 2027, and possibly equip later models with missiles, to strengthen deterrence against the Chinese navy…
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday the government would ask the fuel industry to sell at cost price and would grant 100 euros ($106.52) in aid to the…
SHANGHAI – China has limited room for further monetary policy easing, and it should pursue structural reforms such as encouraging entrepreneurs rather than counting on…
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis suggested on Saturday that some countries were “playing games” with Ukraine by…