Top World News

Sound of Music museum opens where the von Trapp story met Hollywood

An Austrian museum is now alive with “The Sound of Music.”

ArticleImg
Macron and Carney announce closer France-Canada ties amid Trump tensions

Two leaders meet in French territory off Canada as Ottawa seeks stronger relations with EU while fighting trade war with USThe leaders of France and Canada have pledged closer ties to grapple with rising geopolitical tensions, climate change and the erosion of democratic values, after ⁠they met in a ⁠French territory off Canada’s Atlantic coast.The two leaders’ visit to Saint-Pierre ​and Miquelon – the first by a French president since 2014 and the first by a Canadian prime minister – came just weeks ⁠after Donald Trump posted an image showing the islands, as well as all of Canada and other countries in North America, covered by the US flag. Continue reading...

How North Korea's 'Kimdom' drew inspiration from founding dictator's Christian upbringing

Christian symbolism, however, was no accident. Pyongyang was once dubbed "The Jerusalem of the East," and communist guerilla, Red Army captain and state founder Kim Il Sung was raised in a deeply Christian household.

ArticleImg
Meloni plans to ban burqas and niqabs in Italian schools, and cap foreign students in classrooms

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she’ll soon introduce a measure to her government that would cap the number of foreign students in classrooms and ban face burqas and niqabs in schools

Macron backs Canada as EU associate member as Carney turns toward Europe

Macron and Canadian PM Carney deepen ties in space, defense, energy, business.