Natural and man-made catastrophes have caused $268 billion of economic losses so far in 2022, chiefly driven by Hurricane Ian and other extreme weather disasters, reinsurance giant Swiss Re estimated Thursday. Of the estimated $268 billion total

US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron emerged from White House talks Thursday pledging to close ranks in helping Ukraine and pressuring Russia’s Vladimir Putin to make peace.

The UN appealed for record funds for aid next year, as the Ukraine war and other conflicts, climate emergencies and the still-simmering pandemic push more people into crisis, and some towards famine.

New York and Singapore are jointly the world’s most expensive cities after inflation soared this year, an annual survey showed yesterday. The pair displaced last year’s number one Tel Aviv, which fell to third place this time round in the Worldwide Cost of

President Joe Biden yesterday greeted President Emmanuel Macron at the White House with full-scale military honors and a pledge to uphold the “unwavering” US-French alliance ahead of talks on Ukraine, China and a looming trade dispute.

The UN appealed for record funds for aid next year, as the Ukraine war and other conflicts, climate emergencies and the still-simmering pandemic push more people into crisis, and some towards famine.

New York and Singapore are jointly the world's most expensive cities after inflation soared this year, an annual survey showed today.

Cash transfers to low- and middle-income countries eased this year, with rising prices taking a toll on migrants' incomes, the World Bank said Wednesday.

An Iranian man was shot dead by the security forces after celebrating when the United States eliminated his country's national team from the World Cup, rights groups said Wednesday..Iran was knocked out of the World Cup by its arch enemy the United States in Qatar on Tuesday night, drawing

Christine McVie, whose songwriting and signature vocals helped make British-American group Fleetwood Mac one of the best-selling rock bands of all time, died on Wednesday. She was 79.

Belgium launched its biggest-ever criminal trial yesterday, the landmark prosecution of alleged jihadists accused of directing or aiding 2016 suicide bombings in Brussels’ metro and airport that killed 32 people.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces were trying to advance in the northeast and east and “planning something” in the south, while Nato yesterday sought to reassure other countries that fear destabilisation from Moscow.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday said he had personally called on US officials to end legal proceedings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, declaring: “Enough is enough.”

Two leaders of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, including founder Stewart Rhodes, were found guilty of sedition on Tuesday in the most high-

Nearly three quarters of people over the age of 10 now own a mobile phone, potentially opening the way to broader internet use, the United

Saudi Arabia plans to host a Chinese-Arab summit on Dec 9 attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to the kingdom, three Arab

Half the world’s democratic countries are experiencing an erosion of democracy, intensified by war in Ukraine and economic crisis, an international think tank said in a report yesterday.

Russian and Chinese air forces took part in joint military exercises in the Asia-Pacific region, the Russian defence ministry said yesterday.

China’s nuclear arsenal is likely to more than triple to 1,500 warheads by 2035, the Pentagon said in a Tuesday report that also highlighted the increasing sophistication of the country’s air force.

Half the world's democratic countries are experiencing an erosion of democracy, intensified by war in Ukraine and economic crisis, an international think tank said in a report today.