Time ‘runs out’ for rescuing missing Titanic sub

Multinational rescue ops continue despite fears that the vessel's oxygen may already have run out
22 June 2023

Missing Titanic sub hours from running out of oxygen

Air to a missing submersible with five people on board was expected to last just a few more hours today, the fifth day of a desperate multinational search
22 June 2023

US rolls out red carpet for Modi even as criticism grows

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday opened a state visit to Washington as the United States steps up its wooing of India despite simmering disagreements on Ukraine and human rights
22 June 2023

Why missing Titanic sub is capturing the world’s imagination

Around the world, the story of the missing Titanic submersible and its rescue operation's race against time has been riveting onlookers
22 June 2023

Rescuers in all-night race to save Titanic sub crew

A massive search and rescue effort for a missing submersible near the wreck of the Titanic was at a critical stage late Wednesday, with just hours left before the oxygen supply for the five people on board runs out
22 June 2023

Lost Titanic Sub: Rescuers race to find origin of undersea noises

Rescue teams were racing yesterday to trace the origin of sounds heard from the depths of the North Atlantic in a search for a tourist submersible with five people on board that vanished on its descent to the century-old wreck of the Titanic.
21 June 2023

Biden won’t ‘lecture’ Modi on human rights

US President Joe Biden was set to welcome India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday for two days of talks that the White House sees as bolstering “one of the defining partnerships of our age,” despite ongoing concerns about human rights.
21 June 2023

46 women dead in gang violence

A prison riot in a Honduran women’s prison Tuesday has left at least 46 dead in what the government called a gang-led attack in retaliation to its efforts to crack down on corruption in penal facilities.
21 June 2023

Israelis attack Palestinian towns Burn cars, buildings

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian towns in the occupied West Bank overnight on Tuesday, torching buildings and cars in apparent retaliation for the killing by Hamas of four Israelis near a settlement the day before, residents and officials said.
21 June 2023

Biden labels Xi a ‘dictator’ China lashes back

China hit back yesterday after US President Joe Biden referred to President Xi Jinping as a “dictator”, saying the remarks were absurd and a provocation, in an unexpected spat immediately following efforts by both sides to lower tensions.
21 June 2023

Chinese carrier passes through Taiwan strait

A Chinese aircraft carrier group led by the vessel Shandong sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait yesterday,
21 June 2023

US slaps sanctions on defense ministry, banks

The United States has levelled sanctions against Myanmar’s Ministry of Defense and two banks used by the Southeast Asian country’s military junta to purchase arms and other goods in foreign currencies, according to the Treasury website yesterday.
21 June 2023

Ukraine offensive ‘slower than desired’

President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday that progress in Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces was “slower than desired” but that Kyiv would not be pressured into speeding it up as its troops advance through dangerous minefields.
21 June 2023

Modi-led yoga event in NY breaks record

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today led an event at the UN Headquarters in New York to mark the International Day of Yoga which created a Guinness world record in terms of participation of most nationalities in a yoga session, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said
21 June 2023

US places sanctions on Myanmar's defence ministry, banks

The United States today imposed sanctions on Myanmar's defense ministry and two banks used by the ruling military junta to buy arms and other goods from foreign sources
21 June 2023

China slams Biden for equating Xi to 'dictators'

China's foreign ministry on Wednesday slammed comments by US President Joe Biden equating Chinese leader Xi Jinping with "dictators" as an "open political provocation"
21 June 2023

Singapore Airlines again voted world’s best by travellers

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has been named World's Best Airline in the 2023 Skytrax World Airline Awards. It is the fifth time the company has won this prestigious accolade
21 June 2023

Raise rights issues with Modi, 75 US lawmakers urge Biden

Dozens of US President Joe Biden's fellow Democrats urged him on Tuesday to raise human rights issues with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Washington this week, according to a letter sent to Biden
21 June 2023

Titanic tourist sub missing: Underwater 'banging' sounds heard

Rescuers using sonar Tuesday to search for the missing Titanic submersible with five people onboard detected underwater "banging" sounds in the North Atlantic where the craft vanished two days earlier, media reports said, citing US government communications
21 June 2023

Search for missing Titanic sub like 'going into space'

Rescuers trying to find the orca-sized submersible that vanished on its way to visit the wreck of the Titanic are facing a gargantuan task that will test the limits of technical know-how, experts say
21 June 2023