29-05-2024 MEXICO CITY: Waves wash over abandoned homes in a Mexican village slowly being swallowed by the sea; a symbol of the climate change effects being felt by the major fossil fuel producer. The school where Adrian Perez used to attend classes in the community of El Bosque in the …
Read More »Global protests condemn Israel’s attack on Rafah
29-05-2024 NEW YORK/ LONDON/ MADRID: Thousands of protesters around the world took to the streets to condemn both “Israel” and the world leaders’ silence on the genocide, following the horrendous massacre “Israel” committed as it targeted tents housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah. Israeli occupation forces committed a new massacre against …
Read More »Russia to build nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan
29-05-2024 MOSCOW/ KYIV: Russia will build a small nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan, the first such project in post-Soviet Central Asia, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has said as he met visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin said on Monday that Russia would put $400m into a joint investment fund of …
Read More »Rafah residents face further danger as Israel hits hospitals
29-05-2024 RAFAH: The Gaza Strip’s collapsing health system is under further strain after the Israeli army intensified bombing in Rafah’s Tal as-Sultan area and other parts of the enclave, a day after an attack on a camp in Rafah killed 45 Palestinians. The Indonesian Field Hospital is the latest medical …
Read More »Papua New Guinea landslide’s hopes for survivors fade
29-05-2024 PORT MORESBY: Hopes are fading that an estimated 2,000 people buried by a landslide in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province will be found alive, a United Nations official has said. “It is not a rescue mission, it is a recovery mission,” UNICEF Papua New Guinea’s Niels Kraaier said. “It …
Read More »‘Pope Francis used derogatory term for gay men’
29-05-2024 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis is reported to have used extremely derogatory language in an incident that could have a profound impact on the way his attitude towards gay people is perceived. When asked at the Italian Bishops’ Conference if gay men should now be allowed to train for the …
Read More »7 more Pak soldiers martyred in battles with militants
28-05-2024 Bu SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ PESHAWAR: Five Pakistani soldiers were martyred in gun-battles with Islamist militants in the country’s northwest bordering Afghanistan on Monday, the Pakistan Army said. The statement said the deaths were in addition to two other soldiers, including an officer, who were martyred the previous …
Read More »Netanyahu vows to continue war amid air strike condemnation
28-05-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY/ RAFAH: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue the war against Hamas amid international condemnation of an air strike that killed scores of Palestinians in Rafah on Sunday. At least 45 people were killed, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, while hundreds more were …
Read More »Gold gains as focus turns to US inflation data
28-05-2024 NEW YORK: Gold prices ticked up on Monday, as investors assessed diminishing bets of US interest rate cuts ahead of a key inflation report due later in the week. Spot gold was up 0.5% to $2,344.46 per ounce as of 0936 GMT US gold futures also climbed 0.5% to …
Read More »Cyclone Remal slams into India & Bangladesh
28-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ DHAKA: At least nine people were killed and more than a million were evacuated as Cyclone Remal approached the coasts of eastern India and Bangladesh, which made landfall late on Sunday. Here is what we know about the cyclone. The storm made landfall …
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