Malian troops subdued the Muslim militants who attacked a military training camp and the airport in Mali’s capital on Tuesday after gunbattles that killed some soldiers, authorities said. An al-Qaeda-linked group claimed the attack. The militants tried to infiltrate the Faladie military police schoo
A key employee who labeled a doomed experimental submersible unsafe prior to its last, fatal voyage on Tuesday testified that the tragedy could have been prevented if a US federal safety agency had investigated his complaint. Former OceanGate operations director David Lochridge said he felt let down
The pitch is a classic: A young celebrity with no climbing experience spends a year in hard training and scales Mount Everest, succeeding against some — if not all — odds. French YouTuber Ines Benazzouz, known as Inoxtag, brought the story to life with a two-hour-plus documentary about his year prep
REQUEST REJECTED: US Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky said she was concerned about ‘power imbalance’ and the risk of witness tampering
Superstar rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to racketeering and sex trafficking charges, and was ordered to remain in custody pending a trial. Combs, 54, was arrested by US federal agents in New York on Monday evening and accused in a just-unsealed three-count criminal indic
Meta on Tuesday announced the creation of “Teen Accounts,” designed to better protect underage users from the dangers associated with Instagram. Many experts and authorities accuse the hugely popular photo-sharing app of damaging the mental health of its youngest users through addiction to the app,
US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris reacts during a visit at the Community College of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
BUMPY ROAD: The European Commission president had pushed hard to get more women in top positions. Confirmation hearings are to start in the coming weeks
After weeks of fierce political horse-trading, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen yesterday unveiled her new top team to help steward the EU through the next five years of global uncertainty.Faced with Russia’s war in Ukraine, the potential return of Donald Trump as US president and
‘INTERFERENCE’: The ban comes after the US accused state-run RT of funneling US$10 million through shell entities to covertly fund influence campaigns on social media
Meta Platforms Inc late on Monday said it is banning Russian state media outlets from its apps around the world due to “foreign interference activity.”The ban comes after the US accused RT and employees of the state-run outlet of funneling US$10 million through shell entities to covertly fund influe
The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has hit a record high of more than 95,000, almost 90 percent of whom are women, government data showed yesterday. The figures further highlight the slow-burning demographic crisis gripping the world’s fourth-biggest economy as its population ages and s
Water levels on the Danube River have risen further, as deadly floods unleashed destruction across central Europe.The torrential rain from Storm Boris was set to subside yesterday, but water levels remain elevated across the region. In Austria, the focus is turning to the threat posed by melting sno
Early starts, strict routines and discipline: more and more young men in Finland are being drawn to the rigors of monastic life and its conservative values.In such a secular and progressive country, where experts had expected the young to be less religious, Christianity has been gaining ground — amo
“I am a rapist,” said a Frenchman accused of drugging his wife so that he and dozens of strangers could sexually assault her, his first testimony in a trial that has horrified France.Dominique Pelicot, 71, used a cane yesterday as he slowly entered the courtroom in the southern city of Avignon, wher
new ZealandHoiho is bird of the yearThe yellow-eyed penguin, or hoiho, has been crowned Bird of the Year, securing 6,328 votes for its second win in the popular annual competition. The hoiho, considered the world’s rarest penguin species by competition organizers Forest and Bird, surpassed the runne
POWER PLAY: The internal market commissioner said that Ursula von der Leyen had asked France to withdraw his candidacy and never discussed the issue with him
France’s Thierry Breton yesterday announced he was quitting the European Commission with immediate effect, claiming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had asked Paris to withdraw his candidacy for the incoming executive.The shock resignation of the bloc’s powerful internal market com
Germany yesterday reintroduced temporary controls on its western and northern borders as part of efforts to combat irregular migration and cross-border crime, the German Ministry of the Interior said.The restrictions are part of a series of measures Germany has taken to toughen its stance on irregul
‘DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY’: The melting of thousands of glaciers is a major threat to people in the landlocked region that already suffers from a water shortage
Near a wooden hut high up in the Kyrgyz mountains, scientist Gulbara Omorova walked to a pile of gray rocks, reminiscing how the same spot was a glacier just a few years ago.At an altitude of 4,000m, the 35-year-old researcher is surrounded by the giant peaks of the towering Tian Shan range that als
Switzerland was never a colonial power, yet through its traders, mercenaries, anthropologists and missionaries, it contributed to colonial expansion, sparking debates about how to confront this lesser-known aspect of the nation’s past.A new exhibition at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich is sheddi
China has released a US pastor after nearly two decades in prison, presenting an olive branch to the US that had repeatedly called for his release.US citizen David Lin (林大衛) was freed from a prison in China, a US Department of States spokesman said. The 68-year-old born-again Christian had been held
FRANCENo-show stops rape trialThe trial of a man accused of recruiting strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife was yesterday suspended after he failed to show up in court due to ill health. The presiding judge had adjourned the trial of Dominique Pelicot until yesterday after the accused was excu
A Hong Kong man today pleaded guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan, becoming the first person convicted under the territory's new national security law passed in March.Chu Kai-pong (諸啟邦), 27, pleaded guilty to one count of "doing with a seditious intention an act."Under the