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Taiwan publishers warn against visiting China as editor held
Publishers in Taiwan yesterday warned their peers not to visit mainland China and Hong Kong after an editor from the self-ruled island who went missing was detained on suspicion of national security crimes.
12 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Med migrant crossings at record level
Migrant crossings through the Mediterranean have reached unprecedented levels as increasingly organised smuggling gangs are producing makeshift boats much more easily, the head of the European Union’s border agency said.
12 May 2023, 18:00 PM
200,000 fled Sudan: UN
Some 200,000 people have now fled Sudan to escape fighting that erupted in mid-April, in addition to hundreds of thousands who have been displaced inside the country, the UN said yesterday.
12 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Erdogan rallies his base ahead of vote
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan readied yesterday to meet his supporters in the final countdown to the toughest election challenge of his two-decade rule.
12 May 2023, 18:00 PM
EU takes first step towards curb on AI
European Parliament lawmakers yesterday took a crucial first step towards EU-wide regulation of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence systems that Brussels hopes to put speedily in place.
11 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Asean will not give up
Southeast Asia’s Asean grouping will not give up trying to end violence in fellow member Myanmar even though the ruling military there has made no progress on a peace plan it agreed with the bloc two years ago, Indonesia said yesterday.
11 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Armenia, Azerbaijan trade fire along border
Armenia and Azerbaijan yesterday blamed each other for an exchange of fire along their restive border, which killed one person and wounded four, days ahead of EU-hosted peace talks.
11 May 2023, 18:00 PM
71m internally displaced worldwide in 2022: experts
A “perfect storm” of overlapping crises forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, sending the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said yesterday.
11 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Over 71 mn people internally displaced worldwide in 2022
A "perfect storm" of overlapping crises forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, sending the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said on Thursday.
11 May 2023, 06:24 AM
4 shot dead in Tunisia synagogue attack
A police officer shot dead two people participating in an annual pilgrimage to a renowned Tunisian synagogue as well as two members of the security services before he was killed on Tuesday, the interior ministry said
10 May 2023, 02:52 AM
Over 700,000 displaced: UN
Residents of Sudan’s capital reported air strikes overnight and sporadic gun battles yesterday morning amid what they call a surge in looting, with no sign of progress in ceasefire talks taking place in Saudi Arabia.
9 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Asean at a ‘crossroad’
Southeast Asian nations are at a “crossroad”, a senior Indonesian minister warned yesterday, as escalating violence in junta-controlled Myanmar loomed over a regional summit.
9 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Over 600 killed in Haiti violence in April: UN
'In the month of April alone, more than 600 people were killed in a new wave of extreme violence that hit several districts across the capital," said the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
9 May 2023, 08:14 AM
AP, New York Times win Pulitzers for Ukraine coverage
The Associated Press won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, including the distinguished public service award, for its coverage of the war in Ukraine, while the New York Times earned the international reporting honour for its stories about the Russian invasion.
9 May 2023, 06:16 AM
China expels Canadian diplomat in retaliatory move
China expelled a diplomat from Canada's consulate in Shanghai on Tuesday in retaliation for Canada expelling a Chinese diplomat a day earlier.
9 May 2023, 06:14 AM
Truce talks yield no progress
Air strikes again shook Sudan’s capital yesterday while the latest truce talks in Jeddah have yielded no progress, with a Saudi diplomat saying both sides consider themselves “capable of winning the battle”.
8 May 2023, 18:00 PM
8 dead after car runs into crowd in Texas
At least eight people were killed and several others injured on Sunday when an SUV ran a red light and plowed into a group waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant aid centre in the US state of Texas.
8 May 2023, 18:00 PM
22 dead after India boat capsizes
At least 22 people died when a tourist boat capsized in India, officials said yesterday, with many of those on board thought to be children.
8 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Russia rains missiles across Ukraine
Russia carried out drone, missile and air strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities through Sunday night, escalating attacks in the run-up to its cherished Victory Day holiday that celebrates the defeat of Nazi Germany.
8 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Arab League readmits Syria
Arab League foreign ministers adopted a decision to readmit Syria after more than a decade of suspension yesterday, a spokesperson for the League said, consolidating a regional push to normalise ties with President Bashar al-Assad.
7 May 2023, 18:00 PM