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
US AUKUS REVIEW: A former Australian PM said the country should conduct its own review of the pact, as the UK and the US have each decided to re-examine it
Australia yesterday said that it is “very confident” in the future of a US agreement to equip its navy with a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, after the administration of US President Donald Trump put the pact under review.The 2021 AUKUS deal joins Australia, the UK and the US in a multi-decade
‘DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR’: Chinese fighter jets flew unusually close to a P-3C from the Japanese military, coming within 45m of the patrol plane, a Japanese official said
Beijing yesterday condemned what it called “dangerous behavior” by a Japanese military plane over the Pacific Ocean after Tokyo said that Chinese fighter jets flew unusually close to its aircraft at the weekend.The Japanese government had complained to China over the incident, in which no Japanese m
Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys cofounder who masterminded the group’s wild popularity and soundtracked the California dream, has died, his family announced on Wednesday.He was 82.The statement on Instagram did not give a cause.Wilson was placed under a legal conservatorship last year due to a “major n
Police in South Carolina engaged in a not-so-hot pursuit as they chased a tractor excavator down a main highway for more than an hour at the speed an average adult walks.The chase reached speeds of 4.8kph early on Sunday morning in North Charleston, police said.Officers on a different call saw the b
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government yesterday survived an opposition bid to dissolve parliament, as lawmakers rejected a bill that could have paved the way for snap elections.Out of the Knesset’s 120 members, 61 voted against the proposal, with 53 in favor.The opposition had intro
China has cleared 51 tonnes of trash from a scenic southern region famed for a craggy peak featured in Hollywood blockbuster Avatar after videos went viral on social media showing caves used as a rubbish dump.The caves in a national park in Hunan Province were stacked with stinking garbage up to sev
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