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Transgender women who have gone through male puberty will not be allowed to play in women’s golf tournaments organised by the R&A from 2025 under a new “fair competition policy”, the governing body announced on Thursday. The R&A, which governs the sport outside the United States and Mexico, has updated guidelines following “extensive consultation” with […]

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The deployment of European troops in Ukraine could help guarantee a future deal aimed at securing peace in the nearly three-year war with Russia, a senior Kyiv official said on Thursday. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the idea of stationing foreign troops in Ukraine in case of a ceasefire […]

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Oil supply is set to outpace global demand next year even as OPEC+ members extended cuts in efforts to prop up prices, the International Energy Agency said Thursday. Eight members of the alliance, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, agreed earlier this month to maintain supply cuts of 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) for three […]

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Taiwan said Thursday it detected 16 Chinese warships in waters around the island, one of the highest numbers this year, as Beijing intensifies military pressure on Taipei. The navy vessels, along with 34 Chinese aircraft, were spotted near Taiwan in the 24 hours to 6:00 am (2200 GMT) Thursday, according to the defence ministry’s daily […]

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Australian authorities are investigating the disappearance of hundreds of virus samples from a lab, marking a significant breach of biosecurity protocols. The incident, which took place at Queensland’s Public Health Virology Laboratory in 2021, has prompted calls for a detailed inquiry to prevent similar occurrences in the future. The missing vials contained samples of dangerous […]

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South Korea is in “chaos” after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief imposition of martial law, North Korean state media said on Wednesday in its first comments on the political upheaval. Yoon suspended civilian rule on Tuesday last week and sent special forces and helicopters to parliament before lawmakers forced him to rescind the decree in […]

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Argentine President Javier Milei promised Tuesday that inflation will soon be “little more than a bad memory” and vowed to pursue a free trade deal with the United States next year. “Happy times are coming in Argentina,” Milei said in a televised speech, in which he celebrated progress on monthly inflation which has dropped under […]

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A Senior Moscow official told US broadcaster NBC on Tuesday that deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad is being hosted in Russia, in the government’s first confirmation of the situation. Russia transported Assad there “in the most secure way possible” amid the collapse of his government in the face of a rebel takeover, deputy foreign minister […]

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Tehran said Tuesday it had brought home 4,000 Iranian citizens from Syria following the ouster of its ally Bashar al-Assad as rebels took over Damascus. “Over the past three days, 4,000 Iranian citizens were returned to Iran,” Fatemeh Mohajerani, a spokeswoman for Iran’s government, said at a press conference in the capital.

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Taiwan said Tuesday it detected 47 Chinese military aircraft near the island in the past 24 hours, the highest number for a single day since Beijing launched large-scale war games two months ago. There has been intense speculation about the possibility of China launching military exercises in response to Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s visits to […]

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