Ethiopian Airlines broke ground Saturday on a $12.5 billion airport in Bishoftu. Officials call it Africa’s biggest airport. When it opens in 2030, the facility will dwarf anything else on the continent—and that’s exactly what Ethiopia needs right now. The…
Norwegian biathlete Sivert Guttorm Bakken has died at 27. The International Biathlon Union confirmed this Tuesday. Bakken was found dead in his hotel room in Lavaze, Italian Alps. He was attending a training camp there. Local media reported the death…
Chinese President Xi Jinping didn’t show up Saturday for China’s annual Nanjing Massacre memorial. Pretty notable timing given Beijing and Tokyo are barely speaking to each other right now over Taiwan. China held the ceremony anyway at the national memorial…
China’s Ministry of Commerce dropped a significant announcement Friday: the world’s largest steel producer will require export licences for certain steel products starting January 1, 2026. This move comes as Chinese steel exports keep smashing records, while overseas countries slam…
Thailand and Cambodia are at war again. Three Thai soldiers and seven Cambodian civilians died since Monday. Both sides blame each other for starting the violence that has torn apart a fragile ceasefire that US President Donald Trump backed just…
China’s trade surplus smashed through the $1 trillion mark in just 11 months, hitting $1.08 trillion by November even as shipments to the United States crashed by 29%. The numbers tell a remarkable story: while trade with United States keeps…
Sweden made a tough call this Friday—cut development aid to five countries and send that money straight to Ukraine instead. The government says it’s phasing out help to Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, Liberia, and Bolivia over the coming years, which will…
Hundreds of people dead as Sri Lanka faces worst floods in decades. That’s not a headline anyone wanted to wake up to, but it’s the reality right now. Cyclone Ditwah smashed into the island nation on Nov. 28, and honestly,…
Wang Fuk Court housing complex, Tai Po district, northern Hong Kong, Wednesday afternoon, eight blocks, 2,000 apartments, 4,600 people, residential high-rise towers, flames, blaze erupted, fire began, intense heat, thick smoke, upper floors, 32-storey towers, green construction mesh, bamboo scaffolding,…
Portugal’s state holding company Parpublica received just three expressions of interest for a minority stake in flag carrier TAP by Saturday’s deadline, all from Europe’s largest airlines. The government fell short of hopes to attract major airlines outside the European…
The West scrambles to fill heavy rare earth gap as China rivalry deepens, creating unprecedented challenges for U.S. manufacturers seeking to build domestic magnet production capabilities. Nevada-based MP Materials faces critical shortages of dysprosium and terbium, threatening ambitious plans to…
Thousands of climate protesters hit the streets of Belem this Saturday, sweating under the brutal Brazilian sun while negotiators inside the COP30 summit venue wrapped up their first week of talks. The march brought out Indigenous people, young activists, and…
Beijing—China told citizens to avoid traveling to Japan this week, escalating a diplomatic fight that started when Japan’s new prime minister made comments about Taiwan. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Friday that Sanae Takaichi’s “blatantly provocative remarks” have put travelers…
President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war has forced Canada into an unprecedented diplomatic pivot, with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese leader Xi Jinping shaking hands for the first time in eight years—a move that signals Ottawa’s desperate search for…
Ahmad al-Sharaa, once an Al-Qaeda-backed rebel army fighter, will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday in the first ever visit by a Syrian head of state—marking an extraordinary transformation from jihadist to global statesman less…
