Oil extended losses after a report that Israel may avoid targeting Iran’s crude infrastructure eased concerns over tensions in the Middle East. West Texas Intermediate fell below $72 a barrel, after losing 2.3% on Monday, while Brent settled near $77. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Biden administration he is willing to strike military…
Russia is strengthening its military ties with North Korea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned, as he reiterated a plea for more sustained supplies for his country’s forces. “We see that the alliance between Russia and regimes like North Korea is growing,” Zelenskiy said in his daily address to the nation Sunday evening without providing any…
In the wake of that tie-up, South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun said earlier this month that North Korea was likely deploying its soldiers to Ukraine to fight alongside Russian troops. Ukrainian media reported in early October that North Korean soldiers had died after Kyiv’s forces bombed Russian-occupied territory near Donetsk. In his Sunday address, Zelenskyy…
Beijing begins manoeuvres in areas to north, south and east of island, days after President Lai’s first National Day speech. China’s military has started a new round of war games with ships and aircraft near Taiwan, just days after the self-ruled democratic island marked its National Day. The exercises, dubbed Joint Sword-2024B, were taking place…
Like music and storytelling, sports are a fundamental part of human experience, originating with our ancient ancestors as they built civilisations. As these sports evolved, some surprisingly resemble today’s competitions. In ancient China, many games from thousands of years ago still connect with modern sports. Here are four examples of ancient Chinese sports that have…
Chinese scientists have mounted what they say is the world’s first effective attack on a widely used encryption method using a quantum computer. The breakthrough poses a “real and substantial threat” to the long-standing password-protection mechanism employed across critical sectors, including banking and the military, according to the researchers. Despite the slow progress in general-purpose…
The Israeli military has fired on the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon twice in less than 48 hours, the UN says. Israeli forces repeatedly fired at a guard tower at the headquarters of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Thursday, injuring two members of the force, and again fired at a watchtower, injuring…
“Her return was agreed, and the last information we know, she was being transferred to Lefortovo prison[in Moscow] to prepare for her return home,” Petro Yatsenko, representative of Ukraine’s prisoner exchange coordination staff, said on a Ukrainian national fundraising telethon late on Thursday. Roshchyna, 27, went missing in August 2023 in the Russian-occupied territories of…
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has called for more urgency in negotiations on a code of conduct for the disputed South China Sea, as he accused China of “harassment and intimidation” in the waterway. Marcos Jr told leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Marcos that substantive progress…
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk believes that the alleged UFOs seen zipping around the United States are not extraterrestrial life but are more likely the US government’s “new weapons programs” that are highly classified. Musk, 53, revealed that he has “not seen any evidence of aliens” while in charge of his Space Exploration Technologies company during…