LONDON, Sept 16 — An English village of around 350 people announced today that a vast majority of residents had voted yes in an “independence referendum” staged to protest plans

PONTIANAK, Sept 16 — Struggling to breathe through the acrid haze emanating from wildfires on Indonesia’s Borneo island, residents told AFP today they feared for their health but had little

STRASBOURG, Sept 16 — EU chief Ursula von der Leyen raised the prospect today of Canada becoming the 27-nation bloc’s first “associate member’, as she pitched closer cooperation on tech,

THE HAGUE, Sept 16 — Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte appeared in person at the International Criminal Court for the first time today, as he faces charges over his “war

PARIS, Sept 16 — The mayor of Paris today expressed his “deepest regrets” over multiple cases of physical and sexual assault on children by school staff, admitting there had been

BEIJING, Sept 16 — China opened a major canal today that will provide landlocked areas with direct access to the sea, state media said, reducing transport times and costs as

  NEW DELHI, Sept 16 — India summoned Pakistan’s top diplomat in New Delhi today to lodge a “strong protest” blaming its arch-rival’s navy for a collision between naval units in

  HONG KONG, Sept 16 — Hong Kong’s government unveiled plans today to significantly boost investment on innovation and technology as it aims to align the financial hub with mainland

  LOS ANGELES, Sept 16 — Three people were killed yesterday in a fiery crash when a US news media helicopter covering a deadly bus crash came down in a

GAZA CITY, Sept 16 — Rescuers searched today for dozens of people missing after an apartment block in Gaza collapsed, killing eight people including children, authorities in the war-torn enclave