Cynthia voted for Nelson Mandela
BBC : They were shadow people, moving beyond the light of small fires on a winter dawn. There was no hint then that I was...
International
China ends military drills around Taiwan
AFP : China has ended two days of military drills around Taiwan that saw jets loaded with live munitions and warships practise seizing and isolating...
Israeli activists battle over Gaza-bound aid convoys
BBC : Months after some Israelis started to protest against aid lorries entering Gaza at the main Kerem Shalom crossing, the battle has moved to...
Over 300 buried in PNG landslide
Reuters : More than 300 people and over 1,100 houses were buried by a massive landslide that levelled a remote village in northern Papua New...
In restive New Caledonia, Macron sees Pacific power and influence
Reuters : In 2018, a year after becoming France’s president, Emmanuel Macron flew to the remote French-ruled Pacific island of New Caledonia to outline his...
Want to recognise Palestinian state: UK
Reuters : Britain’s opposition leader Keir Starmer said on Friday he wanted to recognise a Palestinian state if he won power in an upcoming general...
South Asia faces extreme weather as heatwave scorches India
Reuters : Extreme temperatures throughout Asia last month were made worse most likely as a result of human-driven climate change, a team of international scientists...
100 killed by a landslide in PNG
News Desk : More than 100 people are believed to have been killed on Friday in a landslide that buried a village in a remote...
Apartment fire kills 14 in Vietnam
AFP : A fire ripped through an apartment complex in central Hanoi early Friday, killing 14 people and injuring three others, police said. Smoke and...
China’s war games around Taiwan tests ability to ‘seize power’
Reuters : China’s military carried out a second day of war games around Taiwan on Friday, with drills to test its ability to “seize power”...
Foreign students flee Kyrgyzstan after mob attack
Reuters : Students from Pakistan and other Asian countries are leaving Kyrgyzstan by the hundreds after an angry mob attacked their living quarters this month,...
Florida judge hears bids to dismiss Trump documents charges
AFP : A Florida judge held hearings on Wednesday on bids by former president Donald Trump and his co-defendants to dismiss the charges they face...