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Gunmen kill Pak militia chief, 5 others
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Blast at central Russian plant kills 10: governor
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No reduction in Gaza hunger since truce: WHO
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Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge yesterday for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded, the last step in the former billionaire wunderkind’s dramatic downfall.
28 March 2024, 18:00 PM
China ships Tibetan glacier water to Maldives
China has sent more than a million bottles of water from melting Tibetan glaciers to the Maldives, officials said yesterday, a gift from the world’s highest mountains to a low-lying archipelago threatened by rising seas.
28 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Evidence links attackers to Ukrainians
Russia’s Investigative Committee said yesterday it had uncovered evidence that the gunmen who killed 143 people in an attack on a concert hall last week were linked to “Ukrainian nationalists”.
28 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Delhi court extends Kejriwal’s custody until April 1
An Indian court yesterday extended the custody of opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal until April 1 in a graft case related to the national capital territory’s liquor policy, local media said.
28 March 2024, 18:00 PM
24 out of 36 hospitals in Gaza non-functional: UN
At least 24 out of 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip are non-functional, according to a report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
28 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Climate change is messing with how we measure time: study
In a strange twist, global warming could even help out timekeepers by delaying the need for history's first "negative leap second" by three years, a study published yesterday suggested
27 March 2024, 20:05 PM
India to spend $3.7bn to fence border
India plans to spend nearly $3.7 billion to fence its 1,610-km porous border with Myanmar within about a decade, said a source with direct knowledge of the matter, to prevent smuggling and other illegal activities.
27 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Iran frees 18 Filipino crew of seized oil tanker, says Philippines
The Philippines said yesterday that Iran has freed all 18 Filipino crew members of an oil tanker that was seized in the Gulf of Oman in January.
27 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Baltimore rescuers lose hope for more survivors
Rescuers have lost hope of finding more survivors of the Baltimore bridge collapse, the coast guard said, as efforts yesterday switched to looking for bodies of the missing and more answers to why a container ship smashed into the span.
27 March 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Everyone is hungry’
Gazans waited again Tuesday in their hundreds for food to fall from the sky at beaches in the famine-stalked north, a day after nearly 20 died trying to get to parachutes carrying aid.
27 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Three dead, 10 hurt in Russian attacks on Ukraine
Russian attacks on eastern and southern Ukraine killed three people and wounded 10 others, officials said yesterday, as Moscow said it had downed a barrage of Ukrainian rockets.
27 March 2024, 18:00 PM
China to develop strategic infrastructure
Sri Lanka’s prime minister said yesterday that China has pledged to develop the island nation’s strategic deep sea port and the capital’s airport after talks with his counterpart in Beijing.
27 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Households waste 1bn tonnes of food a day: UN
Households around the world threw away one billion meals every single day in 2022 in what the United Nations yesterday called a “global tragedy” of food waste.
27 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Syria strikes kill 15 including Iran Guard, WHO worker
At least nine pro-Tehran fighters, including an Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander, were among 13 people killed in air strikes in eastern Syria on Tuesday, a war monitor said
26 March 2024, 18:02 PM
Majority of deaths in 10 years from drowning: UN
Drowning had been the biggest cause of recorded migrant deaths over the past 10 years, the UN’s migration agency said yesterday, with victim numbers topping 36,000.
26 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Port blocked by Baltimore bridge collapse is key hub for US shipping
Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, named after the poet who penned the lyrics to the US national anthem, used to carry around 34,000 paying vehicles a day across one of the busiest harbors in the United States.
26 March 2024, 16:12 PM
Ship that hit Baltimore bridge also involved in 2016 Antwerp accident
The ship that caused the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early on Tuesday was also involved in an accident in the port of Antwerp, Belgium, in 2016
26 March 2024, 15:47 PM
Russia claims West aided Moscow attackers
The head of Russia's FSB security agency claimed today that Western and Ukrainian special services had aided the attackers who stormed a Moscow concert hall last week, killing dozens..Russia continues to allege Ukraine was somehow involved in Friday's massacre, even after President Vladimi
26 March 2024, 13:01 PM
Relations with Philippines at a crossroads
China yesterday warned the Philippines to behave cautiously and seek dialogue, saying their relations were at a “crossroads” as new confrontations between their coastguards over maritime claims deepened tensions.
25 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Trump wins pause of $454m civil fraud ruling
Donald Trump won a bid to pause his $454 million civil fraud judgment if he posts a $175 million bond within 10 days, a victory for the former US president that blocks New York state authorities from beginning to seize his assets as soon yesterday.
25 March 2024, 18:00 PM