Mr Kissinger played a pivotal and polarising role in US foreign policy during the Cold War. Mr Kissinger’s family would hold a private funeral, with a memorial service to take place later in New York, where he grew up. 5 Facts About Henry Kissinger
More hostages were freed from Gaza on Wednesday, as mediators raced to broker another extension to the truce between Israel and Hamas hours before it was due to expire. Underscoring the urgency, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel for talks on aid for Gaza and the truce, which is scheduled to end…
A senior Hamas official said on Wednesday the Islamist movement was ready to release all the Israeli soldiers it is holding captive in exchange for all Palestinian prisoners held in Israel, amid negotiations to extend a truce over Gaza. Hamas official and former Gaza health minister Bassem Naim said the group was going through “hard…
A recent increase in respiratory illnesses in China is a common issue faced by that all countries and Chinese authorities have it under effective control, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday. The World Health Organization (WHO) last week requested China provide detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of…
The United States on Wednesday sanctioned a crypto mixer that it said was serving as a money laundering tool used by hackers affiliated with the North Korean government.Crypto mixers are software allowing users to obfuscate transactions, and have been used by hackers in attempts to exchange crypto into fiat currency. The US Treasury Department said…
Russia has sentenced a man to 10 days in jail for tracing the words “No to war” on a snow-covered turnstile outside a skating rink in Moscow, a court document showed.Moscow made criticism of its offensive in Ukraine illegal shortly after the conflict began in February 2022, and thousands have been detained for simple acts…
Canada and Google have reached an agreement in their dispute over a new law that aims to make large internet companies share advertising revenue with news publishers in the country, CBC News reported on Wednesday, citing sources.If confirmed, the deal would keep news stories in Google search results – which had been under threat since…
They are the most common type of planet observed in our Milky Way galaxy – two to three times the diameter of Earth but smaller than Neptune, and orbiting closer to their stars than our solar system’s innermost planet Mercury does to the sun.Called “sub-Neptunes,” they are absent from our solar system and their fundamental…
The WHO on Wednesday said that a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was possible but those with influence were not doing enough to secure it, expressing concern at Gaza’s “crippled” health system.World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there was a high chance of fighting resuming, with the current truce scheduled to expire early…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that there was “no sense of fatigue” among NATO allies when it came to helping Ukraine.“We must and we will continue to support Ukraine,” he said after a NATO-Ukraine meeting in Brussels, adding that NATO allies were unanimous on this position and that he was also…