Taiwan denounced 5 Chinese coast guard ships into the waters around the Kinmen archipelago

Feb 27, 2024

Taipei [Taiwan], February 27: A Taiwanese official said on February 27 that five Chinese coast guard ships on February 26 entered prohibited or restricted waters...

Cuban cigar exports increased sharply

Feb 27, 2024

Havana [Cuba], February 27: International sales of Cuban cigars, the Caribbean island nation's number one iconic export, rose 31% last year, amid growing world demand...

Armenia 'farewelled' in bitterness

Feb 27, 2024

Yerevan [Armenia], February 27: Predictably, Armenia has decided to suspend its participation in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) established in 2002 with members Russia,...

Engine fire, American B-52 flying fortress makes emergency landing

Feb 27, 2024

Washington [US], February 27: A US Air Force B-52H bomber had to make an emergency landing at a base in North Dakota recently due to...

Denmark ends probe into 'deliberate' Nord Stream pipeline blasts

Feb 27, 2024

Copenhagen [Denmark], February 27: Denmark has dropped its investigation into the explosions in 2022 on the Nord Stream pipelines carrying Russian gas to Germany, police...

Sweden clears final hurdle to join NATO as Hungary approves accession

Feb 27, 2024

Budapest [Hungary], February 27: Hungary's parliament approved Sweden's NATO accession, clearing the last hurdle before the historic step by the Nordic country whose neutrality lasted...

Satellite images reveal floating barrier

Feb 27, 2024

Beijing [China], February 27: Satellite images of the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea show a new floating barrier across its entrance.

Polish farmers block highway at border crossing with Germany

Feb 27, 2024

Berlin [Germany], February 27: Polish farmers protesting against European Union regulations and cheap food imports from Ukraine blocked the A2 highway at a border crossing...

New Zealand begins sentencing of those involved in White Island volcanic eruption

Feb 27, 2024

Wellington [New Zealand], February 27: Sentencing for the tour booking agents and managers of an island in New Zealand where a volcanic eruption killed 22...