People
November-17-2023
- Pedro Sanchez re-elected Spanish PM
- The Spanish congress re-elected Pedro Sanchez as prime minister on Thursday, with 179 votes in favor, 171 against and no abstention.
November-2-2023
- Donald Trump Jr. takes witness stand in New York civil fraud trial
- Donald Trump Jr, former President Donald Trump's eldest son, took the witness stand on Wednesday at the New York civil fraud trial accusing the family business of inflating asset values.
November-1-2023
- China provides over 15 billion yuan in overseas humanitarian aid from 2018-2022
- From 2018 to 2022, China carried out more than 800 emergency humanitarian aid projects worth over 15 billion yuan (US$2.05 billion) in countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the South Pacific, and Europe, according to the China International Development Cooperation Agency.
November-1-2023
- UN refugee chief calls for unity of Security Council
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi on Tuesday called for unity of the UN Security Council to tackle refugee crises around the world.
October-18-2023
- Velia Govaere: BRI provides opportunities to Central America
- Belt and Road cooperation enhances infrastructure construction, promotes economic and trade cooperation, strengthens exchanges among civilizations and gathers strength for all parties, said Velia Govaere, former vice minister of economy, industry and commerce of Costa Rica.
October-17-2023
- Russia ready to coordinate with partners to end violence, stabilize situation in Middle East: Putin
- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Russia is ready to coordinate efforts with all constructively minded partners to bring an end to the violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and stabilize the situation.
October-13-2023
- Steve Scalise withdrawing from US House speaker race
- U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced Thursday that he is withdrawing from the House speaker race after failing to garner enough support from the House Republicans.
October-12-2023
- Zelensky asks for more aid to Ukraine
- As the world's attention shifted to Israel, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Brussels on Wednesday to ask Western countries to continue their aid to Ukraine.
September-27-2023
- New York judge finds Trump liable for fraud
- A New York judge on Tuesday ruled former U.S. President Donald Trump and his sons liable for fraud, saying they provided false financial statements for nearly a decade.
September-15-2023
- Tharman Shanmugaratnam sworn in as Singapore's president
- Tharman Shanmugaratnam took the oath as Singapore's ninth president at Istana, the country's presidential palace, Thursday evening.
