22-09-2024 COLUMBIA: US State South Carolina has executed its first death row “black” inmate in 13 years, administering a lethal injection to Freddie Owens. Owens, 46, was found guilty by a jury of killing shop worker Irene Graves during an armed robbery in Greenville in 1997. He was executed despite …

22-09-2024 GAZA STRIP: An Israeli air strike on a school in Gaza City has martyred dozens more Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it targeted a Hamas command centre at the al-Falah school, which Israel said the militant group …

22-09-2024 PORT MORESBY: A New Zealand (NZ) pilot who has been freed more than 19 months after being taken hostage by separatists in Indonesia says he is “very happy” to be going home to his family. Philip Mehrtens was kidnapped by West Papua National Liberation Army fighters in February 2023 …

22-09-2024 BEIRUT: An Israeli airstrike on a residential area of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, has killed two top Hezbollah military commanders and other senior officials, in a major escalation that has added to fears of an all-out war. Hezbollah, the powerful Iranian-backed militia and political group, confirmed the death of …

21-09-2024 WASHINGTON: America’s Three Mile Island energy plant, the site of the worst nuclear accident in US history, is preparing to reopen as Microsoft looks for ways to satisfy its growing energy needs. The tech giant said it had signed a 20-year deal to purchase power from the Pennsylvania plant, …

21-09-2024 GAZA STRIP: Gaza’s civil defence says 12 Palestinians have been killed in two Israeli attacks on Gaza City after Israeli bombardment leaves at least 28 dead across the Gaza Strip on Thursday. Video captures Israeli soldiers pushing bodies off a roof as Israeli raid leaves five Palestinians dead in …

21-09-2024 COLOMBO: Whoever Sri Lanka’s next president is, Muthuthevarkittan Manohari isn’t expecting much to change in her daily struggle to feed the four children and elderly mother with whom she lives in a dilapidated room in a tea estate. Both leading candidates in Saturday’s presidential election are promising to give …

21-09-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: A recent report, which details poor working conditions and rampant sexual harassment faced by women in Malayalam-language cinema, is causing seismic upheavals in the entertainment industry in India but the messages of solidarity and support have come largely from women and critics say …

21-09-2024 BRASILIA: Brazil has fined Elon Musk’s companies after some users in the country were able to briefly access the social media platform X, despite a ban imposed last month. Brazilian users swarmed the site on Wednesday after X updated how its servers within the country were accessed. The platform’s …

21-09-2024 PARIS: A team of student volunteers on an archaeological dig in northern France has had a surprise communication from the past. Sifting through the remains of a Gaulish village on cliff-tops near Dieppe on Monday, they uncovered an earthenware pot containing a small glass flask. “It was the kind …