UK Conservatives suffer double polls defeat to Labour

Britain’s ruling Conservatives lost two more parliamentary seats to Labour in by-elections yesterday, highlighting the mountain Prime Minister Rishi Sunak must climb to win a general election due this year.
16 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Ukrainian attack kills 6 in Russia’s Belgorod

A Ukrainian rocket attack on the Russian city of Belgorod killed at least six people and wounded over a dozen others yesterday, officials said.
15 February 2024, 18:00 PM

‘Not our fault’

Humanitarian chiefs said yesterday they had run out of words to describe the horrors unfolding in Gaza, stressing that states and especially Israel could not “offload” responsibility for the carnage onto aid workers.
15 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Large fire breaks out at park in Sweden

A large fire broke out at Sweden’s largest amusement park in Gothenburg yesterday, engulfing a newly built water park in flames, authorities said, with a dozen people sustaining minor injuries.
12 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Russian strikes hit Kyiv, southern Ukraine

Russia launched drone attacks overnight on Kyiv and southern Ukraine, injuring at least one civilian and damaging a gas pipeline and residential buildings in the river and sea port of Mykolaiv, Ukraine’s military said yesterday.
11 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Putin, Xi reject US ‘interference’

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone yesterday and both rejected what they called US interference in the affairs of other countries, the Kremlin said.
8 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Plan for new particle collider takes shape

Europe’s CERN laboratory revealed more details Monday about its plans for a huge new particle accelerator that would dwarf the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), ramping up efforts to uncover the underlying secrets of the universe.
6 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Pollution risks worsening global water scarcity

Water scarcity could affect three billion more people than previously expected by mid-century, with increased pollution rendering river sources “unsafe” for humans and wildlife, researchers warned yesterday.
6 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Canada extends ban on foreign ownership of housing by 2 yrs

Canada on Sunday announced a two-year extension to a ban on foreign ownership of Canadian housing, saying the step was aimed at addressing worries about Canadians being priced out of housing markets in cities and towns across the country.
5 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Chile mourns as wildfire death toll hits 112

Chile began an official two-day mourning period yesterday for the 112 so far killed in the South American country’s deadliest wildfires in recent history, while authorities continued to battle blazes fanned by high temperatures and strong winds.
5 February 2024, 18:00 PM

King Charles diagnosed with cancer

Britain’s King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and the 75-year-old will postpone public-facing duties while he undergoes treatment, Buckingham Palace said yesterday.   
5 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Russian cosmonaut sets record for most time in space

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko yesterday set a world record for total time spent in space, surpassing his compatriot Gennady Padalka who logged more than 878 days in orbit, Russia’s space corporation said.
4 February 2024, 18:00 PM

28 killed in Ukraine strike on Russia-occupied city

Russia said yesterday that Ukraine killed at least 28 people, including nine women and a child, when its armed forces struck a bakery and restaurant in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine with Western-supplied rockets.
4 February 2024, 18:00 PM

World needs ‘torrents’ of cash for green transition

The world needs to urgently start investing trillions of dollars in the green transition, the United Nations climate chief said yesterday, warning that finance was the “make-or-break” factor in the battle to curb global heating.
2 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Dozens targeted with Pegasus spyware in Jordan: NGO

Hackers have used the notorious Pegasus spyware to break into the phones of dozens of journalists and activists in Jordan over the past four years, according to the findings of an investigation released yesterday.
1 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Humans reached icy Europe in time of Neanderthals

Pioneering groups of humans braved icy conditions to settle in northern Europe more than 45,000 years ago, a “huge surprise” that means they could have lived there alongside Neanderthals, scientists said Wednesday.
1 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Immigration to add 6.1m to UK population by 2036

Immigration is expected to add 6.1 million people to the UK population by mid-2036, according to official projections that add pressure on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over a sensitive issue in the run-up to an election.
30 January 2024, 18:00 PM

ChatGPT breached privacy rules: Italy

Italian authorities have accused OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, of breaching EU data protection law, giving the US firm 30 days to respond.
30 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Shark mauls woman in rare attack

A shark mauled a woman swimmer in the first attack in Sydney Harbour in 15 years, officials said yesterday, sending her to hospital with a “serious” leg injury.
30 January 2024, 18:00 PM

N Ireland deal looks to end 2-year political deadlock

Northern Ireland yesterday moved a step closer to ending a near two-year political deadlock after the main pro-UK party finally endorsed a deal with London aimed at reopening the region’s assembly.
30 January 2024, 18:00 PM