16-05-2023 ALBERTA: Western Canada is bracing for a “heat dome” weather system that will push temperatures to new records over the weekend, and is likely to worsen wildfires that have already displaced tens of thousands of residents. Seventy-five active wildfires burned in Alberta on Thursday, with 23 listed as out …

16-05-2023 VIANA: Travelers on an intercity train in Austria were startled on Sunday when a recording of an Adolf Hitler speech was played on board. Instead of the normal announcements, a crowd could also be heard shouting “Heil Hitler” and “Sieg Heil” over the train’s speaker system. The operator said …

16-05-2023 BEIJING: A 78-year-old American citizen has been sentenced to life in prison by a Chinese court on spying charges. John Shing-Wan Leung, who is also a Hong Kong permanent resident, was convicted of espionage and given a life sentence Monday by the Intermediate People’s Court in the eastern city …

16-05-2023 MAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s military leaders have declared Rakhine state a natural disaster area after Cyclone Mocha hit on Sunday, killing at least six people. The cyclone was one of the strongest this century to hit the Bay of Bengal, lashing Myanmar and Bangladesh. It did not make landfall at the …

16-05-2023 NEW YORK: Vice Media has filed for bankruptcy protection, the latest digital media company to falter after a meteoric rise. Vice said on Monday that it has agreed to sell its assets to a consortium of lenders Fortress Investment Group, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital in exchange for …

16-05-2023 BANGKOK: Thailand’s reformist opposition has won the most seats and the largest share of the popular vote in a general election after voters resoundingly rejected the military-backed parties that have ruled the Southeast Asian country for nearly a decade. With nearly all votes counted on Monday, the progressive Move …

16-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Supporters of Congress, the main opposition party in India raised “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans after their party inflicted a humiliating defeat on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a crucial election in the southern state of Karnataka on Saturday. The incident …

16-05-2023 ANKARA: Turkey’s historic election is likely heading towards a runoff after a contentious night, during which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s secular rivals challenged the ballot count. According to the Anadolu state news agency, the conservative leader, aged 69, had secured 49.86% of the votes, while his secular rival Kemal …

15-05-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Last month, India surpassed China as the world’s most populous country, prompting analysts to point out the potential benefits of its significant young demographic. However, a major obstacle to realizing this potential is the insufficient representation of women in India’s workforce. The BBC’s Arunoday Mukharji …

15-05-2023 NAIROBI: The number of deaths due to the cult in Kenya rose to 201 Saturday as the process of exhumation is underway with 22 new bodies found with signs of strangulation and starvation in Shakahola forest, said police. Earlier this week, investigators had revealed to the court that 21 …