Category: Rest of World News
Voting starts for Cyprus’ presidency, with 3 front-runners
NICOSIA: Cypriots on Sunday began voting for their eighth new president in the ethnically divided island’s 63-year history as an independent republic, with three front-runners…
Pope Francis wraps up South Sudan trip, urges end to ‘blind fury’ of violence
JUBA: Pope Francis wound up a peace mission to South Sudan on Sunday urging the people to make themselves immune to the “venom of hatred”…
Nine missing after fishing boat capsizes in South Korea
SEOUL: Rescue workers were searching by sea and air for nine people missing after a fishing boat capsized in waters off South Korea‘s southwestern coast,…
Firefighters battle dozens of wildfires in Chile, death toll at 22
SANTIAGO: Dozens of wildfires blazing though Chile caused the government to extend an emergency order to another region on Saturday, as a scorching summer heatwave…
China’s mega-rich move their wealth, and partying, to Singapore
SINGAPORE: Singapore is seeing an influx of ultra-wealthy families from China looking to protect their wealth from a Communist Party that increasingly views them with…
Researchers find why immunotherapy doesn’t work well for lung cancer treatment
CAMBRIDGE: Some cancers respond well to immunotherapy, a medication therapy that prompts the immune system to target tumours, although results against lung cancer have been…
Why Covid-19 kills more men than women decoded
NEW DELHI: Scientists have found new evidence that may explain why men are more susceptible to severe infections of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with increased death…
Eye on China, Philippines gives US greater access to its bases
The Philippines has granted the United States greater access to its military bases, their defence chiefs said on Thursday, amid mounting concern over China’s increasing…
Japan’s crime rate increases for 1st time in 20 years
TOKYO: Japan’s crime rate increased for the first time in 20 years in 2022, as relaxed Covid-19 regulations may have led to a rise in…
Ukraine’s new weapon will force a Russian shift
WASHINGTON/KYIV: With the United States expected to send a new longer-range weapon to Ukraine, it has answered President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plea for rockets that can…