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Thailand’s Pheu Thai joins military rivals
Thailand’s Pheu Thai Party yesterday vowed to deliver on a raft of election promises and change the constitution, as it unveiled an 11-party alliance that includes some military-linked rivals that will try to form a coalition government this week.
21 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Baghdad shuts advertising screens after porn screening
Iraqi authorities on Sunday ordered the shutdown of LED advertisement screens installed across Baghdad after a hacker managed to show a pornographic film on one, security forces said, announcing the arrest of a suspect
21 August 2023, 08:01 AM
Anti-corruption candidate Arevalo wins Guatemala’s presidential election
Surprise favorite Bernardo Arevalo was swept to victory in Guatemala's presidential election on Sunday, with his anti-corruption message firing up weary voters
21 August 2023, 02:41 AM
30,000 forced to flee homes
Officials in western Canada’s British Columbia implored tens of thousands of residents to heed evacuation orders Saturday as “rapidly evolving” wildfires threatened large parts of the scenic Okanagan Valley, including the city of Kelowna.
20 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Polls a choice between democracy and autocracy
Taiwan’s election next year is a choice between democracy and autocracy, Vice President William Lai said in comments broadcast after China carried out military drills around the island in anger at his visit this month to the United States.
20 August 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Strong enough now’
Leaders of the BRICS emerging economies, which account for about a quarter of the world’s wealth, meet in Johannesburg this week looking to widen the bloc’s influence and push for a shift in global geopolitics.
20 August 2023, 18:00 PM
'Strong enough now': BRICS nations eye global geopolitical shift
Representing billions of people across three continents, with economies undergoing varying levels of growth, the BRICS share one thing in common -- disdain for a world order they see as serving the interests of rich Western powers.
20 August 2023, 10:44 AM
Dangerous Hurricane Hilary hits Mexico, California with heavy rains
Hilary brought heavy rains Saturday to portions of Mexico's Baja California peninsula and the southwestern United States, as officials warned the powerful hurricane was likely to cause "catastrophic and life-threatening" flooding
20 August 2023, 10:27 AM
Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into moon in failure
Russia's first moon mission in 47 years failed after its Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and smashed into moon
20 August 2023, 09:23 AM
Five things to know about BRICS
The BRICS countries, an acronym of the five members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, meet for three days for a summit in Johannesburg starting Tuesday
20 August 2023, 06:44 AM
Swiss nat’l arrested over film ‘harming’ Buddhism
Myanmar authorities have arrested a Swiss citizen for writing and directing a film that allegedly harmed the “morality and dignity” of the Buddhist religion, the country’s military said on Friday.
19 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Pak mosques probed over protest call
A Muslim cleric is among a dozen people being investigated for using mosque loudspeakers to order protests against alleged blasphemy by Christians which erupted into mob violence in Pakistan earlier this week, a senior police official said.
19 August 2023, 18:00 PM
X will scrap ‘block’ feature: Musk
Elon Musk said Friday his social media company X would scrap a feature that allows users to block posts from specific accounts.
19 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Pak opposition leader Qureshi detained
Pakistani opposition leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi was detained yesterday, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party said, just hours after he said it would challenge any delay to the election in the courts.
19 August 2023, 18:00 PM
N Korea slams UN meeting as a US ‘scheme’
North Korea slammed a recent United Nations meeting about its human rights record, asserting the United States used the international organisation for a “scheme” against Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported yesterday.
19 August 2023, 18:00 PM
‘D-Day decided’
West African military chiefs said on Friday they were ready for an armed intervention in Niger after a coup ousted President Mohamed Bazoum last month, but a diplomatic mission was possible over the weekend to keep talks open.
19 August 2023, 18:00 PM
More evacuations as wind fans wildfire
Stronger winds and higher overnight temperatures caused a vast wildfire raging out of control in Tenerife to spread, prompting more residents to flee their homes in the northern sector of the Spanish holiday island, officials said yesterday.
19 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Wildfires threaten western Canada city as far north evacuated
Wildfires bore down on two Canadian cities Friday, with firefighters in the west bracing for another "scary" night as stunned refugees from the far north began arriving at shelters after their entire city was evacuated.
19 August 2023, 04:56 AM
British nurse found guilty of murdering seven newborn babies
A British nurse who described herself as a "horrible evil person" was found guilty on Friday of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to kill another six in the neonatal unit of a hospital in northwest England where she worked
19 August 2023, 03:33 AM
WHO, US health authorities tracking new Covid variant
The World Health Organization and US health authorities said yesterday they are closely monitoring a new variant of Covid-19, although the potential impact of BA.2.86 is currently unknown.
18 August 2023, 18:00 PM