Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum fee of $100 for every ton of greenhouse gases emitted by ships above certain thresholds, in what is effectively the first global tax on greenhouse gas emissions. The revenue, estimated at around $10 billion annually, will go into the International Maritime…
China retaliated against new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump by announcing it would raise duties on U.S. goods, roiling markets and deepening a trade war between the world’s largest economies. The Chinese government will impose an 84% tariff on all imports from the U.S. starting April 10, the Finance Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. China’s move came hours after America’s steepest tariff in…
More than one hundred Chinese citizens fighting for the Russian military against Ukraine are mercenaries who do not appear to have a direct link to China’s government, two U.S. officials familiar with American intelligence and a former Western intelligence official said. Chinese military officers have, however, been in the theater behind Russia’s lines with Beijing’s…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused Israel of sowing divisions in Syria in a bid to “dynamite” the “revolution” that toppled strongman Bashar al-Assad. Turkey is a key backer of Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa whose Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led the rebel coalition that ousted Assad in December. “Israel is…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Japan said it will extend its ban on trade with North Korea for two more years as part of sanctions over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program and the unresolved abductions of Japanese nationals. Under the current sanctions, Japan bans port entry by…
Paramilitaries killed 57 civilians Friday in an attack on North Darfur’s besieged capital El-Fasher and a nearby famine-hit camp, activists said, as the battle to control Sudan’s west intensifies. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the army since April 2023, launched a major assault on El-Fasher using heavy artillery, sniper fire and suicide…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised concerns over major disruptions in health services across the world, noting that 70 per cent of its country offices have observed major impacts caused by recent donor funding cuts. WHO, in a latest report published on its website, attributed the disruptions to the sudden suspension and reduction of Official Development…
A woman in Australia unknowingly gave birth to a stranger’s baby after she received another patient’s embryo from her in vitro fertilization clinic due to “human error,” the clinic said. The mix-up was discovered in February when the clinic in the city of Brisbane found that the birth parents had one too many embryos in…
Oscar winner Anjelica Huston is singing her own praises, and rightfully so. The “Addams Family” and “Witches” acting veteran revealed this week she is a cancer survivor. “I managed to survive it, and I’m proud of myself,” she told People in an interview published Wednesday. The 73-year-old “Prizzi’s Honor” star got candid about her private cancer journey, which…
The head of Japan’s junior coalition party said Friday that he does not rule out any options to help households weather the impact of rising prices and higher… © Japan Today
