Key decision-makers in non-aligned Finland and Sweden are set to announce their positions on NATO membership this week.

TOKYO – Japan and South Korea have agreed that their frayed relationship can be improved, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Tuesday after meeting Yoon Seok-yeol, the new president of the neighbouring nation.

A new report says there’s nearly a 50-50 chance that world will hit a key warming threshold in the next five years.

Italian Premier Mario Draghi meets with U.S. President Biden this week in Washington as Europe faces another “whatever it takes” moment, with war raging on its eastern flank in Ukraine.

China’s export growth tumbled in April after Shanghai and other major industrial cities were shut down to fight virus outbreaks.

ROME – Italy’s parliament has extended Rome’s special vetting powers to protect its key national assets by including the hydroelectric sector and new companies that plan to operate in industries deemed strategic, lawmakers said on Monday.

SANTIAGO – Chile’s constitutional assembly passed articles expanding environmental rights on Saturday, but stopped short of approving a proposal to give the state exclusive mining rights over lithium, hydrocarbons and rare earth metals and majority ownership of copper mines.

SHANGHAI – China’s armed forces carried out another round of drills near Taiwan last week to improve joint combat operations, the People’s Liberation Army said on Monday, after the Chinese-claimed island reported a spike in activity.

Yoon Suk Yeol takes office as South Korea’s president Tuesday amid heightened animosities over North Korea’s nuclear program.

Deforestation detected in the Brazilian Amazon reached a record high for the month of April.