Category: World News
Deadly Russian missiles hit Ukraine power facilities
KYIV: Russian forces fired dozens of missiles at Ukraine on Thursday in a blistering wave of strikes targeting energy infrastructure a day after Germany and…
Russia says tank promises show direct and growing Western involvement in Ukraine
Russia said on Thursday it saw the promised delivery of Western tanks to Ukraine as evidence of direct and growing U.S. and European involvement in…
They poured their savings into homes that were never built
To Tang Chao, the apartment in northeast China was where he and his wife were going to start a new life together.They put down tens…
Explainer: What is an Australian Black Voice to Parliament?
CANBERRA: Australians expect to vote this year in a referendum that would enshrine in the nation’s constitution a mechanism for Indigenous people to advise Parliament…
Home secretary mulls cut to post-study student visa stay in UK, says report
London: British Home secretary Suella Braverman is said to be on a collision course with the UK’s education department over plans to cut the period…
China: Covid deaths, cases down 70% since peak, when daily infections topped 7 million
HONG KONG: Critically ill Covid-19 cases in China are down 72% from a peak early this month while daily deaths among Covid-19 patients in hospitals…
Yemen and Lebanon sites added to Unesco world heritage list
CAIRO: An ancient Yemeni kingdom and a Lebanese modernist concrete fair park were added Wednesday to Unesco‘s list of World Heritage sites in danger, the…
Hundreds protest South Africa energy crisis
JOHANNESBURG: Hundreds of people took to the streets in Johannesburg on Wednesday to protest a prolonged energy crisis causing record power cuts in South Africa….
Chris Hipkins sworn in as New Zealand PM, pledges focus on economy
WELLINGTON: Chris Hipkins was sworn in Wednesday as New Zealand’s 41st prime minister, following the unexpected resignation last week of Jacinda Ardern. Hipkins, 44, has…
Uighur camps in Xinjiang converted into formal prisons, detainees given lengthy sentences
BEIJING (CHINA): Many of the Uighur camps in China’s Xinjiang have been converted into formal prisons and the detainees have been given lengthy prison sentences,…