International

26-05-2023 Bureau Report SYDNEY: More than 100 firefighters from Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW) were sent to tackle a major blaze in the Surry Hills area of Sydney, Australia. Some of the walls of a multi-story building collapsed, with FRNSW stating that there were concerns the fire could …

26-05-2023 BERLIN: Persistent inflation has helped push Germany into recession in the first three months of the year, an upgrade to growth data shows. Europe’s largest economy was also badly affected when Russian gas supplies dried up after the invasion of Ukraine, analysts said. The economy contracted by 0.3% between …

26-05-2023 RIYADH/ OTTAWA: Saudi Arabia and Canada have announced the restoration of full diplomatic relations, following a five-year dispute over human rights that saw Riyadh expel Ottawa’s ambassador. An official statement issued by the Canadian government on Wednesday said the development came following discussions between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau …

26-05-2023 TOKYO: Three people have been killed including two police officers and one wounded in a shooting and stabbing attack in rural Japan with the camouflage-clad perpetrator barricading himself inside a building, news reports said. Officers rushed to the scene on Thursday after a pedestrian reported a commotion in Nakano …

26-05-2023 DAMASCUS: On a cold winter night, Syrian Ibrahim Othman went out to pray and came home cradling a baby girl, abandoned at the doorstep of the village mosque just hours after she was born. “I took her home and told my wife, ‘I brought you a gift,’” said the …

26-05-2023 CAIRO/ VICTORIA: Hong Kong-flagged Xin Hai Tong 23, a 190-metre bulk carrier, which got stuck in the Suez Canal after running aground, has been refloated into the waters with the help of tugboats, a shipping agent Leth Agencies said Thursday. The ship remained stuck for an hour and 16 …

25-05-2023 By SJA Jafri + Agencies SYDNEY: A 95-year-old woman who was Tasered by police at an Australian care home, sparking a public outcry, has died. Clare Nowland was critically injured after police responded to reports she was wandering around the home with a steak knife at about 04:00 last …

25-05-2023 COLUMBIA: Legislators in the US state of South Carolina have passed a bill that would ban nearly all abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy before most women know they are pregnant. The bill is expected to be signed into law by the state’s Republican governor, Henry McMaster but …

25-05-2023 GEORGETOWN: A deadly fire at a school dormitory in Guyana appears to have been started by a pupil who was angry her mobile phone had been confiscated, officials say. Nineteen people mostly female students were killed in the blaze in the South American country in the early hours of …

25-05-2023 BERLIN: German police have carried out raids in seven states in a probe into climate campaigners suspected of forming or backing a criminal group because of their controversial activities. Seven people aged 22 to 38 are suspected. No arrests have been made. For months Last Generation has disrupted traffic …