International

AFP : Kamala Harris returns to the campaign trail Wednesday with a blitz in the battleground state of Georgia, hoping to turn her momentum from the Democratic convention into a solid lead against Donald Trump. The US vice president is embarking on a bus tour of the crucial southern state with running mate Tim Walz, in her first campaign appearance since accepting the party’s nomination with an electrifying speech in Chicago. The pair will then on Thursday sit for an...

AFP : Heavy flooding caused by torrential rains in Yemen overnight has destroyed homes and left at least 24 people missing, authorities said on Wednesday. The floods in Al-Mahwit, a province west of the capital Sanaa controlled by Iran-backed Huthi rebels, triggered landslides that swept through several homes, police said in a statement carried by rebel media. At least 24 people are missing after seven homes were destroyed in the province’s Melhan district, police said.Authorities have yet to report casualties...

AFP : Police in Vietnam have arrested more than a dozen people in connection with a baby smuggling ring that trafficked 16 newborns across several cities and provinces in the country, state media said Wednesday. Sixteen men and women have been taken into custody for trading the babies aged between three days and three months old, according to the official newspaper of Ho Chi Minh City Police. The gang targeted women through closed groups on social media, exploiting those who...

AFP : China’s army and air force began live-fire exercises Tuesday next to its border with Myanmar, local authorities said, following recent bilateral talks on security in the area.Myanmar’s northern Shan state has been the site of repeated clashes since late June after ethnic rebel groups renewed an offensive against the military along a vital trade highway to China.Beijing is a major ally and arms supplier to Myanmar’s junta, but analysts say it also maintains ties with ethnic armed groups...