International
Dalai Lama celebrates 88th birthday
AP :The Dalai Lama celebrated his 88th birthday on Thursday, as hundreds of his supporters and exiled Tibetans thronged his hillside Indian headquarters in Dharamsala.Artists played traditional welcome tunes as the Tibetan spiritual leader...
EU seals ammo production plan in rush to arm Ukraine
AFP :EU negotiators on Friday sealed a plan to boost ammunition production in the bloc, as part of a push to arm Ukraine and restock depleted arsenals.The 500-million-euro ($545 million) Act in Support of...
NYC tour bus crash sends 18 to hospital with non-life threatening injuries
Reuters :A double-decker tour bus collided with a second bus in New York Thursday evening, wounding dozens and sending at least 18 to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, emergency responders said.The accident occurred around...
16 dead in South African slum gas leak
AFP :At least 16 people, including children, have died after a gas leak at a South African slum near Johannesburg, emergency services said Thursday, revising the death toll after some people were resuscitated.The Wednesday...
40 aid workers killed in Myanmar since 2021 coup: UN
AFP :UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Thursday up to 40 aid workers have been killed in Myanmar since the military coup that ousted democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in...
Europe eyes the Philippines as Asian security anchor
Deutsche Welle :Amid improving military ties with the United States and Japan, the Philippines appears ready to also include European countries within its security architecture as it steps up opposition to Chinese belligerence in...
Rain kills 15 in southwest China as Xi urges better defences
Reuters :Torrential rain has killed 15 people in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, media reported on Wednesday (5 July), as President Xi Jinping called for greater efforts to protect the public from extreme...
Nobel laureate Vargas Llosa back in hospital with Covid
AFP :Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa has again been hospitalised over complications linked to Covid-19, the second time since first contracting the virus last year, his family said Monday.“He has been hospitalised since...
S. Africa’s Zulu king says ‘fit’, denies being poisoned
AFP :The Zulu king, head of South Africa’s most influential traditional monarchy, said on Monday he was “fit and sound,” and denied rumours he had been poisoned.“I’m very well, I’m very fit and sound,”...
Xi urges Shanghai alliance to ‘safeguard regional peace’
AFP :China’s Xi Jinping urged Russian, Iranian and other leaders on Tuesday to work towards safeguarding “regional peace” as he addressed a virtual summit of their Shanghai alliance.Xi “called for efforts to safeguard regional...
Temperatures seen surging as El Nino weather pattern returns
Reuters :Temperatures are expected to soar across large parts of the world after the El Nino weather pattern emerged in the tropical Pacific for the first time in seven years, the World Meteorological Organization...