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23 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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23 October 2025, 07:34 AM
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Hunt for Loch Ness monster begins
The biggest search for the Loch Ness Monster in five decades got underway in the Scottish Highlands yesterday, as researchers and enthusiasts from around the world braved pelting rain to try to track down the elusive Nessie.
26 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Family of former British PM apologises for slave-owning past
The descendants of former British prime minister William Gladstone apologised for their family's slaveholding past in Guyana on Friday, and urged the United Kingdom to discuss reparations in the Caribbean.
26 August 2023, 07:46 AM
Russia recovers bodies, flight recorders from Wagner crash
Russian authorities announced on Friday that they had recovered 10 bodies from the scene of a plane crash presumed to have killed the chief of the mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin
26 August 2023, 06:54 AM
Niger's military rulers order French ambassador out
Niger's military rulers, who seized control of the government in July, gave the French ambassador 48 hours to leave the country, Niamey's foreign ministry said in a statement Friday.
26 August 2023, 03:03 AM
Taiwan reports combat drone as China military activities continue
Taiwan's defence ministry said on Saturday morning that over the past 24 hours it had detected 20 Chinese air force planes entering the island's air defence zone, including a combat drone the flew along Taiwan's Pacific east coast.
26 August 2023, 02:52 AM
Respect press freedom
Dozens of African media figures yesterday called on the new military regime in Niger to respect press freedoms after a series of incidents.
25 August 2023, 18:00 PM
BRICS expansion could hinder bloc’s geopolitical aspirations
When a British economist coined the BRIC acronym two decades ago to denote Brazil, Russia, India and China, he didn’t have in mind an alliance that would seek to challenge Western dominance in global affairs.
25 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Officials release list of hundreds missing
Hawaii officials released the names of 338 people still missing more than two weeks after the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century swept through the resort town of Lahaina.
25 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Russia scolds Biden for remarks on Wagner boss Prigozhin's plane crash
Russia on Friday scolded US President Joe Biden for expressing his lack of surprise that Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin had been killed in a plane crash and cautioned that it was not appropriate for Washington to make such remarks
25 August 2023, 10:06 AM
US to begin training Ukraine F-16 pilots in Sept: Pentagon
The Pentagon said Thursday it would begin training Ukrainian F-16 pilots in the United States starting next month so they can use the advanced aircraft against Russian forces
25 August 2023, 08:54 AM
Trump's mugshot makes history
Donald Trump has had his picture taken innumerable times over the decades, from his early days as a real estate magnate to his turn as a reality TV star and throughout his tumultuous four years in the White House
25 August 2023, 03:51 AM
No info to support missile strike theory for Prigozhin crash: Pentagon
The US Department of Defence on Thursday said there was currently no information to suggest that a surface-to-air missile took down the plane presumed to be carrying Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin
24 August 2023, 20:30 PM
Norway opens world’s biggest floating wind park
Norway inaugurated the world’s biggest floating wind park in the North Sea on Wednesday, an emerging technology considered promising for the transition from fossil fuels to green energy.
24 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Brazil experiencing winter heat wave
Brazil is enduring a heat wave in the middle of the southern hemisphere’s winter, with the metropolis of Sao Paulo close to breaking records for August and for the year 2023.
24 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Russia ‘reliable partner’ for Africa on food supply
Russian President Vladimir Putin told the BRICS summit in South Africa yesterday that Moscow intends to deepen ties with African countries, and that it would remain a reliable partner for food and fuel supplies.
24 August 2023, 18:00 PM
France sees 'reasonable doubts' over Prigozhin plane crash
France said today that there were "reasonable doubts" about the cause of the plane crash that presumably killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia's Wagner paramilitary group
24 August 2023, 15:57 PM
BRICS announces 'historic' admission of six new members
BRICS leaders announced today the "historic" admission of six new countries from next year as the club of large and populous emerging economies seeks to reshape the global order
24 August 2023, 11:04 AM
BRICS invites six countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran to be new members
The BRICS group of nations has decided to invite six countries - Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - to become new members of the bloc
24 August 2023, 08:03 AM
US expands sanctions on Myanamar jet fuel, cites junta airstrikes
The United States on Wednesday expanded its sanctions against Myanmar to include foreign companies or individuals helping the country's military junta to procure jet fuel that it uses to launch airstrikes on its own people, the US Treasury Department said in a statement
24 August 2023, 03:48 AM
Wagner chief among 10 killed in plane crash: Russian officials
The head of the Wagner mercenary group, which in June attempted to topple Russia's military leadership, was on board a plane that crashed on Wednesday, with all passengers killed, Russian officials said
24 August 2023, 03:10 AM