G7 warns of growing ‘hybrid threats’

Russia’s war in Ukraine has a “significant impact” on the security of other countries, G7 interior ministers said yesterday, warning of attacks on key infrastructure and risks posed by returning foreign fighters.
18 November 2022, 18:00 PM

France’s Macron rejects ‘confrontation’ in Asia

French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday urged an end to “confrontation” as he relaunched his strategy for the Asia-Pacific region after a bitter row over a cancelled submarine contract with Australia.
18 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Nearly half the world’s people suffer: WHO

Rotting teeth, swollen gums and oral cancers: nearly half the world’s population suffer from mouth diseases, the World Health Organization said yesterday.
17 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Webb reveals blazing hourglass around forming star

The James Webb Space Telescope unveiled its latest image of celestial majesty on Wednesday, an ethereal hourglass of orange and blue dust being shot out from a newly forming star at its centre.
17 November 2022, 18:00 PM

EU vows more emissions cuts at UN climate talks

The EU vowed to step up its emissions cuts at UN climate talks yesterday as developing nations admonished rich polluters for falling short on efforts to help them cope with global warming.
15 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Two killed as ‘Russian missiles hit Poland’

Two people died in an explosion in Przewodow, a village in eastern Poland near the border with Ukraine, firefighters said yesterday.
15 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Why Putin is staying away

The last time Russian President Vladimir Putin found himself isolated at a G20 summit was in 2014, soon after he seized Crimea -- and he was so shunned that he left early.
14 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Work together on climate

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres yesterday heaped pressure on G20 nations to work together to slow global warming, saying their action, or inaction, would dictate the fate of the planet.
14 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Slovenia elects first female president in run-off

Natasa Pirc Musar, a lawyer, won the second round of Slovenia's presidential election on Sunday and will become its first female head of state, preliminary results showed.
14 November 2022, 05:32 AM

6 dead, dozens wounded in Istanbul explosion

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday condemned the "vile attack" that ripped through central Istanbul, and which he said killed six people and wounded dozens of others.
13 November 2022, 15:38 PM

4 hurt in shooting in Canada

A shooting that sent four people to hospital and another gun-related incident forced thousands of students at two Montreal area colleges to go into lockdown on Friday.
12 November 2022, 18:00 PM

COP27 talks not ready to agree on funding: EU

Talks about how to compensate vulnerable countries for the damage caused by climate change are not ready to agree on a funding mechanism, a European Union negotiator said on Friday, but did not exclude progress on the issue at COP27.
12 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Some nations resisted 1.5°C goal in COP27 text

A few countries have resisted mentioning a global goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius in the official text of the COP27 summit in Egypt, US Special Climate Envoy John Kerry said at the conference yesterday.
12 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Drone taxi takes first spin in air traffic near Paris

An electric helicopter with multiple rotors took its first flight in conventional air traffic near Paris on Thursday as it prepares for commercial flights from 2024.
11 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Global food import costs rise to record in 2022: FAO

Food imports costs across the world are on course to hit a near $2 trillion record in 2022, piling pressure on the globe’s poorest countries who likely shipped in considerably less volumes of food, the UN Food Agency said yesterday.
11 November 2022, 18:00 PM

5 Afghans found dead in Ankara: Turkish media

Turkish police found five dead Afghan nationals with stab wounds in a house in Ankara, government-owned Anadolu Agency and other media reported on Thursday.
10 November 2022, 19:11 PM

Mueller ‘never prepared so well’ for WC, says Flick

Germany coach Hansi Flick said star forward Thomas Mueller “has never been so well prepared before for a World Cup” when announcing his selection on Thursday.
10 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Fortune Pink diamond sells for $28.5m

The Fortune Pink diamond, an exceptionally rare giant gemstone, sold for more than $28.5 million at auction in Geneva on Tuesday to a private Asian customer.
9 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Strikes flare in Belgium, Greece

European workers squeezed by the soaring cost of living went on strike in Belgium and Greece yesterday, with stoppages threatening to paralyse parts of Britain,
9 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Russia orders pullout

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu yesterday ordered his troops to withdraw from the west bank of the Dnipro River in the face of Ukrainian attacks near the southern city of Kherson,
9 November 2022, 18:00 PM