Thousands leave homes as typhoon hits Philippines
DAPA: Thousands of people in the Philippines fled their homes and beachfront resorts as Super Typhoon Rai pummelled the country on Thursday, with a charity warning the storm could hit coastal communities “like a freight train”. Rai is the strongest storm to hit the disaster-prone archipelago this year. It was packing maximum sustained winds of […]
Two arrested after fatal ship collision in Sweden
STOCKHOLM: Sweden on Monday arrested two people after a fatal early morning collision between a Danish and British ship off the southern Swedish coast. Sweden’s prosecution service said in a statement that an investigation into “aggravated drunkenness at sea,” “gross negligence in sea traffic,” and “gross causing of death by negligence” had been opened. One […]
British PM accused of breaching Covid rules
LONDON: Boris Johnson on Sunday faced fresh questions about alleged government breaches of coronavirus restrictions after a photo emerged of him at a Christmas event last year. The British prime minister has faced a barrage of criticism and calls to quit over claims of an illegal Downing Street party on December 18, 2020. He has […]
54 die after truck smuggling migrants crashes in Mexico
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ: Fifty-four migrants, mostly from Guatemala, were killed on Thursday when the truck they were in flipped over in southern Mexico, in one of the worst accidents involving Central Americans who risk their lives to reach the United States. The trailer broke open, spilling out people, when the truck crashed on a sharp curve […]
Biden orders ‘preparations’ in case Iran nuclear-talks fail
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has ordered his staff to prepare “additional measures” if troubled talks over Iran’s nuclear programme, which resumed on Thursday in Vienna, fail to reach a resolution. “The president has asked his team to be prepared in the event that diplomacy fails and we must turn to other options,” White House Press Secretary […]
China says Australia, Britain, U.S. to ‘pay price’ for wrong acts
Australia, Britain and the United States will pay the price for their “mistaken acts”, after deciding not to send government delegations to February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday. -Reuters
UN court tells Armenia and Azerbaijan to cool feud
THE HAGUE: The UN’s top court ordered rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday to prevent racial hatred and avoid aggravating their feud following last year’s war between the Caucasus arch-foes. Azerbaijan was also told to protect Armenian prisoners from the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and to stop the desecration of Armenian cultural heritage, including churches. The […]
Court jails Suu Kyi for four years; junta chief halves term
YANGON: Myanmar’s junta chief reduced the prison sentence of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to two years on Monday, soon after she was jailed for four years for incitement against the military and breaching Covid-19 rules. Suu Kyi, 76, has been detained since the generals staged a coup and ousted her government on February […]
Threat of US sanctions may persuade states to attend democracy summit
WASHINGTON: The US democracy summit, being held in Washington this week, will lead to imposition of sanctions on undemocratic forces, adding another reason for the invitees to attend. Pakistan is among 110 countries invited to the Dec 9-10 summit but has not yet confirmed its participation. Various US media outlets reported on Sunday that the […]
3 students shot dead, 8 people wounded at Michigan high school; 15-year-old arrested
A 15-year-old boy opened fire in a high school in the US state of Michigan on Tuesday with a semi-automatic pistol his father had purchased days earlier, killing three fellow students and wounding eight other people before he was arrested, authorities said. Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard told a news briefing hours after the rampage […]
