Copper rebounds on US jobs data, still heads for weekly decline on August 11, 2024Base metals prices rose on Friday, tracking gains in the equities market and supported by rate cut hopes and better-than-expected U.S. data that relieved some demand worries. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 1.4% to $8,915 per metric ton by 0408 GMT, while the most-traded September copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange […]
Turkey will bid to join ICJ genocide case against Israel, source says on August 8, 2024Turkey will submit on Wednesday a declaration of intervention in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, a diplomatic source said. The declaration will happen at 1330 GMT, the source added, after Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said this week that Turkey would make the declaration on […]
Sebastian Korda wins in DC, matches father’s feat from 1992 on August 6, 2024Fourth-seeded Sebastian Korda rallied from a set down to knock off the 10th seed, Italy’s Flavio Cobolli, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 in the final of the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington D.C. on Sunday. The match turned after Korda fell behind 2-1 in the second set. He held serve to even the set and did […]
Philippines, Vietnam to hold first-ever joint coast guard exercise on August 6, 2024The Philippines and Vietnam will kick off their first-ever joint coast guard exercise in the Manila Bay this week, in line with a commitment by both countries to boost maritime cooperation. The Aug. 9 drill is the first between the two Southeast Asian nations, which have competing claims over some parts of the South China […]
Philippines, Germany commit to reaching defense pact this year on August 5, 2024The Philippines and Germany on Sunday committed to signing a defense cooperation arrangement this year, vowing to stand for the international rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Teodoro committed to establishing long-term relations between their armed forces to expand training and bilateral exchanges, explore opportunities […]
Seven EU countries call on Venezuela to publish electoral rolls quickly on August 5, 2024Seven European Union countries, including Italy, France, Germany and Spain have jointly called on the Venezuelan authorities to promptly publish the electoral rolls to ensure full transparency around last weekend’s election, the Italian prime minister’s office said on Saturday. Venezuela’s electoral council has declared President Nicolas Maduro, in power since 2013, the winner of the […]
Trump agrees to Fox News offer of debate with VP Harris on Sept 4 on August 4, 2024U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has agreed to an offer from Fox News to hold a debate with Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 4, he said in a post on Truth Social late on Friday. “Rules will be similar to the rules of my debate with Sleepy Joe, who has been […]
Indonesia’s Papua rebels ready to free New Zealand pilot held for over a year on August 4, 2024A separatist group in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua has agreed to free New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens from more than a year in captivity since kidnapping him, according to an audio message issued by a spokesperson on Saturday. An armed faction of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), led by Egianus Kogoya, kidnapped […]
Harris adds top Obama aides to her presidential campaign team on August 4, 2024Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has added three new senior advisers, including top strategists who guided Democratic former President Barack Obama’s two winning U.S. presidential bids, a source with direct knowledge said on Friday. David Plouffe, who was manager of Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008 and a senior aide during his 2012 re-election victory, joined […]
Swimming’s sure bet Ledecky takes 1,500 meter gold again on August 2, 2024If there was one safe bet to be made at the Paris Olympics pool it was Katie Ledecky winning the women’s 1,500 meters, and the American once again on Wednesday proved she is swimming’s sure thing, powering her way to another gold. As it has been for more than a decade, the question wasn’t if […]