Buzz Aldrin marries on 93rd birthday

Legendary Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person to set foot on the Moon, said he had married his longtime girlfriend on Friday, his 93rd birthday.
21 January 2023

Refusal To Give Ukraine Tanks: Germany faces backlash from allies

Germany yesterday faced a strong backlash from allies over its refusal to supply Ukraine with its vaunted Leopard tanks to bolster its fighting capacity in the nearly year-long war with Russia.
21 January 2023

India blocks BBC documentary on Modi on YouTube

The Indian government has issued directives for the blocking of multiple YouTube videos and Twitter posts sharing links to BBC documentary "India: The Modi Question", several Indian media outlets reported today.
21 January 2023

Can carbon removal help meet world's climate targets?

To prevent further global heating, humans need to stop burning fossil fuels. But that's not enough -- experts now say we also need to remove billions of tons of CO2 from the atmosphere. What are our options?
21 January 2023

Peru protests rage on despite president's plea for calm

Stone-throwing protesters fought pitched battles with police at fresh demonstrations demanding the resignation of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Friday, while several hundred tourists were left stranded near Machu Picchu.
21 January 2023

UK PM Sunak fined by police for not wearing seatbelt

British police fined Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday for failing to wear a seat belt while he filmed a social media clip in the back seat of a moving car, a potentially embarrassing blow as he tries to revive his party's fortunes.
21 January 2023

Chris Hipkins set to replace Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand PM

Chris Hipkins, who played a significant role in New Zealand's response to the Covid-19 pandemic, is set to replace Jacinda Ardern as prime minister after emerging today as the only candidate nominated to lead the ruling Labour Party.
21 January 2023

A Palestinian state key to ties with Israel

Saudi Arabia will not normalise ties with Israel in the absence of a two-state solution with the Palestinians, the kingdom’s top diplomat has said, according to a tweet by the foreign ministry yesterday.
20 January 2023

12m-yr-old whale fossil skull found in Maryland

A whale skull fossil estimated to be some 12 million years old has been found on a beach in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, according to a local museum.
20 January 2023

British PM fined for not wearing seatbelt in video

British police on Friday fined Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for failing to wear a seatbelt in a moving car while filming a social media video.
20 January 2023

Rock legend David Crosby dies at 81

David Crosby, the trailblazing singer-songwriter whose time with The Byrds and later Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young expanded rock’s range, has died, his publicist said Thursday. He was 81.
20 January 2023

French court convicts 14 Sri Lankans of migrant smuggling

A court in northern France on Thursday sentenced 14 Sri Lankans to prison for operating a migrant smuggling ring across Europe, as authorities across the continent try to crack down on the lucrative criminal networks.
20 January 2023

Blinken sees lower US tensions with China

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that tensions have eased with China as he prepares for a rare visit but he renewed alarm over Beijing’s intentions over Taiwan.
20 January 2023

Race on to replace Ardern as NZ PM

Jacinda Ardern’s shock resignation yesterday sparked a push for New Zealand to choose its first Maori prime minister, as a small pack of candidates emerged for the top job.
20 January 2023

UK health system faces biggest day of strikes next month

The UK’s crisis-hit National Health Service (NHS) is set for its biggest ever day of industrial action next month after thousands of ambulance workers yesterday announced a series of new strikes.
20 January 2023

Drone attack hits US-led coalition base in Syria: US military

A drone attack hit a US-led coalition base in southern Syria yesterday, the US military’s Central Command said, with a war monitor saying it was launched by Iran-backed groups.
20 January 2023

Ukraine’s Southern Front: Fighting ‘sharply’ increases

Fighting has “sharply increased” in the southern Ukraine region of Zaporizhzhia, where the front has been largely stagnant for months, a senior Moscow-installed official in the area said yesterday.
20 January 2023

Google cuts 12,000 jobs as tech woes bite again

Google’s parent company Alphabet announced yesterday it will cut about 12,000 jobs globally, citing a changing economic reality as it became the latest US tech giant to enact large-scale restructuring.
20 January 2023

‘Nothing there’

US President Joe Biden on Thursday downplayed the furor over the discovery of old classified documents improperly stored in his personal belongings, saying
20 January 2023

Saudi rules out normalisation of ties with Israel without 2-state solution

Saudi Arabia will not normalise ties with Israel in the absence of a two-state solution with the Palestinians, the kingdom's top diplomat has said, according to a tweet by the foreign ministry today..The comments by Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on the sidelines of the World Economic Fo
20 January 2023