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23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
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60m people across US under weather alert
Dangerous wintry conditions descended Sunday on a large swath of the central United States as a severe storm system tracked eastward, prompting travel and work disruptions from Kansas City to Washington.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Mexico bar shooting leaves seven dead, five wounded
A shooting at a bar in southeastern Mexico left seven people dead and five wounded, authorities said Sunday, the latest in a series of similar attacks in the violence-plagued country
6 January 2025, 03:10 AM
President Yoon’s arrest deadline nears
Thousands of South Koreans yesterday braved a snowstorm to rally in support or opposition of President Yoon Suk Yeol, suspended over a failed martial law bid and resisting arrest a day before the warrant expires.
5 January 2025, 18:00 PM
India press watchdog demands probe
India’s media watchdog has demanded a thorough investigation after a journalist’s battered body was found stuffed in a septic tank covered with concrete.
5 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Five dead as Indian forces clash with Maoist rebels
Indian security forces yesterday battled with Maoist rebels in their forested heartland, police said, with at least four guerillas and one policeman killed.
5 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Determining fate of Syria’s missing ‘huge challenge’: ICRC
Determining the fate of those who went missing during Syria’s civil war will be a massive task likely to take years, the president of the International Committee for the Red Cross said.
5 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Fighting between pro-Turkey, Kurd forces kills 101
More than 100 combatants were killed over the last two days in northern Syria in fighting between Turkish-backed groups and Syrian Kurdish forces, a war monitor said yesterday.
5 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Massive storm slams US with snow, bitter cold
A powerful winter storm hammered the United States yesterday, with meteorologists warning millions in the east faced blizzard conditions and some areas would see the heaviest snowfall in a decade.
5 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Hezbollah not meeting truce terms
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz yesterday accused Lebanese group Hezbollah of not meeting the terms of a ceasefire, warning that if the militants continued to breach the deal, Israel would “be forced to act”.
5 January 2025, 18:00 PM
South Koreans protest in snow as Yoon arrest deadline nears
Thousands descended on his residence again Sunday despite bitter snow conditions blanketing the capital -- with one camp demanding Yoon's arrest while the other called for his impeachment to be declared invalid.
5 January 2025, 07:01 AM
NYC starts driver congestion charging despite opposition
That plan revives one, originally with a $15 base fee, that she paused in June, saying there were "too many unintended consequences for New Yorkers."
5 January 2025, 06:57 AM
World's oldest person dies at 116 in Japan
Itooka, who had four children and five grandchildren, died on December 29 at a nursing home where she resided since 2019, the southern city's mayor said in a statement.
5 January 2025, 04:30 AM
Massive storm to slam half of US with snow, ice, bitter cold
More than 60 million people are in the path of the dangerous storm
5 January 2025, 04:25 AM
India reports no unusual surge in respiratory illnesses
India yesterday said there has been no unusual surge in cases of respiratory illnesses across the country in the wake of rising cases of such ailments in China in the past few weeks
4 January 2025, 19:38 PM
Brazil says 2024 was its hottest year on record
Last year was Brazil’s hottest on record, its weather agency said Friday, after a record-breaking drought and flooding in the South American country that climate experts have linked to global warming.
4 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Post-coup myanmar: Junta to release 5,800 prisoners
Myanmar’s embattled junta government yesterday said it would release almost 6,000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark the country’s independence day.
4 January 2025, 18:00 PM
South Korea in political crisis after president resists arrest
In scenes of high drama on Friday, Yoon Suk Yeol's presidential guards and military troops shielded the former star prosecutor from investigators, who called off their arrest attempt citing safety concerns.
4 January 2025, 02:12 AM
Judge to sentence Trump before inauguration in hush money case
Judge Juan Merchan said Trump, the first former president ever convicted of a crime, can appear either in person or virtually at his January 10 sentencing.
4 January 2025, 02:05 AM
More than 3.5 mn displaced in Myanmar: UN
Since the military seized power in a 2021 coup, Myanmar has been rocked by fighting between numerous ethnic rebel groups and the army.
4 January 2025, 01:59 AM
Austria’s three-way coalition talks fail
Austria’s three-way coalition talks to form a new government failed yesterday, with the head of the liberal party announcing its withdrawal from the negotiations.
3 January 2025, 18:00 PM