135 million Europeans face temperatures over 35°C
More than 135 million people across Europe, mostly in France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, face temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) as...
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Andy Hall ordered to pay RM500,000 for defaming recruitment director
Migrant rights activist Andy Hall has been ordered by the Johor Bahru High Court to pay a global sum of RM500,000 in damages over two...
Zhu Rongji: China’s Reformer, Bangladesh’s Friend
“I will be sure to work conscientiously and diligently until I take my last breath.” These words, spoken with the trademark grit that defined his...
Oil prices rise, stocks mixed ahead of US inflation data
Oil prices rose again on Wednesday (Aug 12) and stock markets were mixed, with eyes on the release of key US inflation data that could...
Toyota ex-chief Okuda, pioneer of the Prius, dies at 93
Former Toyota head Hiroshi Okuda, credited with championing the pioneering Prius hybrid and turning the Japanese automaker into a global titan, has died aged 93,...
China’s C919 jet makes 1st int’l commercial flight
China’s homegrown C919 jet completed its first international commercial flight on Wednesday (Aug 12), a symbolic step towards Beijing’s goal of challenging the decades-long aerospace...
Australian Federal Court Dismisses Indian Appeal in Basmati Word Mark Case
The Ministry of Commerce, Government of Pakistan welcomes the decision of the Federal Court of Australia dismissing the appeal filed by India’s Agricultural and Processed...
Zelensky: Russia uses N Korean missiles in Ukraine
Ukraine and Russia have continued striking each other overnight, with Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Moscow of using North Korean missiles. The Ukrainian president said strikes in...
Attackers kill 60 people in S.Sudan cattle raid: Local official
Armed attackers have killed at least 60 people in central South Sudan, according to local officials and media, in the country’s latest deadly cattle raid. The young...
US Treasury officials meet with interim Venezuelan president
Senior US Treasury Department officials met with interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez on Monday, as the instability of the country’s electrical grid threatens US plans...
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 132
Colombian volunteers and rescuers cleared rubble with their bare hands and buckets to search for survivors early Tuesday after the country’s strongest earthquake in a...
Thai PM suspends gun licences as teen shooter’s grandparents cremated
Thailand’s prime minister said Tuesday (Aug 11) he had suspended firearms licences after last week’s deadly school shooting, as the bodies of the teenage assailant and...