TAIPEI – Taiwan’s defence ministry said it had detected 21 Chinese aircraft and five Chinese ships operating around Taiwan on Saturday, as Beijing continues its military drills near the island. The ministry said no Chinese aircraft had crossed the median ...
(Refiles with correct format, no changes to text) ISTANBUL – Turkey’s military “neutralised” seven members of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in an operation in northern Iraq, the Defence Ministry said on Saturday. Turkey regularly carries out air strikes ...
Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people and injured and displaced thousands more since mid-June, officials said this weekend. The new death toll came a day after Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif ...
After the “Great Resignation,” companies across America and Europe have another post-pandemic phenomenon to worry about: “quiet quitting”. The TikTok craze and social media buzzword has been defined and redefined in countless news articles and opinion pieces. One thing is ...
Climbing a 4,000 metre mountain is no easy feat. But for intrepid adventurer Matt Carpenter it’s more than just a challenge. It’s a chance to prove that brain injury can’t stop him, and to raise money for the charity that ...
– Double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington suffered a miscarriage at 12 weeks into her pregnancy and underwent emergency surgery, the now-retired British swimmer said on social media. Adlington, who won the 400 and 800 metres freestyle titles at ...
– England’s emphatic victory over South Africa in the second test at Old Trafford has set the “benchmark” for the team, captain Ben Stokes said after they defeated the visitors by an innings and 85 runs within three days. ...
– LIV Golf has joined a handful of its players in their antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour, according to an amended complaint that showed four golfers have now removed their names. Phil Mickelson and 10 other golfers sued ...
LONDON – Britain’s Prince Charles has guest edited an edition of the country’s only Black newspaper to mark its 40th anniversary, honouring the contributions of African-Caribbean communities to the arts and society. The Voice newspaper records Charles’ “long-standing collaboration ...
LONDON – British foreign secretary Liz Truss, the frontrunner to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister, is considering cutting value added taxes (VAT) across the board by 5% to address a cost-of-living crisis, the Telegraph reported on Saturday. The ...
Serbia will allow Kosovo citizens to enter the country with personal ID cards issued by the government in Prishtina, according to the EU foreign policy chief, settling part of the dispute that led to an escalation of tensions along the border ...
France has charged two its volunteer firefighters of setting some of the devastating blazes that rocked the southern part of the country over the summer. One of the men firefighters is a 27-year-old who was arrested on 24 August. ...
By Natalie Grover LONDON – AstraZeneca’s blockbuster diabetes drug Farxiga led to significant reductions in the risk of hospitalisation and death in people with all types of heart failure, according to study data released on Saturday, opening the door ...
The UN children’s agency Unicef has condemned an airstrike that “hit a kindergarten” in the Ethiopian region of Tigray, with the EU also calling for respect for international law protecting civilians. Rebel authorities in the Ethiopian province of Tigray ...
Europe’s largest Pride event, scheduled to be held in the Serbian capital in September, will be “cancelled or postponed,” the Balkan country’s President Aleksandar Vučić said on Saturday. Speaking at a press conference in Belgrade, the Serbian leader said ...
By Tife Owolabi YENAGOA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s state oil company has hired a company owned by former militant Tompolo, whose movement’s attacks on facilities in the early 2000s crippled oil production, to protect installations and tackle rampant theft, his spokesman ...
By Catarina Demony LUANDA -The party that has ruled Angola continuously for nearly 50 years claimed victory in this week’s election on Friday, after the electoral commission put its vote at 51% in a poll marred by low turnout and ...
Pope Francis is creating 20 new cardinals on Saturday, a further step in the preparation of his succession. The consistory, the eighth of Francis’ pontificate since his election in 2013, comes against a backdrop of speculation that the 85-year-old pope, ...
By Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO – A group of retired Federal Police detectives has released a statement accusing members of Brazil’s Supreme Court of using the force to take what they called “authoritarian and illegal measures”. The statement by ...
By Piroschka van de Wouw TERAPEL, Netherlands -Pressure rose on the Dutch government on Friday to tackle what refugee advocates have called “inhumane” conditions at its main shelter for asylum seekers as humanitarian group Medecins sans Frontieres sent in ...
