Quake death toll at 284 in Turkey, at least 237 in Syria — officials

DIYARBAKIR/ANKARA, Turkey — More than 500 people were killed and thousands injured on Monday, after a major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck

US military searches for balloon remnants as China urges restraint

BEIJING/WASHINGTON — The US military said on Sunday it is searching for remnants of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon it shot down

Like Musk, nickel-rich Indonesia has high e-vehicle ambitions

JAKARTA — Armed with the world’s largest reserves of nickel and a ban on the export of nickel ore, Indonesia is making

Britain faces largest ever healthcare strikes as pay disputes drag on

LONDON — Britain faces its largest ever strike by health workers on Monday as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers

Single-use plastic waste rises from 2019-2021 despite pledges

SINGAPORE — Polluting single-use plastic production rose by 6 million tons per year from 2019 to 2021 despite tougher worldwide regulations, with

Mali expels UN mission’s human rights chief

BAMAKO — The Malian interim government on Sunday said the head of the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission’s human rights division had

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy urges Olympic sponsors to keep Russia out of Games

LVIV — Ukraine has sent letters to companies that back the International Olympic Committee (IOC) urging them to keep Russian athletes out

Australia PM pushes for bipartisan support on Indigenous referendum

SYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will push for bipartisan support on a referendum that aims to set up an Indigenous

China’s oil demand bounce may push producers to reconsider output — IEA

BENGALURU, India — Oil producers may have to reconsider their output policies following a demand recovery in China, the world’s second-largest oil

US jet shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon with missile

SURFSIDE BEACH — A US military fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on