Category: Rest of World News
Explosion at Japan port during PM Kishida visit, no injuries
TOKYO: Japan’s NHK television reported Saturday that a loud explosion occurred at a western Japanese port during Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit, but there were…
Alexander Csergo: Australian arrested for allegedly selling information to foreign spies
SYDNEY: An Australian national who recently returned to the country after living overseas has been arrested for allegedly selling sensitive information to a foreign intelligence…
Argentina: Food or medicine? Inflation squeezing retirees in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES: With trembling hands, the bingo players at a Buenos Aires retirement center put the buttons they use as markers on their cards. Small…
S Korea paying shut-in kids to re-enter society
The South Korean government wants shut-in kids to leave the house and go outside. The country’s ministry of gender equality and family said the cabinet…
Reforming global aid, finance could make ending hunger an affordable goal, finds new report
Experts call for more and longer-term funding to tackle systemic causes of hunger and break the cycle of emergency food aidBATHINDA: Ending global hunger is…
Populist Iraqi Cleric Announces Suspension: Populist Iraqi cleric announces suspension of his movement
BAGHDAD – Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Friday that he would suspend the movement he leads for one year,…
Singapore wealth group denies report of directive to keep quiet on China-linked fund inflows
SINGAPORE: A private banking industry group in Singapore on Friday denied a media report that the city-state had asked global banks to keep quiet on…
Spain: Morocco stops around 150 migrants from crossing into Spain’s Ceuta enclave
RABAT: Moroccan security forces stopped some 150 Sub-Saharan African migrants from crossing early on Friday into Spain‘s Ceuta enclave, the interior ministry said. The operation…
North: North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel ICBM, warns of ‘extreme’ horror
SEOUL: North Korea announced on Friday it had tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a development set to “radically promote” its forces, which…
Canada: Canada ready to become critical minerals provider -minister
SAPPORO: Canada is ready to become a reliable provider of critical minerals to its international allies including Japan, a senior official said, as the Group…