Sadiq Khan wins historic third term
BBC : Labour’s Sadiq Khan will be re-elected as Mayor of London for a third term, according to BBC’s polling expert Professor Sir John Curtice. All 14 constituencies have been declared – Mr Khan...
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Landslides, floods kill 15 Indonesians
Aljazeera : Landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rains in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province have killed at least 15 people after dozens of homes were swept away and roads damaged, the country’s disaster management...
Pakistan records ‘wettest April’ in more than 60 years: weather agency
AFP, Islamabad : Pakistan experienced its “wettest April since 1961”, receiving more than twice as much rain as usual for the month, the country’s weather agency said in a report. April rainfall was recorded...
One dead, several injured in Paris suburb shooting
AFP : One person was killed and six injured overnight in a gritty northern Paris suburb in a shooting likely linked to drug trafficking, prosecutors and the mayor said Saturday. The attack in a...
Trump develops plan on peaceful resolution in Ukraine – Telegraph
LONDON : Former US President Donald Trump has developed a detailed plan on resolving the Ukrainian conflict peacefully, but will not reveal it until the election, the Daily Telegraph reported, citing an anonymous source...
Sunday’s presidential election in Panama is ‘most important’ in decades: Experts
CNN : Panama, the Central American nation at the crossroads of international trade and migration, will elect a new president on Sunday after a campaign season mired in legal uncertainty. “It’s a very important...
Dams strain as water, death toll, keep rising in south Brazil
AFP : The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil climbed to 39 Friday, officials said, as they warned of worse to come. As the rain kept beating...
Philippine bishops instruct flock to pray for rain, heat relief
AFP, MANILA : Catholic bishops in the Philippines are pitching in to seek divine relief from the extreme heatwave scorching the country, instructing their flock to recite special prayers for rain and lower temperatures....
India, Japan dismiss Biden’s ‘xenophobic’ comment
Aljazeera : India and Japan have rejected President Joe Biden’s remarks calling the US allies “xenophobic” countries who do not welcome immigrants, and grouping the two nations with China and Russia. India’s Minister of...
Rains, mudslides kill 29 in southern Brazil’s ‘worst disaster’
Al Jazeera : The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to 29, with at least 60 people missing, according to the state’s civil defence agency....
Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says
Reuters : Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting US troops, a senior US defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger’s junta to...
China rocket blasts off for far side of Moon
BBC Online : China has launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, in what is being billed a world first. An unmanned rocket carrying the Chang’e-6 probe blasted...