How Old Is Emmanuel Macron’s Wife Brigitte? Their Age Difference

From a viral shove to suing Candace Owens, France’s First Couple has been making headlines again in 2025. Find out more about the French President and his wife here. French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte are well accustomed to the public eye, but in 2025 they made headlines again after a viral video in May showed Brigitte seemingly shoving the...

Palau lawmakers reject US request to accept third country refugees

SYDNEY (Reuters) -The national congress of Palau has said it "cannot accept" a United States proposal for the Pacific Islands nation to accept asylum seekers from third countries, as its president holds annual funding talks in Washington. Palau's national congress wrote to President Surangel Whipps Jr. earlier this month urging him to reject the request by...

Rubio says US officials in Malaysia to help in Cambodia-Thailand talks

WASHINGTON: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (pic) said State Department officials are in Malaysia to assist peace efforts as Cambodia and Thailand were scheduled to begin talks there on Monday in hopes for a ceasefire. President Donald Trump and Rubio were engaged with their counterparts for each country and were monitoring the situation very closely,...

Greece battles wildfires across country, evacuates villages

DROSOPIGI, Greece (Reuters) -Firefighters were battling wildfires near Athens and across Greece on Saturday as the Mediterranean country sweltered under the third heatwave of the summer, with some villages and settlements being evacuated. Explosions could be heard as huge clouds of smoke covered Drosopigi village 25 km north of Athens, where factories with flammable material are...

Trump says he is seeking a ceasefire between Thailand, Cambodia

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was calling the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand to press for a ceasefire as fighting along the border continued into a third day. "The call with Cambodia has ended, but expect to call back regarding War stoppage and Ceasefire based on what Thailand has to say....

Is Philippines getting short end of US tariff stick? 19% rate slammed as ‘worst insult’

MANILA (SCMP): A new trade deal hailed by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr as a “significant achievement” has been slammed by critics at home as the “worst insult” after Manila secured only a one percentage point tariff cut from Washington while granting American goods duty-free access. Marcos, the first South-East Asian leader to be hosted by...

Germany OKs Eurofighter delivery to Turkey, Spiegel reports

BERLIN (Reuters) -The German government has cleared the way for the delivery of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Turkey following a positive decision by the federal security council, the Spiegel news magazine reported on Wednesday. Turkey has been in talks on buying Eurofighter Typhoon jets, which are built by a consortium of Germany, Britain, Italy and...

Trump piles up trade deals as Asia agrees to open up to American goods: Analysis

AUSTIN: It’s no easy feat to catch Washington’s formidable trade lobbies and relentless, scoop-hungry journalists off guard. Yet on Tuesday (July 22), US President Donald Trump managed to do exactly that. On a day when experts and analysts were poised to dissect a potential deal with the Philippines, awaited after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s visit to the...

Prabowo and Trump have struck tariff deal – but at what cost to Indonesia?

SINGAPORE: The trade deal announced on Tuesday (July 15) lowering US tariffs on Indonesian goods is seen by some as a diplomatic win for President Prabowo Subianto, though others warn that he may have overpromised and burdened Indonesia with costly commitments. US President Donald Trump broke the news on his Truth Social platform, saying that he...