Sarcophagus of Pharaoh Ramses II unveiled in Paris

The sarcophagus of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II was unveiled to reporters in Paris yesterday following its rare journey outside of Egypt.
6 April 2023

Canada repatriates 14 women, children from Syria camp

Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria have handed over four women and 10 children to a Canadian delegation in readiness for their repatriation, a Kurdish official said.
6 April 2023

Russian frigate makes rare port call in Saudi Arabia

Two Russian vessels left Jeddah yesterday after making the first port call by the Russian navy in a Saudi port for a decade, Russian officials said.
6 April 2023

Reason with Russia for Ukraine peace

French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to reason with close ally Russia and help end the Ukraine war, while Xi responded by saying he hoped the two sides could hold peace negotiations as soon as possible.
6 April 2023

Bernard Arnault replaces Elon Musk as world's richest person

Elon Musk is no longer the world’s richest person, after being replaced by French luxury goods tycoon Bernard Arnault
6 April 2023

Global economy set for weakest growth since 1990, IMF chief warns

The International Monetary Fund expects global economic growth to dip below 3% in 2023 and to remain at around 3% for the next five years, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday, flagging increased downside risks
6 April 2023

Bakhmut: Why Russia, Ukraine battling so hard for one small city

Over 90% of its residents have fled, much of it lies in ruins, tens of thousands have been killed, and its strategic importance has been played down by the Pentagon and Nato chiefs. Yet Russia and Ukraine are still battling for the small city of Bakhmut.
6 April 2023

Macron says 'counting' on Xi to 'bring Russia to its senses'

French President Emmanuel Macron called on his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to "bring Russia to its senses" over Ukraine and urged him not to deliver weapons to Moscow..The French president, who arrived on Wednesday for a three-day state visit, has made clear he is seeking to dissuade Ch
6 April 2023

Deadly snake on plane: South African pilot makes emergency landing

"I saw the cobra... receding its head backwards underneath the seat," the pilot said
6 April 2023

'Operation Cookie Monster': International police action seizes dark web market

International law enforcement agencies have seized a sprawling dark web marketplace popular with cybercriminals, Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Wednesday, in a multinational crackdown dubbed "Operation Cookie Monster"
6 April 2023

Cat climbs onto sheikh leading Ramadan prayers in Algeria

A cat wandered around the Sheikh until it jumped on him
6 April 2023

Tornado kills 5 after tearing through Missouri in US

First responders from multiple agencies combed through destroyed homes and businesses in the rural area that Missouri Governor Mike Parson said faces "a long journey ahead" toward recovery
6 April 2023

Meta releases AI model that can identify items within images

Facebook-owner Meta published an artificial intelligence model on Wednesday that can pick out individual objects from within an image, along with a dataset of image annotations that it said was the largest ever of its kind
6 April 2023

UK royals took more than £1b income: revealed

Britain’s King Charles and the late Queen Elizabeth II received payments equivalent to over £1bn from two land and property estates that are at the centre of a debate over whether their profits should be given to the public instead.
5 April 2023

Israeli police attack worshippers

Israeli police entered Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque in force before dawn yesterday and clashed with worshippers, drawing condemnation from Arab countries and a furious reaction in the occupied West Bank and crossborder strikes in Gaza.
5 April 2023

War crimes in Ukraine: Bangladesh abstains from UN voting

A total of 17 countries, including Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, abstained from voting on a UN resolution for the extension of the mandate of the investigation into possible war crimes committed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
5 April 2023

US ‘going to hell’

Donald Trump offered a full-throated defense of his conduct Tuesday in his first public remarks since being charged over hush money payments to a porn star, blasting the criminal prosecution as “an insult to our country.”
5 April 2023

Webb telescope discovers oldest galaxies ever observed

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the four most distant galaxies ever observed, one of which formed just 320 million years after the Big Bang when the universe was still in its infancy, new research said on Tuesday.
5 April 2023

Iran names envoy to UAE after nearly eight-year absence

Iran has named an ambassador to the United Arab Emirates nearly eight years after his predecessor left, as a thaw in relations with the Gulf Arab states picks up pace.
5 April 2023

Ukraine could pull out of Bakhmut

President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday thanked Poland for its “historic” help in rallying Western support for Ukraine during a visit to Warsaw and said Ukrainian troops were still fighting for Bakhmut in the east but could withdraw if they risked being cut off.
5 April 2023