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HONG KONG — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is set to begin his visit to China on Sunday as Beijing looks to deepen ties with the country after heightened tensions between China and Japan over Taiwan, a self-ruled island it claims as its sovereign territory. Lee’s four-day trip is his first visit to China […]

On Saturday morning, President Donald Trump announced that the United States military, working with American law-enforcement officials, had carried out a strike in Venezuela, capturing the country’s President, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores. Maduro was indicted in a federal court in New York for his role in what the Administration claims is a

In 2025, cancer remained one of the world’s most pressing health challenges. Globally, an estimated 20 million new cancer cases are diagnosed each year, with cancer continuing to rank among the leading causes of death worldwide. In the United States alone, more than 2 million new cancer diagnoses and over 600,000 cancer-related deaths are projected

Item 1 of 3 U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk to a joint news conference following their meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS [1/3]U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk to a joint news conference following their meeting

President Donald Trump has launched not a splendid little war, but perhaps a splendid little operation in Venezuela. He has captured a dictator and removed him from power. So far, Trump seems to have executed a bad idea well: The military operation, dubbed “Operation Absolute Resolve,” seems to have been flawless. The strategic wisdom, however,

Donald Trump said on Saturday morning that troops had carried out a “large-scale strike” on Venezuela and captured its president, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores. The couple has now been indicted in New York on terrorism and drugs charges. Trump has accused Maduro of running a “narco terrorist organisation”. However, the legality of

President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the U.S. will “run” Venezuela following a U.S. military operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. “We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition” to new leadership, Trump

President Donald Trump will hold a news conference Saturday after announcing the United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Trump’s news conference, from his Florida Mar-a-Lago estate, is expected to begin at 11 a.m. EST. Watch live in the player above. Maduro and his

The overthrow and reported capture by invading US forces of Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s hardline socialist president, will send a shiver of fear and consternation around the world. The coup is illegal, unprovoked and regionally and globally destabilising. It upends international norms, ignores sovereign territorial rights, and potentially creates an anarchic situation inside Venezuela itself. It

Move over Times Square, this New Year’s Eve. St. Barts became the place on Earth where money really does seem to grow on palm trees. At the center of it all: Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez, hosting what might go down as the wildest billionaire-level New Year’s bash in recent memory. Sun-soaked beaches

Awards season looms – and that means viewers must once again brace themselves for a tidal wave of earnest speechifying. “Who am I wearing? Valentino – and I call on all of you to fight climate change.” Not a ceremony can pass without some actor haranguing their captive audience on everything from Trump to trans

©Molly Riley/White House/Planet Pix via ZUMA Press Wire / Shutterstock Elon Musk is the world’s richest human being. According to Forbes, which ranked the entrepreneur as the number one billionaire in the world, Musk’s net worth is in the range of $773.5 billion. That’s a lot of money for one person. But what if Musk

Skip next section US President Trump confirms Venezuela strike, says Maduro was ‘captured’ 01/03/2026January 3, 2026 US President Trump confirms Venezuela strike, says Maduro was ‘captured’ US President Donald Trump confirmed on Saturday that the US had “successfully” carried out what he called a “large-scale” strike against Venezuela, saying that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was

The world enters 2026 amid numerous aspirations. Traditionally, national leaders deliver New Year addresses to convey a vision of national development and prosperity, thereby encouraging public confidence in the government and its future trajectory. For China—a civilization with a history spanning several millennia—these aspirations carry distinctive characteristics. Today, China stands as the world’s second-largest economy

Ahead of his state visit to China, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said that while security cooperation with the US was an “unavoidable reality” for Seoul, its relations with Beijing should not move towards confrontation. In an interview with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV on Friday, Lee called for more frequent leader-level dialogues – at least

President Donald Trump on Friday once again misidentified the national bird he repeatedly claims to care about. Three days after suggesting that a falcon in Israel was a bald eagle in America, Trump was back posting on Truth Social about why he doesn’t want to see any more wind turbines being built. Yet he still

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has revealed the single and most important factor behind the company’s trillion-dollar success: “obsessive, compulsive focus on the customer” rather than on competitors. Speaking at the Economic Club of Washington, Bezos stressed on the fact that many of the CEOs and founders claim that they prioritise customers but in reality they