Category: 4. World

NEW DELHI — Dense toxic smog blanketed India’s national capital Monday, pushing air pollution levels to their worst levels in weeks, disrupting travel and causing authorities to impose the strictest containment measures.

More than 40 flights…

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian federal and state government leaders on Monday agreed to immediately overhaul already-tough national gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on…

India celebrates its annual Republic Day on Jan. 26, and both Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Council President António Costa have been invited as guests of honor.

Von der Leyen and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged…

Chile elected conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast as president on Sunday, defeating the ruling centre-left coalition candidate in a decisive victory that will usher in the country’s most right-wing government since the end of military rule 35 years ago.

Kast won 58.2% of the vote,…

Air quality in New Delhi continued to be in the “severe” category for the third consecutive day on Monday as a thick toxic smog engulfed the Indian capital.

Air pollution in Delhi and its suburbs, which together make up the National Capital…

The Ugandan military has confirmed it is holding a Catholic priest who went missing nearly two weeks ago, accusing him of involvement in “violent subversive activities”.

In a brief statement, the military said Father Deusdedit Ssekabira had been…

The concluding part of the UN’s COP16 biodiversity summit, held in February, saw indigenous peoples given an official voice in global decision-making on conservation. The agreement of a new permanent committee enshrined this right, replacing…

Hong Kong — Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of his…

LONDON — The new head of the MI6 spy agency is set to warn on Monday of how Russian President Vladimir Putin’s determination to export chaos around the world is rewriting the rules of conflict and creating new security challenges.

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