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Typhoon Yagi leaves dozens dead in Vietnam, pounds infrastructure

Thirty five people have died and 24 are missing, mostly because of landslides and floods triggered by the typhoon, Vietnam's disaster management agency said.
9 September 2024, 06:43 AM

China says to hold military drills with Russia this month

Naval and air forces will take part in the "North-Joint 2024" exercises in the skies and around the Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk, off Russia's coast, China's defence ministry said.
9 September 2024, 06:38 AM

Game over? Venezuelan opposition looks cornered as Maduro digs in

Maduro's disputed win in the July 28 election is challenged not just by the opposition or historic geopolitical rivals such as the United States, but also by leftist allies of Venezuela such as Brazil and Colombia.
9 September 2024, 06:32 AM

Worldwide protests held over Indian trainee medic's rape and murder

The protests started in large and small groups across Japan, Australia, Taiwan and Singapore, before spreading to cities in Europe and the U.S.
9 September 2024, 04:24 AM

Pope lands in East Timor for first papal visit since independence

Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao swept the streets with locals to help clean up the city before the pontiff's arrival.
9 September 2024, 04:19 AM

Genitalia from girls mutilated in Ivory Coast sold for magic

A ground down clitoris can sell for up to around $170 (152 euros), the equivalent of what many in Ivory Coast earn in a month.
9 September 2024, 04:10 AM

US takes on Google's ad tech empire in antitrust trial

The US government specifically alleges that Google controls the market for publishing banner ads on websites, including those of many creators and news providers.
9 September 2024, 03:58 AM

US stands with Venezuelan opposition candidate who fled to Spain: Blinken

Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia -- who has fled the country to seek asylum in Spain -- "remains the best hope for democracy" in the troubled South American nation, the US secretary of state said on X on Sunday.
9 September 2024, 02:49 AM

48 killed in Nigerian fuel truck explosion

At least 48 people were killed on Sunday in a fuel tanker truck explosion following a collision with another vehicle in north-central Nigeria, the state's disaster management agency said
9 September 2024, 02:49 AM

Yagi weakens after leaving dozens dead

Typhoon Yagi weakened to a tropical depression yesterday, after killing over a dozen people, tearing roofs off buildings, sinking boats and triggering landslides across Vietnam.
8 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Iran president to visit Iraq on first foreign trip

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian will visit neighbouring Iraq on Wednesday, state media reported Sunday, in what will be his first trip abroad since he took office in July.
8 September 2024, 18:00 PM

The holy city in India where thousands go to die

Some stay only days, others wait decades, but the crowds of elderly Indian Hindu devotees are calm and confident that their one-way pilgrimage to death will deliver everlasting peace.
8 September 2024, 18:00 PM

French largely satisfied with Macron’s PM choice: poll

The French are largely satisfied with the appointment of the centre-right Michel Barnier as prime minister, but believe he will not last long in his new post, a poll said yesterday.
8 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Le Pen urges Macron to hold referendum

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen yesterday urged President Emmanuel Macron to hold a referendum on key issues such as immigration, suggesting that giving the French a direct vote might help break the political deadlock.
8 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Russia’s RT will continue to work in West: editor

Russian state media outlet RT, which the United States has accused of trying to influence its presidential election, will continue to work in the West by going around any limits or sanctions, its editor-in-chief said yesterday.
8 September 2024, 18:00 PM

‘Time is now’ for peace

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz yesterday called for diplomatic efforts to be intensified to achieve peace in Ukraine “more quickly”, as the war grinds through its third year.
8 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Survey on us presidential race: Harris, Trump tied on eve of debate

The US presidential race remains neck-and-neck according to polls released yesterday, two days before Kamala Harris and Donald Trump hold their first -- and potentially only -- televised debate.
8 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Violence rages in Gaza, West Bank

A truck driver shot dead three Israeli guards at a border crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan yesterday before being “eliminated”, Israel’s military said, as it pounded Gaza with new strikes.
8 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Building collapse kills 8 in Lucknow

Indian rescuers yesterday pulled out eight bodies from the wreckage of a three-storey building in the city of Lucknow, reports said, with the state minister calling the deaths “heart breaking”.
8 September 2024, 18:00 PM

India records first ‘mpox case’

India yesterday reported that it had put a “suspected mpox case” into isolation, assuring that the world’s most populous nation had “robust measures” in place, the health ministry said in a statement.
8 September 2024, 18:00 PM