Tag: International

LIVE 4:30 PM ET: Third Annual ‘In Solidarity with the Persecuted: A Special Briefing for US Congress Members and Staff’

To mark the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit and a culmination of Congressional Advocacy Day, the summit organizer holds a short program on Capitol Hill at 4:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 30, featuring 2–3 minute testimonials of international religious freedom community leaders who represent persecuted faith communities. Congressional members and their staffers expect to join…


LIVE NOW: Third Annual ‘In Solidarity with the Persecuted: A Special Briefing for US Congress Members and Staff’

To mark the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit and a culmination of Congressional Advocacy Day, the summit organizer holds a short program on Capitol Hill at 4:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 30, featuring 2–3 minute testimonials of international religious freedom community leaders who represent persecuted faith communities. Congressional members and their staffers expect to join…


Third Annual ‘In Solidarity with the Persecuted: A Special Briefing for US Congress Members and Staff’

To mark the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit and a culmination of Congressional Advocacy Day, the summit organizer holds a short program on Capitol Hill at 4:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 30, featuring 2–3 minute testimonials of international religious freedom community leaders who represent persecuted faith communities. Congressional members and their staffers expect to join…


WHO Says COVID-19 Is Still a Global Health Emergency, at ‘Transition Point’

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday stated that the COVID-19 pandemic is still an emergency—three years after it started spreading worldwide from China. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that he hoped the world would transition from the emergency phase in 2023. But his United Nations-backed agency indicated that it’s not time yet. “We…


US Professional Skier Named as 1 Victim of Japan Avalanche

TOKYO—One of two foreign men swept up in an avalanche in Japan while back-country skiing in the central prefecture of Nagano and found without vital signs on Monday was U.S. professional skier Kyle Smaine, an outdoor magazine said. The men were among five foreigners engulfed in Sunday’s avalanche, which took place at about 2:30 p.m….


Toyota Defends Title as World’s Top-Selling Automaker in 2022

TOKYO—Toyota Motor Corp. sold 10.5 million vehicles in 2022, it said on Monday, defending its title as the world’s top-selling automaker for a third straight year. Global sales for the group, including truck unit Hino Motors and small-car maker Daihatsu, inched down 0.1o percent as record overseas sales of 8.6 million vehicles helped offset a…


Russia Denies Putin Threatened Boris Johnson With Missile Attack in Pre-War Phone Call

Russia has denied former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s claim that President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike in a call ahead of the invasion of Ukraine. In a new BBC documentary series, Johnson said the “extraordinary” conversation took place in February 2022, days before Russia launched an assault on Kyiv on Feb….


Unprecedented Auckland Flash Flooding Caused by Climate Change: New Zealand PM

Flash flooding in New Zealand’s largest city that has claimed four lives was the result of climate change, the prime minister said. “Climate change is real, it’s with us, it’s having an impact on our weather,” new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins told 1News. “We are seeing more of these extreme weather events; we’re going to…


UN General Assembly Head Says Security Council Is ‘Paralyzed’, Cannot Maintain Peace Amid Russia–Ukraine War

The president of the United Nations General Assembly said on Jan. 29 that the 15-member Security Council (UNSC) is “paralyzed” and cannot perform its basic function of maintaining peace amid Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Csaba Korosi made the comments to the Indian news agency PTI after touching down in the nation on Sunday ahead of…


Chinese Students Forced to Scramble Back to Australia as Beijing Shuts the Door on Online Study

Tens of thousands of Chinese students will have to return to Australian campuses after a sudden ban on remote studying for overseas diplomas by the Chinese Education Ministry. On Jan. 28, the Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange under the Education Ministry announced that from the first semester of 2023, the Center would no longer…