China and the European Union will hold ministerial-level trade talks once or twice a year, China’s Commerce Ministry said Thursday, as the two sides work to increase and rebalance trade.
Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that’s falling back to Earth.
The EU faces growing pressure to reduce its trade deficit with China, which widened to about 360 billion euros (USD 410 billion) last year, nearly 1 billion euros a day. Chinese cars and batteries are among items increasingly exported to Europe.
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A severe heatwave that swept across parts of Europe in late June has led to at least 3,700 excess deaths in France, Belgium, and Netherlands, with officials warning the toll could rise further as more data is compiled.
The extreme weather event, which lasted from June 20 to 28, has been described by experts as one of the worst heatwaves recorded in the region. Scientists have linked the intensity of the heat to climate change, noting its widespread impact on infrastructure, power generation, and healthcare systems.
The Indian Embassy in Thailand has issued a fresh travel advisory for Indian nationals visiting Thailand, outlining key documentation and entry requirements, including a minimum cash rule of around ₹58,000.
The advisory comes after Thailand ended its visa-free entry programme for Indian passport holders, making it mandatory for travellers to secure appropriate visas before departure. Visitors must carry a valid passport with at least six months’ validity, confirmed return tickets, hotel bookings, and a clear travel itinerary.
The UN has asked Pakistan to reverse the “reconstructions” that “undermined the integrity” of two historical sites in Taxila, a UNESCO World Heritage site, or these would be placed on the agency’s “danger list”, a media report said on Thursday.
At least 40 people, including women and children, were killed when a bus they were travelling in fell into a ravine in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday, officials said. The Peshawar-bound bus departed from Quetta in Balochistan. The accident took place after it reached Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said.
Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez has declared seven days of national mourning in tribute to the victims of the powerful earthquakes that struck the country on June 24. “In honour of the memory of the victims, I have decided to decree National Mourning for seven (7) days, starting at 6:00 p.m. today,” Rodriguez wrote in a statement posted on social media on Wednesday (local time).
Pakistan on Thursday rejected the alleged Indian effort to control rivers by treating water as a “strategic asset,” especially in the case of the Indus basin. Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi’s comments during his weekly press briefing were in response to a question about India’s decision to put the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) in “abeyance.”
President Donald Trump said that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz had reached record levels and predicted further declines in oil prices, offering an upbeat assessment of the situation with Iran during a speech in North Dakota.
Russia hammered Kyiv in a major drone and missile attack overnight into Thursday morning, killing at least 17 civilians and injuring scores more in what Moscow described as retaliation for Ukrainian strikes on oil facilities that have caused fuel shortages and put pressure on President Vladimir Putin.