TAIPEI – Recent visits by guests from the United States have reinforced Taiwan’s determination to defend itself, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday as she met the latest U.S. lawmaker to arrive on the island in defiance of Beijing. China, ...
TAIPEI – Fifteen Chinese fighter jets flew on Friday across the median line of the Taiwan Strait, which usually serves as an unofficial territorial barrier, Taiwan’s defence ministry said, as China continues military activities near the island.
BRUSSELS – A van drove into a cafe terrace in central Brussels on Friday, leaving six people needing treatment for light injuries and shock, Brussels fire brigade and prosecutors said. The van driver fled in the vehicle after the incident ...
SEOUL -Pope Francis has asked for an invitation from North Korea to visit the isolated country, South Korean broadcaster KBS reported. “I will go there as soon as they invite me. I’m saying they should invite me. I will ...
NAIROBI -An air strike hit Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region on Friday, which local media controlled by the breakaway authorities blamed on the federal government. Tigrai Television showed images of damaged buildings and what appeared to be ...
BELGRADE -Mediated talks over the status of ethnic Serbs in Kosovo have failed to ease tensions – fuelled by a dispute over car number plates – between Belgrade and authorities in Pristina, Serbia’s president said on Friday. Aleksandar Vucic said ...
Cycling lovers know how liberating it can feel to zip along a bike path, taking in the charm of a city without the downsides of crammed public transport or traffic jams. And as governments worldwide try to cut carbon emissions, ...
Fourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate early this year contained classified documents, many of them top secret, mixed in with miscellaneous newspapers, magazines and personal correspondence, according to a newly-released FBI affidavit. No ...
Football fans and travelling go hand in hand. Away days, European fixtures, World Cups, European Championships. Any dedicated fan has inevitably had to travel to see their team in action. This rings particularly true for fans of clubs outside of ...
As CO2 emissions continue to climb, experts say our chances of averting drastic climate change will rest not just on reigning in pollution, but also on removing carbon from the atmosphere. Between 2010 and 2019, average annual global greenhouse gas ...
After finally freeing herself from a 13-year conservatorship that saw her professional and personal life being completely controlled by her father, Britney Spears is back with her first recording since 2016 – and the fans and critics are raving. When ...
A new play will debut in London in September in recognition of the 75 years since the partition of India. ‘Silence’ will play at the Donmar Warehouse in London from 1-17 September before moving to the Tara Theatre on 20 ...
By Farouq Suleiman and Natalie Thomas LONDON – Nestled in a railway arch in Brixton, south London, a large studio hosts a colourful array of elaborate costumes and flamboyant feathers, all designed to bring to life a Mas Band parade ...
“Some begged for sleep that wouldn’t come, whilst others lived as perpetual sleep walkers.” Netflix’s latest sci-fi outing ‘The Sandman’ has received rave reviews for its fantasy frolics but it features one factual plot point some viewers may have missed. ...
Energy prices are rocketing across Europe and with summer ending there are fears the situation could spiral out of control this winter. European governments are scrambling for solutions. The EU has already implemented gas consumption directives, though it is ...
Argentina’s football fans rejoiced as one of national hero Diego Maradona’s iconic jerseys was ‘returned’ on Thursday. At a ceremony in Madrid’s Argentinian embassy, former Germany captain, Lothar Matthäus, unveiled the symbolic number 10 shirt worn by Maradona during the ...
There is an urgent need for further NATO troops in Kosovo due to “threats from Serbia and Russia,” the small Balkan country’s prime minister said on Friday. The comment came after weeks of heightened tensions between Prishtina and Belgrade ...
Scientists in Switzerland have discovered that a compound used in electronics is capable of “remembering” previous external stimuli in a similar way to neurons in the human brain. Mohammad Samizadeh Nikoo, a PhD student in electrical engineering at Polytechnic ...
By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England – Centuries from England skipper Ben Stokes and wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Foakes gave the hosts a commanding first innings lead of 264 after they declared at 415 for nine against South Africa on the second ...
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON – The British pound fell on Friday, on track for a weekly loss after a hawkish speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell boosted the dollar. The dollar index strengthened after Powell said the ...