Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters
China says it is concerned about the announcement that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Paris climate deal, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday. China is actively responding to climate change and will jointly promote global green and low-carbon transition, Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a regular news briefing.
Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa congratulated U.S. President Donald Trump on his inauguration in a statement on Monday, saying he is looking forward to improving relations between the two countries.
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to lift the Biden administration’s freeze on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel in his first days in office, Walla News reported on Monday, citing an interview with the Israeli envoy to Washington. Trump is also expected to reverse sanctions the Biden administration imposed against Israeli settlers accused of violent attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Mike Herzog told Walla News.
U.S. billionaire Elon Musk called the chancellor of Germany “Oaf Schitz” on his social media platform X on Tuesday, responding to a video of the leader’s comments on free speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “Shame on Oaf Schitz!” Musk wrote in a post, after Olaf Scholz said freedom of speech should not support extreme-right views.
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to lift the Biden administration’s freeze on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel in his first days in office, Walla News reported on Monday, citing an interview with the Israeli envoy to Washington. Trump is also expected to reverse sanctions the Biden administration imposed against Israeli settlers accused of violent attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Mike Herzog told Walla News.
UK premier Keir Starmer told Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday that the peace process in the Middle East should pave the way for a Palestinian state, Downing Street said. “The prime minister added that the UK stands ready to do everything it can to support a political process, which should also lead to a viable and sovereign Palestinian state,” a UK government spokesperson said following a call between the two leaders.
Qatar’s Prime Minister said in Davos on Tuesday he hoped the Palestinian Authority would return to play a governing role in Gaza once the war with Israel comes to an end. Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Switzerland, two days after the ceasefire Qatar helped broker came into effect in Gaza, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani cautioned that Gazans — and not any other country — should dictate the way the enclave will be governed. “We hope to see the PA back in Gaza. We hope to see a government that will really address the issues…
Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders said on Monday that they supported opening more crossing points on the 1974 cease-fire line as an essential step to foster greater confidence-building between their communities on the ethnically divided island. Nikos Christodoulides, the Greek Cypriot leader, and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar discussed the modalities of new checkpoints at a rare meeting hosted by the United Nations in the divided capital Lefkoşa (Nicosia). But they stopped short of announcing additional easings in movement over the truce line, which runs along a roughly east-west trajectory on the eastern Mediterranean island. “The leaders both believe that…
Jannik Sinner overcame illness to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals on Monday, while the grueling demands of Grand Slam tennis forced French veteran Gael Monfils and American teenager Learner Tien to bow out. Iga Swiatek was in excellent shape as she continued her bid for a maiden title at Melbourne Park and sixth major by downing lucky loser Eva Lys 6-0, 6-1, but Elena Rybakina could not shake off a back problem and fell 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 to Madison Keys. Monfils, 38, was forced to retire with his own back issue while trailing American young gun Ben Shelton 7-6(3), 6-7(3),…
Jannik Sinner overcame illness to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals on Monday, while the grueling demands of Grand Slam tennis forced French veteran Gael Monfils and American teenager Learner Tien to bow out. Iga Swiatek was in excellent shape as she continued her bid for a maiden title at Melbourne Park and sixth major by downing lucky loser Eva Lys 6-0, 6-1, but Elena Rybakina could not shake off a back problem and fell 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 to Madison Keys. Monfils, 38, was forced to retire with his own back issue while trailing American young gun Ben Shelton 7-6(3), 6-7(3),…