Ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Sunday struck three commercial ships in the Red Sea, while a US warship shot down three drones in self-defense during the hours-long assault, the US military said. The Iranian-backed Houthis claimed two of the attacks.The strikes marked an escalat
JUMPING BAIL: The democracy advocate said made the decision after ‘considering the situation in Hong Kong, my personal safety, my physical and mental health’
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow (周庭), who was jailed over her role in massive 2019 protests, on Sunday said she had moved to Canada and would not return to meet her bail conditions. Chow was one of the best-known young faces of the 2012, 2014 and 2019 protest movements against Beijing’s
Morag, an imposing Highland cow with a caramel coat, ambles out of the main shed at Dumble Farm in northern England and stands ready to meet her guests. Visitors have traveled from far and wide to the farm near Beverley in east Yorkshire, not to buy milk, yoghurt or cheese, but to enjoy a cuddle wit
French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna yesterday said that she was open to any resettlement request from tiny South Pacific nations threatened by rising sea levels, similar to Australia’s agreement with Tuvalu.Colonna said that France had watched with “great interest” last
SOUTH KOREARocket test successfulThe nation yesterday successfully conducted a test flight of a solid-fuel space rocket over the sea near Jeju Island, the Ministry of National Defense said, amid a growing space race with North Korea. It was the third test of its kind following two others in December
ON THE MOVE: Pictures posted online showed residents of one town fleeing on foot and vehicles toward higher ground after a tsunami warning was issued
A powerful earthquake that shook the southern Philippines killed at least one villager and injured several others as thousands scrambled out of their homes in panic and jammed roads to higher ground after a tsunami warning was issued, officials said yesterday.The US Geological Survey reported that t
A person known to the French authorities as a radical Islamist with mental health troubles on Saturday stabbed a German tourist to death and wounded two people in central Paris before being arrested, officials said.The attack took place close to the Eiffel Tower during a busy weekend night and came
WAKE-UP CALL: Calling the report a ‘cause for alarm,’ a doctor said governments need to better plan where they build hospitals and relocate existing facilities
Thousands of hospitals worldwide are “at high risk of total or partial shutdown from extreme weather events” if fossil fuels are not phased out by the end of the century, a report by XDI, a climate-risk data analysis company said on Saturday.The report comes as world leaders meet to discuss the impa
The East African Community (EAC) regional force yesterday morning began its withdrawal from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) after Kinshasa deemed it ineffective and refused to renew its mandate.The regional bloc first deployed troops in the violence-plagued region in November last ye
Kiss on Saturday night closed out the final performance of their “The End of the Road” farewell tour at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden.However, as dedicated fans surely know, they were never going to call it quits. Not really.During their encore, the band’s current lineup — founders Paul Sta
PAKISTANMilitants kill nine in northMilitants on Saturday fired on a bus in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, killing nine people including two soldiers, and injuring more than 20 others, local police said. The attack happened on the Karakoram Highway, which connects Pakistan with China, police
People dressed as Krampus, a half-goat, half-demon figure that punishes people who misbehave during the Christmas season, prepare to participate in the Whitby Krampus Run in Whitby, England, on Saturday.
CREATING DISTANCE: Although Santos’ removal narrows the Republicans’ majority in the US House to 221-213, it was colleagues from his party who led the expulsion push
The US House of Representatives on Friday voted to expel US Representative George Santos of New York after a blistering ethics report on his conduct heightened lawmakers’ concerns about the scandal-plagued freshman, who became just the sixth member in the chamber’s history to be ousted by colleagues
CONCERNS: After the 2011 nuclear power plant disaster in Japan, the world does not have the time to waste on ‘dangerous distractions’ like nuclear energy, 350.org said
More than 100 Rohingya refugees including women and children yesterday landed in Indonesia’s westernmost province, officials said, but locals were threatening to push them back to sea.The arrival came after more than 1,000 Rohingya refugees landed in Aceh Province last month, the biggest wave of Roh
When they first started climbing the Andes peaks, they could hear the ice crunching under their crampons. These days, it is the sound of melted water running beneath their feet that they mostly listen to as they make their ascents.Dressed in colorful, multilayered skirts, a group of 20 indigenous Bo
More than 20 nations including the US yesterday called for a tripling of nuclear energy to drive down emissions as world leaders assembled for a second day at UN climate talks in Dubai.With smoggy skies in Dubai highlighting the challenges facing the world, other pledges were expected at the UN Clim
South Korea on Saturday confirmed its first military spy satellite had reached orbit after a Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) rocket launch and that communication was established with ground control.Seoul’s reconnaissance satellite, carried by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, intensifies a spac
CHINANo emerging illness: officialA surge in respiratory illness is caused by known pathogens and there is no sign of new infectious diseases, a health official said yesterday as the country faces its first full winter since lifting strict COVID-19 restrictions. The spike in illness attracted attent
ELECTION INTERFERENCE: Meta did not publicly link the account network to the Chinese government, but said it is based in China and sought to inflate divisions within the US
Someone in China created thousands of fake social media accounts designed to appear to be from Americans and used them to spread polarizing political content in an apparent effort to divide the US ahead of next year’s presidential elections, Meta said on Thursday.The network of about 4,800 fake acco
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