The traditional Aymara Alasitas fair returns with a crowd of vendors and shoppers to the Peruvian city of Puno, on the shores of Lake Titicaca, after a two-year interruption due to the pandemic.
Beijing warns that President Joe Biden's Taiwan policy will have "irredeemable consequences" for the China-US relationship if the United States continues down "the wrong path". Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin accuses the US of "covertly and secretly" supporting "Taiwan independence separatist activities". President Biden said Washington's "strategic ambiguity" policy on Taiwan remains unchanged.
Democrat Beto O'Rourke interrupted a news briefing on the Uvalde school shooting to accuse Texas Governor Greg Abbott of deadly inaction on gun control
Cathay Pacific Airways will rehire hundreds of cabin crew who were previously laid off or resigned ahead of plans to ramp up its flight services, the Post has learned. The airline company invited former staff who had said they would like to be contacted for future jobs to send a priority application in an email seen by the Post on Wednesday. “I’m pleased that as we look to resume our flight operations, it is the right time for us to begin rebuilding our team,” Jeanette Mao, the airline’s general
Forced to flee fighting, Lyudmyla was assured the authorities would rehouse her in a town in western Ukraine. But when she arrived, they took one look at her and turned her away.
Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to unveil immediate plans for economy, including interim budget, over next few weeks
Dust obscures Riyadh's iconic buildings, as a sandstorm descends on the Saudi Kingdom's capital, for the second time in less than a week. Experts warn that sandstorms could become more and more frequent because of climate change, putting human health at grave risk.
India's Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday that a crude oil price of $110 a barrel was not sustainable, as the world faces an energy price crisis which is contributing to rising global inflation. Oil prices have surged this year, with Brent crude hitting $139 a barrel in March for its highest price since 2008, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine exacerbated supply concerns. As countries around the world struggle with the impact of inflation on disposable income, India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on the same WEF panel that food inflation in the South Asian country was at a "manageable level".
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson braced Wednesday for the release of a senior civil servant's long-awaited full report into a "Partygate" scandal, as new allegations emerged about a culture of lockdown-breaking boozing in his offices.
Police resorts to teargas shelling and baton charge as Khan marches towards capital with supporters
A United Arab Emirates company signed a contract with the Taliban authorities Tuesday to provide ground handling services at Afghanistan's three airports, officials said, as the country seeks to resume international transit.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says that China "must explain itself" after a media consortium published leaked documents which appear to show thousands of photographs from inside a system of mass incarceration, including many people from the Uyghur minority. "These images are horrific and disturbing and they confirm... that the most serious human rights violations are taking place in Xinjiang", Baerbock says.
The Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu suggests that Moscow will have to fight for a long time in Ukraine to achieve the objectives of its intervention, which has entered its fourth month.
In Ukraine's only region fully controlled by Russian troops, Moscow-backed officials are pushing for formal annexation while those still living there say they are apprehensive about the future.
Japan says Chinese bombers met Russian bombers and ‘made a joint flight to the East China Sea’
The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox worldwide has reached 219 outside of countries where it is endemic, according to an update released by the European Union's disease agency.
The price of shares in Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras fell Tuesday in reaction to President Jair Bolsonaro firing its boss after only 40 days on the job.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare (L) has defended the security pact with China despite Western governments' fears
As we head into exam season, it's important for students to find ways to revise as efficiently as possible. Certain methods, such as "bionic reading," can be of help here. Here's how it works.
Nazia said she had lost four children to malnutrition — two daughters and two sons under 2 years old
Empty playgrounds, lonely dogs and a constant backdrop of shelling fill the otherwise ghostly towns of Soledar and Bakhmut, located in the besieged Ukrainian east. The only movement is people boarding a bus -- storing their suitcases in the hold and preparing to flee.
