Category: Rest of World News
Meta begins blocking news in Canada in response to new law
Meta Platforms Inc. started its process of ending news availability in Canada over a law requiring digital platforms to pay local news outlets. The California-based…
Khanun: Typhoon Khanun knocks out power in southern Japan
TOKYO: One person was reportedly killed and hundreds of thousands were without electricity in southern Japan on Wednesday as a typhoon appproached packing powerful winds…
Myanmar junta pardons ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi for five offences: Report
YANGON: Myanmar‘s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be pardoned for five of the numerous offences for which she was jailed for a total…
‘Barbenheimer’ nuclear memes stir anger in Japan
The double dose of American movie hits known as “Barbenheimer” is fueling a social-media backlash in Japan, the only country to have experienced nuclear-weapon attacks….
Myanmar Junta extends emergency, delays polls
BANGKOK: Myanmar’s military-controlled government has extended the state of emergency it imposed when the army seized power from an elected government 2 1/2 years ago,…
Myanmar Emergency: Myanmar junta extends state of emergency, delaying polls | World News
YANGON: Myanmar‘s National Defence and Security Council agreed Monday to extend the country’s state of emergency by six months, state media said, likely delaying elections…
Niger: French embassy in Niger attacked as protesters waving Russian flags march through capital
NIAMEY: Thousands of supporters of the junta that took over Niger in a coup this week marched through the streets of the capital on Sunday…
Evacuation order issued for Canadian town as wildfire crosses over from US
An evacuation order for the Canadian town of Osoyoos and its surrounding district has been issued due to an out-of-control wildfire that has crossed the…
US returns flag of Japanese soldier killed in WWII
TOKYO: Toshihiro Mutsuda was only 5 years old when he last saw his father, who was drafted by Japan’s Imperial Army in 1943 and killed…
Coast: Chopper crash pauses Australia-US military exercise, four missing
BRISBANE: Australia paused a major military exercise with the United States on Saturday, after a defence helicopter taking part in the drills crashed into the…