Former Nicaraguan president Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua after years of war and was the first woman elected president in the Americas, died on Saturday at the age of 95, her family said. Chamorro, who ruled the poor Central American country from 1990 to 1997, “died in peace, surr
‘SOBER CURIOUS’ TREND: Coffee raves worldwide have swept up the social scene, appealing to young partygoers who also prefer to avoid hangovers
Swaying to dance music and TikTok-fueled pop under a disco ball, young punters are packed shoulder to shoulder while sipping on coffee, their energy powered by pour-overs rather than pints. This is no underground rave, nor a brunch gone wild. It is a caffeine-powered daytime clubbing sesh — part of
Since seeing thousands of comments justifying murder of a teenage TikTok star on June 2 in Pakistan, Sunaina Bukhari is considering abandoning her 88,000 followers. “In my family, it wasn’t an accepted profession at all, but I’d managed to convince them, and even ended up setting up my own business,
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a lengthy call on Saturday to discuss the escalating situation in the Middle East and Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump in a post on his Truth Social platform said they spent the bulk of their conversation focused on Israel’s ongoing b
At least 100 people have been killed in a gun attack on a village in Nigeria’s north-central Benue state, Amnesty International Nigeria said on Saturday. The attack took place between late Friday and the early hours of Saturday in Yelewata, a community in the Guma area of the state, the rights group
CRITICAL MESS: The summit sought collective action on oceans as countries brace for tough talks over deep-sea mining next month and a plastic pollution treaty in August
A global oceans summit on Friday wrapped up with world leaders taking major steps toward marine protection and vowing a showdown when nations meet to negotiate rules for deep-sea mining next month. However, as a cacophony of ship foghorns sounded the close of the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France,
Search and recovery teams continued scouring the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for a third day after the Air India flight fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said yesterday. The London-bound Boeing 787 on Thursday struck a medical college ho
With Austria still reeling from this week’s deadly school shooting that killed 10 people, a debate is raging over the Alpine country’s gun laws. The unprecedented case of deadly gun violence stunned the country of almost 9.2 million people, which ranks among the 10 safest in the world, according to
Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency’s chief executive Fabrice Fries on Friday announced plans to save 12 million to 14 million euros (US$13.9 million to US$16.2 million) by the end of next year due to declining revenues. Speaking in a video available to staff online, Fries said the agency would l
‘AMERICA’ LOST: One previously said he used the gold toilet at Blenheim Palace, and when he was asked what it was like, he told the court it was ‘splendid’
Two men who smashed their way into an historic English property and ripped out a ￡4.5 million (US$6.1 million) solid gold toilet were on Friday jailed for their part in the theft. James Sheen, 40, and Michael Jones, 39, were jailed at Oxford Crown Court in central England for four years and 27 month
A passenger boat carrying mourners to a funeral sank on a lake in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), killing at least 40 people and with more missing, officials said on Friday. The accident, which happened on Wednesday on Lake Tumba in the northern Equateur province, invol
A giant inflatable Pikachu is displayed in front of the Chateaude Sceaux in Paris on Friday on the opening day of the Pokemon Go Fest.
WATCHING CLOSELY: Europeans would observe the US president to see how he treats the alliance, as partners are questioning Washington’s commitment, an expert said
US President Donald Trump, whose second term has been devoted to going it alone, makes his return to the G7 in crisis mode after Israel attacked Iran.The G7 summit starting tomorrow in Kananaskis, Canada, marks the first major global gathering of Trump’s second term, in which he has been even more b
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to visit Canada next week, his first since relations plummeted after the assassination of a Canadian Sikh separatist in Vancouver, triggering diplomatic expulsions and hitting trade.Analysts hope it is a step toward repairing ties that soured in 2023, after the
A clutch of one-off and hitherto unseen ceramic plates and dishes by Pablo Picasso are to go under the hammer in Geneva on Thursday next week.Emblematic motifs from Picasso’s artistic universe — pigeons, fish, a goat, a bull and a bird adorn the colorful plates and dishes.“It’s a truly exceptional c
SKEPTICAL: An analyst said it was unlikely that there was enough time to fix everything and bring the vessel to a state where it was operational
North Korea said it has repaired its damaged second naval destroyer and launched the ship into the water in the presence of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, about three weeks after it capsized during a botched launch ceremony.In a lavish ceremony on Thursday, Kim boarded the warship and told troops
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s defense team at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has filed a motion for his interim release to an unnamed country, stating the prosecution would not object.The 80-year-old stands accused of crimes against humanity over his years-long campaign again
Investigators yesterday searched the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the lone surviving passenger a day after an Air India plane split apart and fell from the sky, killing 241 people on board and several people on the ground.The Londo
China’s national security authorities in Hong Kong and the territory’s police launched their first publicly known joint operation, raiding the homes of six people over allegations that they “colluded with foreign forces to endanger national security.”A statement by police yesterday did not disclose
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