Italian prosecutors on Saturday said they had arrested nine people on suspicion of financing Hamas through charities in Italy, in an operation coordinated by anti-mafia and anti-terrorism units. The suspects are accused of “belonging to and having financed” the Palestinian group, which the EU design
French film legend Brigitte Bardot, a cinema icon of the 1950s and ’60s who walked away from global stardom to become an animal rights protector, has died aged 91, her foundation said yesterday. Bardot had rarely been seen in public in the past few months but was hospitalized in October, and last mo
FAILED COUP ATTEMPT: Once discharged from the hospital, Bolsonaro would return to serving his sentence at a federal police jail in Brasilia
Bulgaria is on Thursday to become the 21st country to adopt the euro, but some believe the move could bring higher prices and add to instability in the EU’s poorest country. A protest campaign emerged this year to “keep the Bulgarian lev,” playing on public fears of price rises and a generally negat
Many consumers feel pride in avoiding the glazed pastries in the supermarket and instead opting for “all natural” granola that comes packed with extra protein. Same goes for low-fat yogurts “made with real fruit,” “organic” plant-based milks and bottled “superfood” smoothies. Buyer beware: Healthy g
FAILED COUP ATTEMPT: Once discharged from the hospital, Bolsonaro would return to serving his sentence at a federal police jail in Brasilia
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday underwent a medical procedure to treat recurrent hiccups he has been dealing with for months, his medical team said. The 70-year-old former Brazilian president, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup, had been released fro
A man was arrested after stabbing eight people and injuring seven more with what was believed to be bleach at a tire factory in central Japan last week, officials said. There was no immediate explanation of his motive. Eight people were taken to hospitals after being stabbed by the man with a knife
A car driving through the snow-covered woods of Blauvelt State Park in Orangetown, New York, is pictured from the air on Saturday.
‘RADICALLY DIFFERENT’: The Kremlin said no accord would be reached if the new deal with Kyiv’s input did not remain within the limits fixed by the US and Russia in August
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is to meet US President Donald Trump in Florida this weekend, but Russia on Friday accused him and his EU backers of seeking to “torpedo” a US-brokered plan to stop the fighting.Today’s meeting to discuss new peace proposals comes amidst Trump’s intensified ef
Somalia and the African Union (AU) on Friday reacted angrily after Israel became the first country to formally recognize Somaliland as an independent state.It declared independence from Somalia in 1991 and has pushed for international recognition for decades, with Somaliland President Abdirahman Moh
After the US warned that more strikes might follow its surprise Christmas Day attack on suspected terrorist targets in Nigeria, officials in the West African nation suggested they would be open to continued intervention.“I believe this is an ongoing thing and we’re working with the US,” Nigerian Min
COMMUNITY LOSS: Yau Yiu-wai, one of Hong Kong’s few umbrella repairmen, is retiring, bringing to a close a 183-year-old business that has become a part of history
Scores of residents flocked to a cramped shop in Hong Kong’s old district to bid farewell to the city’s “king of umbrellas,” who is retiring after spending decades repairing umbrellas at his family business.Established in 1842 during the Qing Dynasty, the Sun Rise Company was founded by the Yau fami
French police on Friday arrested a man suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro as the capital’s end-of-year festivities were in full swing, prosecutors said.The three victims were attacked at three different locations along the Line 3 metro track that runs across central Paris, the RATP
Amani Abdramane bustled around her donkey in the makeshift camp where she lives in the Central African Republic.In this northern part of the country, on the edge of the Sahel, the sun is scorching and sand is swallowing the last traces of vegetation.The 18-year-old adjusted a pink scarf covering her
FIGHTING CONTINUES: Thai military dropped 40 bombs on border areas, Cambodia said, while Bangkok said Phnom Penh launched heavy attacks and damaged homes
Cambodia yesterday accused Thailand of intensifying its bombardment of disputed border areas, even as officials from the two countries attend a multi-day meeting aimed at negotiating an end to deadly clashes.The neighbors’ long-standing border conflict reignited this month, shattering an earlier tru
‘NO COUNTRY BUMPKIN’: The judge rejected arguments that former prime minister Najib Razak was an unwitting victim, saying Najib took steps to protect his position
Imprisoned former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was yesterday convicted, following a corruption trial tied to multibillion-dollar looting of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) state investment fund.The nation’s high court found Najib, 72, guilty on four counts of abuse of power and 21 ch
Venezuela released 99 prisoners on Christmas, with the government calling it a goodwill gesture, as it assesses arrests made after President Nicolas Maduro’s re-election. “The national government and the justice system have decided to evaluate each case individually and, in accordance with the law,”
Throngs of feral cats emerged from the shade of parked trucks and bushes as soon as the familiar Subaru Forester pulled into a dump on Hawaii’s Big Island. They ran after the vehicle to a certain meal — a gravy train that might not be around much longer.A Hawaii County law set to take effect at the
Protests in rural China have thwarted government attempts to enforce cremation in place of traditional burials, demonstrators say, as economic pressures fuel unrest in poor areas.Such outbursts of dissent are rare in China, where authorities act swiftly to stamp out civil disobedience on the ground
Myanmar is tomorrow to hold the first phase of a general election, its first vote in five years and an exercise that critics said would neither restore the country’s fragile democracy undone by a 2021 army takeover, nor end a devastating civil war triggered by the nation’s harsh military rule.The mi
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