New York: In a historic auction in New York, a remarkable Hebrew Bible over 1,000 years old was sold for a staggering $38.1 million, setting a new record for the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction. The Codex Sassoon, dating back to the late ninth
Hiroshima, Japan: President Joe Biden on Thursday will open his visit to a Japan that has tightened its economic and national security alliance with the US by meeting privately with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ahead of the larger Group of Seven summit. Kishida’s home city
Hanoi: Vietnam on Thursday criticised recent conduct by a Chinese research ship and the Philippine coast guard in the South China Sea, accusing its neighbours of separate actions that were violating its sovereign rights. Tensions are high in contested parts of the South China Sea, one
Warsaw: Denis Dziubanovskiy weighed only a perilous 1.5 kg when his Ukrainian refugee mother, traumatized by the war in her homeland, gave birth to him prematurely via caesarean section, leaving her unable to breastfeed him. A UNICEF-funded milk bank in Poland set up for mothers in
Beijing: The Sanxingdui Museum, which is set to open a new exhibition hall on July 28, has recently seen a surge in visitor numbers. During the recent Labor Day holiday period, nearly 100,000 visitors flocked to the site. With such a high level of interest,
London: The UK Home Office is to fast-track the asylum applications of more than 20,000 people from Iraq and Iran in an effort to fulfill a pledge by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to clear a substantial backlog of more than 90,000 claims. A leaked document, suggests
Rakhine: Hundreds of people, including Rohingya Muslims, were feared dead after a cyclone struck Myanmar at the weekend, residents and aid groups said, with rescue efforts hampered by damage to infrastructure. Myanmar's impoverished Rakhine State bore the brunt of Cyclone Mocha, during which winds of up
By Global Times When Canadian Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino attempted to hype up the so-called China's overseas police stations, one word stood out - could. "Mendicino concedes there could be new 'Chinese police stations' in Canada," the country's CTV News reported. The first paragraph of the
Washington: Three of President Joe Biden's cabinet members will testify on China policy at a U.S. Senate hearing, a rare joint appearance underscoring Washington's focus on competing with the rising Asian power. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of Commerce
New York: Musk said that the official policy of China is to integrate Taiwan, and he believes that China's intentions should be taken seriously. He also highlighted the interconnectedness of the Chinese and global economies, emphasizing the potential impact on companies like Tesla and Apple if