12-08-2024 QUEENSLAND: A pilot has died after their helicopter crashed into the roof of a hotel in the northern Queensland city of Cairns. The aircraft hit the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel at around 01:50am local time on Monday (16:50B Sunday), sparking a fire and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of …

12-08-2024 BANGKOK: A drone attack on Rohingya fleeing Myanmar killed many dozens of people, including families with children, several witnesses said, describing survivors wandering between piles of bodies to identify dead and injured relatives. Four witnesses, activists and a diplomat described drone attacks on Monday that struck down families waiting …

12-08-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India has become the next big bet for PepsiCo, Unilever and other packaged goods giants looking to fill the growth vacuum left by an uneven recovery in China. With India’s economy expanding at the fastest pace among major emerging markets, companies are trying to serve …

12-08-2024 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has a lead over her Republican rival Donald Trump in three battleground states that will be key in the upcoming United States election, according to a new poll. The New York Times/ Siena College poll released on Saturday showed Harris with …

12-08-2024 DHAKA: By all quantifiable measures, Bangladesh’s now deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was the most entrenched, dominant and brutal dictator the country had seen since its independence. She jailed, exiled and eliminated most of her political peers like no other ruler in South Asia’s history. She brought all the …

12-08-2024 GAZA CITY: Medics and survivors of Israel’s latest attack on a Gaza City school turned shelter collected body parts of victims and searched for the missing as world leaders condemned the bombing that killed more than 100 people. Israel’s military again warned Palestinians living in parts of southern Gaza …

12-08-2024 BELGRADE: Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Serbian capital to protest against the rebooting of a controversial lithium mine set to serve as a vital power source in Europe’s green energy transition. In advance of Saturday’s rally in Belgrade, two leading protest figures said they …

11-08-2024 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia plans to build 11 new stadiums as part of its bid to host the 2034 men’s World Cup. FIFA has unveiled Saudi Arabia’s formal bid book for the tournament which outlines the five proposed host cities: Riyadh, Jeddah, Al Khobar, Abha and Neom, the futuristic desert …

11-08-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra, opens new tab and China’s Shaanxi Automobile Group have agreed to set up a $3 billion joint venture to build a car manufacturing plant in India and are awaiting New Delhi’s approval, sources told Reuters. A majority stake in the …

11-08-2024 BRASILIA/ APUI:  Fire brigades in the Brazilian Amazon are battling blazes off to their worst start in 20 years for the rainforest, according to government satellite data, following a record-breaking drought aggravated by global warming. Smoke blanketed the horizon along the Transamazonian Highway outside the town of Apui on …