10 allies, U.S. advocate for Taiwan's participation in ICAO

Taipei, Oct. 14 (CNA) The United States and 10 of Taiwan's diplomatic allies spoke in favor of Taiwan's efforts to join the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), at its recent triennial assembly, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. The...

Lights, Camera, Palma! Mallorca Film Festival 2025 returns with Steve Buscemi headlining

Palma will once again roll out the red carpet for the international film community as the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival (EMIFF) returns for its 14th edition from October 21-29 2025. Founded and directed by Sandra Lipski, EMIFF has...

Thinking a little too hard about the Dodgers’ massive payroll

In an article published yesterday, MLB.com Brewers beat writer Adam McCalvy wrote that the Dodgers “outspend the Brewers by the GDP of a developing nation.” That line was no doubt intended simply as a humorous remark, but thinking about how...

TWICE Add Extra European And North American Shows To This Is For World Tour Due To Demand

Due to ongoing demand, TWICE have added extra European and North American dates to their This Is For World Tour. The K-pop superstars have confirmed second nights in Paris on May 17 and Amsterdam on May 31, plus a new show in Turin, Italy on May...

Two Spanish basketball teams to face Israeli clubs without fans

Two Spanish basketball teams decided they will face Israeli clubs behind closed doors this week for safety reasons. La Laguna Tenerife and Baxi Manresa put out a joint statement late on Sunday explaining the decision regarding matches against Bnei...

Iranian Oil Exports to China Come Under Renewed Pressure

Iranian oil exports to China, which over the previous three months averaged 1.52m bpd, fell to 1.4m bpd in September. From January to August, the average monthly figure was 1.45m bpd, so the figure for September shows a fall below this average,...

Brazil hopes COP30 in Amazon can unite world for climate action

TENSE TIMES US President Donald Trump, who declared climate change a "con job" during his own UN address last month, is not expected to attend, nor is anyone else from his administration. The US intends to withdraw from the Paris Agreement for a...

50 creatives for 50 years: Zara toasts five decades with an exclusive collection (which you can now shop online)

This year, Zara turns 50, and to celebrate, the Spanish company enlisted as many creative friends as its years in business. Each creative was asked to create a piece that would encapsulate the spirit of Zara, and the group spans different creative...

World AFP Brazil hopes COP30 in Amazon can unite world for climate action

Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a fractured world: proof that nations can still unite to confront a global crisis. It faces tough odds, with a hostile United...

Global climate crisis intensifies

As vulnerable nations face existential threats, the upcoming UN CoP 30 summit in Belem confronts the critical question: can global leaders finally rise to the climate challenge, or will inadequate commitments continue to imperil humanity? Frequent...

WHO urges action to control hypertension, save millions of lives in Western Pacific

In Palau, a staggering 48 percent of its population aged between 30 and 79 years old have high blood pressure. That is 14 percentage points above the global average of 34 percent. The prevalence of the disease in the Federated States of Micronesia...

IntoPIX Accelerates Automotive Innovation With TicoRAW & JPEG XS On Lattice Low Power FPGAs

Oct. 09, 2025 – Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium – intoPIX, the leading provider of low-latency image and video compression, announces the availability of its JPEG XS and TicoRAW technologies on Lattice Semiconductor’s low power FPGA platforms –Avant™...

From remote islands to the DMZ, UC Santa Barbara student hit 118 countries before turning 20

Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. Arjun Malaviya is an overachiever and a...

Ireland needs BOFFFFs (big old fat fecund female fish)

On last month’s RTÉ Prime Time, Wexford fisherman Seamus O’Flaherty, who operates a fleet of 22 commercial boats, had a few choice words about the Government’s plan to legally protect 30 per cent of Ireland’s maritime waters by 2030. “People have...

The GGI advocates for global governance that seeks effectiveness and inclusiveness

Illustration: Liu Rui/GT Editor's Note: With the global governance system facing deficits in representation, authority, and effectiveness, the China-proposed Global Governance Initiative (GGI) offers an Eastern approach to addressing the...

In Spain, Farmworkers Are Dying in the Heat

On August 11, as temperatures soared above 40 degree Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), Gheorghe Vranciu was on a ten-hour shift picking fruit near Lleida, Catalonia. By 2 p.m., the sixty-one-year-old Romanian had become overwhelmed by the heat —...

U.S. Targets Iran’s Shadow Fleet with Massive Sanctions Package

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has intensified efforts against Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical exports, announcing sanctions against more than 50 individuals, entities, and vessels involved in...

Seven killed as twin earthquakes strike southern Philippines

Two powerful offshore earthquakes struck the same region in the southern Philippines hours apart on Friday, with the first 7.4 magnitude temblor killing at least seven people, setting off landslides and prompting evacuations of coastal areas...

From remote islands to the DMZ, an intrepid teen hits 118 countries before turning 20

Arjun Malaviya is an overachiever and a planner. So, when he told his parents that he wanted to save up for a solo gap year to travel the world, they weren't all that surprised. Now, at 19 years old, he's got five completely full passports and a...

Planetary Rehab Rules at IUCN World Conservation Congress

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, October 9, 2025 (ENS) – The world’s foremost international event centered on conserving nature opened today in Abu Dhabi. Held every four years, the IUCN World Conservation Congress is convened by the International...