New reality for migrants at US-Mexico border
Reuters : Jessica Leon, an asylum-seeker from Ecuador, scaled a border wall on Tuesday with her 3-year-old daughter, setting foot on US soil in San Diego, California, just hours before a new asylum ban...
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Biden slams Trump as ‘convicted felon’ for first time
AFP : Joe Biden blasted Donald Trump on Monday as a “convicted felon” who is seeking the US presidency for the first time in history, in a dramatic escalation of his attacks on his...
Hundreds in emergency shelters after Philippine volcano erupts
AFP : Hundreds of people sheltered in evacuation centres on Tuesday after a volcano erupted in the central Philippines. Mount Kanlaon on Negros island exploded for six minutes on Monday night, sending a plume...
Could a US-Saudi nuclear deal spark Middle East arms race?
Deutsche Welle : Last week, several media reports suggested that Saudi Arabia was on the verge of a “mega deal” with the United States. Bombastic phrases like a “mega deal” or a “grand bargain”...
Heatwave kills 56 in India
Reuters : India saw nearly 25,000 cases of suspected heat stroke and 56 people lost their lives after several heatwave days across the country from March-May, local media reported, citing government data. May has...
North Korea sends 600 more trash-filled balloons over border
AFP : North Korea has sent around 600 more trash-filled balloons containing everything from cigarette butts to plastic across the border, Seoul’s military said on Sunday, adding that security personnel were collecting them as...
Tomasdottir to be Iceland’s next president
Al Jazeera : Halla Tomasdottir, a businesswoman and investor, has won Iceland’s presidential election, topping a crowded field of candidates in which the top three finishers were women, the country’s national broadcast service reports....
Sri Lanka monsoon floods kill 14
AFP : Flash floods, mudslides and falling trees have killed at least 14 people in Sri Lanka as the island nation is battered by monsoon storms, the country’s disaster centre said Sunday. Some drowned,...
China ready to ‘forcefully’ stop Taiwan independence
Al Jazeera : Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun says his military is ready to “forcefully” stop Taiwan’s independence, but called for greater exchanges with the United States over the issue. Speaking at the Shangri-La...
SA election set to end three decades of ANC dominance
Reuters : South Africa was set to end three decades of dominance by the party that freed it from apartheid on Saturday, as voters angry at joblessness, inequality and power shortages slashed the African...
Iran condemns EU sanctions
AFP : Iran on Saturday criticised the EuropeanUnion’s imposition of new sanctions on high-ranking officials and the Revolutionary Guards for supplying drones to Russia and its Middle East allies. The EU’s measures unveiled on...
Indonesia ready to send peacekeepers, medical staff to Gaza
AFP : Muslim-majority Indonesia is ready to send “significant peacekeeping forces” as well as medical personnel to Gaza if Hamas accepts a new ceasefire proposal, President-elect Prabowo Subianto said Saturday. US President Joe Biden...