China's inflation data show economy in doldrums despite a slight improvement in trade
China's economy remains in the doldrums, with prices falling due to slack demand from consumers and businesses
2023-10-13 18:26
Missing peace activist Vivian Silver - son awaits news, good or bad
My mother would say the atrocities are the result of not striving for peace, he tells Jeremy Bowen.
2023-10-13 18:25
NASA set to launch spacecraft to explore metal-rich asteroid Psyche
By Steve Gorman NASA was due on Friday to launch a spacecraft from Florida on its way to
2023-10-13 18:24
Republican infighting returns US House speaker race to square one
By David Morgan WASHINGTON Republicans were struggling to restart their effort to pick a new leader for the
2023-10-13 18:22
2022 saw the highest rate of recorded antisemitic incidents in the US. American Jews fear the Israel-Hamas conflict could make things worse
Jon Rettinger has not let his children wear their yarmulkes in public this week, afraid they could be targeted for being Jewish.
2023-10-13 18:19
Analysis-Trump puts courts in bind with criticism of judges, legal system
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON Donald Trump's attacks on the U.S. justice system face a fresh test next week
2023-10-13 18:19
Teacher killed in France school stabbing
Two other people have been seriously injured in the knife attack in the northern city of Arras.
2023-10-13 18:16
'You take that light away from a family and it's devastating': Loved ones mourn loss of 15-year-old Shadrach Hall-Turner
Shadrach was born in October 2007 in Washington state. When his parents started struggling with addiction, a loving and close-knit network of extended family members stepped in to help care for Shadrach. Now, that village is devastated.
2023-10-13 18:15
Teacher ‘killed and several injured’ in knife attack at France high school
A teacher has been killed in a knife attack at a high school in France, the country’s interior minister has said. The attack took place at the Gambetta secondary school in the town of Arras in northern France on Friday at around 11am, local media has reported. A teacher is reported dead and several other injured. One pupil told outlet La Voix du Nord: “We were leaving class to go to the canteen when we saw the guy with two knives attacking the teacher, who had blood on him. He tried to calm him down and protect us. “He told us to leave, but we didn’t really understand, so we ran and others went back upstairs.” A post on X, formerly Twitter, French interior minister Gérald Darmanin said: “A police operation took place at the Gambetta high school in Arras. The perpetrator was arrested by the police.” A man has been arrested by police. French media reported that pupils are being kept in classrooms, while other schools in the town have also been sealed off. This is a breaking news story - updates to come Read More Police around world brace for days of pro-Palestinian protests AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa French police probe ‘poisoning’ of journalist who denounced Putin’s war live on TV
2023-10-13 18:15
Malaysia announces smaller budget, eyes subsidy cuts to narrow deficit
By Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia on Friday unveiled a tighter budget for 2024, focusing on subsidy rationalisation
2023-10-13 17:59
Moving severely ill people in Gaza amounts to 'death sentence' - WHO
GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Friday local health authorities in Gaza had informed it that it
2023-10-13 17:57
Israeli army to confront resilient foe in anticipated Gaza invasion
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jonathan Saul GAZA/JERUSALEM An Israeli invasion of Gaza will face an enemy that has
2023-10-13 17:51