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300 biodiversity ‘hot spots’ set to be ravaged
Unless nations dramatically improve on carbon cutting pledges made under the 2015 Paris climate treaty, the planet’s richest concentrations of animal and plant life will be irreversibly ravaged by global warming, scientists warned yesterday.
9 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Erdogan a ‘dictator’
Turkey has condemned Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi for accusing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of humiliating European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and calling him a “dictator”.
9 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Is Dubai princess alive?
The UN yesterday said it was “very concerned” for Dubai’s Sheikha Latifa, two months after having asked the United Arab Emirates for proof that the royal was still alive.
9 April 2021, 18:00 PM
US warships in Black Sea
The United States will send two warships through the Bosphorus to the Black Sea, the Turkish foreign ministry said yesterday, as tensions simmer between Russia and Ukraine.
9 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Thunberg to skip COP26
Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg yesterday said she plans to skip the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow this November, saying the uneven rollout of Covid-19 vaccine campaigns would mean countries could not participate on even terms.
9 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Thunberg to skip COP26
Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg yesterday said she plans to skip the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow this November, saying the uneven rollout of Covid-19 vaccine campaigns would mean countries could not participate on even terms.
9 April 2021, 18:00 PM
The prince behind the queen
A blunt-speaking naval officer who as Queen Elizabeth’s dutiful consort helped modernise the British monarchy, Prince Philip might be best remembered for his gruff public persona.
9 April 2021, 18:00 PM
World reacts to death of Britain's Prince Philip
Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said today.
9 April 2021, 13:26 PM
Prince Philip no more, according to Buckingham Palace
Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced, reports BBC.
9 April 2021, 11:32 AM
St Vincent warns of volcano eruption risk, orders evacuations
Residents of northern areas on the Caribbean island of St Vincent have been ordered to evacuate homes due to a significant increase in the risk of an eruption at the La Soufriere volcano, the government said.
9 April 2021, 03:33 AM
Britain sheltering ‘wanted criminals’
China yesterday accused the United Kingdom of sheltering “wanted criminals” after prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law said he had been granted political asylum there.
8 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden plans to crack down on ‘ghost guns’
President Joe Biden was yesterday scheduled to unveil his administration’s first steps to curb gun violence, including a plan to reduce the proliferation of “ghost guns,” after a slew of mass shootings have put pressure on him to act.
8 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Philippines says keeping ‘options open’
The Philippine defence department yesterday said it was keeping “all our options open” as a diplomatic row with Beijing grows over hundreds of Chinese vessels in the contested South China Sea.
8 April 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Extremely rare’
Britain yesterday moved to reassure the public over the safety of its coronavirus vaccine campaign, after deciding to offer alternatives to an AstraZeneca jab amid blood clot concerns.
8 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Harassment at work: Aussie politicians loose immunity
Australian politicians will no longer be exempt from rules against sexual harassment at work, the conservative government announced yesterday as it tries to quell public anger over parliamentary sex abuse scandals.
8 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Sri Lanka arrests ‘Mrs World’
Colombo police yesterday arrested the current “Mrs World” on charges of assault over an on-stage fracas in which she pulled the crown off the head of the new “Mrs Sri Lanka”.
8 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Singapore’s PM-in-waiting steps aside as future leader
Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said he was stepping aside as the country’s designated future leader to let a younger person take over when current premier Lee Hsien Loong retires, according to his letter published in local media yesterday.
8 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Energy giant sued as Spain power lines kill 100s of birds
Barcelona prosecutors have filed suit against energy giant Endesa for the deaths of hundreds of birds electrocuted by its high-wire power lines, court documents show.
8 April 2021, 18:00 PM
EU fumes over Turkey ‘sofagate’ furore
EU lawmakers yesterday called for the bloc’s top two officials to explain a snowballing diplomatic scandal that saw Commission head Ursula von der Leyen left without a chair at talks with Turkey’s president.
8 April 2021, 18:00 PM
World’s priciest painting not a full da Vinci!
A French documentary has cast fresh doubts over the world’s most expensive painting, the “Salvator Mundi” credited to Leonardo da Vinci, revealing a resulting diplomatic tussle between France and its Saudi owner.
8 April 2021, 18:00 PM