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24 August 2025, 06:48 AM

Fire at nuclear plant after Russia downs Ukrainian drone

There were no casualties from the drone smashing down at the site, where capacity was reduced.
24 August 2025, 03:47 AM

UK's mass facial-recognition roll-out alarms rights groups

The police said their objective was to identify and intercept wanted individuals by scanning faces in large crowds and comparing them with thousands of suspects already in the police database.
24 August 2025, 03:41 AM

‘It saved my life.’ The people turning to AI for therapy

Like a human therapist, the chatbot has a backstory — fictional but deeply personal.
24 August 2025, 03:11 AM

Sri Lanka ex-president rushed to intensive care after jailing

Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was remanded in custody on Friday night, was severely dehydrated and required close monitoring, the deputy director-general of Colombo National Hospital told AFP.
24 August 2025, 03:07 AM

UK's Farage sets out plan for 'mass deportation' of asylum seekers

"We can be nice to people, we can be nice to other countries, or we can be very tough to other countries ... I mean (U.S. President Donald) Trump has proved this point quite comprehensively," Farage said.
24 August 2025, 02:52 AM

‘They fear he might return to power’

Opposition parties in Sri Lanka yesterday accused the government of jailing the country’s former president over fears he could return to power.
23 August 2025, 19:56 PM

Maduro rails at ‘illegal’ US deployment off Venezuela

President Nicolas Maduro on Friday hit out at the US deployment of three warships off the coast of Venezuela as part of efforts to curb drug trafficking, calling the operation an “illegal” attempt at regime change.
23 August 2025, 19:53 PM

Five killed in New York state tourist bus crash

The bus had traveled to Niagara Falls, on the border with Canada, for the day and was heading home when the accident took place on a highway near Pembroke.
23 August 2025, 18:40 PM

Hong Kong rejects renewal of Bloomberg reporter's visa

Last year, authorities denied Associated Press photojournalist Louise Delmotte's visa extension application without any stated reason, media reports said.
23 August 2025, 05:06 AM

Zelensky says Russia trying to 'wriggle out' of peace talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow on Thursday of shirking a meeting between him and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, despite US-led attempts to arrange a summit to end the war
22 August 2025, 03:07 AM
22 August 2025, 03:05 AM

Greta Thunberg, activists block Oslo main street in oil protest

Greta Thunberg and more than 100 more climate activists blocked Oslo’s main avenue and a bank branch on Thursday to demand Norway shutter its oil industry, police and organisers said.
21 August 2025, 19:31 PM

Ancient city ruins off Alexandria coast unveiled

Egypt yesterday unveiled parts of a sunken city submerged beneath waters off the coast of Alexandria, revealing buildings, artefacts and an ancient dock, all dating back over 2,000 years.
21 August 2025, 19:22 PM

Defying outcry, Israel starts Gaza City offensive

Israel hammered Gaza City and its outskirts overnight, residents said yesterday, as the military announced it had taken initial steps in its push to capture Hamas’s last major stronghold.
21 August 2025, 18:03 PM

Nato to set up logistics base in Sweden: govt

Sweden will host a Nato logistics headquarters in the town of Enkoping, northwest of Stockholm, to support troop movements in Northern Europe, the government said yesterday.
21 August 2025, 18:00 PM

US sends warships near Venezuela

US President Donald Trump is deploying three warships off the coast of Venezuela as part of efforts to curb drug trafficking, a source familiar with the move said Wednesday.
21 August 2025, 18:00 PM

Ukrainian suspect arrested in Italy

A Ukrainian suspect has been arrested in Italy over the sabotage of the Nord Stream underwater gas pipelines from Russia to Europe in 2022, German prosecutors said yesterday.
21 August 2025, 18:00 PM

India, Russia agree to boost trade ties

India and Russia agreed to boost trade ties yesterday as their foreign ministers met in Moscow, giving little indication that US President Donald Trump’s hefty tariffs on India for buying Russian oil would disrupt their relations.
21 August 2025, 18:00 PM

World’s oldest person turns 116

The world’s oldest person, British woman Ethel Caterham, turned 116 yesterday, months after the title passed to her following the death of Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas.
21 August 2025, 18:00 PM