International

25-07-2024 PARIS: A scrum of disappointed tourists stared, wistfully, through the maze of metal fences lining the River Seine. Ahead of them, Notre Dame cathedral and other Parisian treasures lay, tantalizingly, out of reach. “We don’t have a code,” said a woman from Mexico, watching others armed with the requisite …

24-07-2024 SPRINGFIELD: Illinois police have released bodycam footage that shows the chaotic moments that led to the fatal shooting of a woman who had called 911 to report a suspected intruder at her home. The killing of Sonya Massey, 36, over Independence Day weekend has led to criminal charges against …

24-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India unveiled spending of billions of dollars to create new jobs and satisfy key coalition partners in the first budget by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government after an election setback, aiming to win back voters and retain political support. Among a host of …

24-07-2024 BEIJING: China will gradually raise its statutory retirement age in the next five years to try to cope with its ageing population and buckling pension system. Life expectancy in the country has now risen above the United States, to 78 years, from just 36 years at the time of …

24-07-2024 DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has blamed her political opponents for the deadly unrest in the country, adding she was “forced” to impose a curfew for public safety. “We will lift the curfew whenever the situation gets better,” she said on Monday in a meeting with business leaders …

24-07-2024 PARIS: French police are investigating after an Australian woman said she was raped by five men in in central Paris. The 25-year-old woman took refuge in a kebab shop in the Pigalle district on Saturday morning with her dress partially torn off, local media reported. No arrests have yet …

24-07-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The World Health Organization is “extremely worried” about the possibility of an outbreak of the highly infectious polio virus in Gaza after traces were found in wastewater. Dr Ayadil Saparbekov, head of the WHO’s team in the Palestinian territories, told reporters that a risk assessment was being …

24-07-2024 ADDIS ABABA: The number of people killed in landslides in southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 146, local officials have said. Two incidents are thought to have occurred on Sunday evening and Monday morning, after heavy rains in a remote mountainous area of the Gofa zone. The local …

23-07-2024 WASHINGTON: Vice-President Kamala Harris has secured the support of a majority of Democratic delegates to become the party’s nominee for president. A survey by the Associated Press on Monday evening said she had received the endorsement of more than the 1,976 delegates needed to win the nomination in the …

23-07-2024 PARIS: Israeli athletes will receive 24-hour protection during the Paris Olympics, France’s interior minister said, after a far-left lawmaker said Israel’s delegation was not welcome and called for protests against their participation. The Games begin on Friday amid pronounced security concerns at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions over …