International

30-06-2023 NEW YORK: Global heating incrementally boosts the intensity of extreme rainfall at higher altitudes, putting two billion people living in or downstream from mountains at greater risk of floods and landslides, researchers said yesterday. Every degree Celsius of warming increases the density of major downpours by 15% at elevations …

30-06-2023 WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court banned the use of race and ethnicity in university admissions, dealing a major blow to a decades-old practice that boosted educational opportunities for African-Americans and other minorities. One year after overturning the guarantee of a woman’s right to have an abortion, the court’s conservative …

29-06-2023 WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday clarified that no new nuclear agreement was on the table with Iran, after quiet new diplomacy between the adversaries. Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, “There is no agreement in the offing, …

29-06-2023 HONIARA: The prime minister of the Solomon Islands has called for a review of his nation’s security treaty with Australia amid growing strategic competition in the Pacific region between China, the United States and its allies. Manasseh Sogavare made the statement on Wednesday following a meeting with the Australian …

29-06-2023 JEDDAH: No Americans were injured during an exchange of gunfire near the US consulate in Jeddah, according to the US State Department. “The US Embassy and Consulate remain in contact with Saudi authorities as they investigate the incident,” a department spokesperson said in a written statement. The incident involved …

29-06-2023 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: Salwan Momika strutted into view behind rows of police officers outside the picturesque Stockholm Central Mosque, waving two Swedish flags as the national anthem blasted over a speaker system. With white AirPods in his ears and a cigarette hanging nonchalantly from his mouth, he then desecrated the …

29-06-2023 OTTAWA: Presumed human remains have been discovered within the wreckage of the Titan, the submersible that tragically imploded during a voyage to the Titanic, US Coast Guard announced on Wednesday. US medical professionals will conduct a formal analysis of the remains, providing critical insights into the cause of the …

28-06-2023 MAKKAH: Over 2.5 million Muslims are headed to Makkah, Islam’s holiest sites in Saudi Arabia, to perform the pilgrimage of Hajj, which is expected to be the biggest in history as massive crowds could break attendance records despite high prices. With the minimum cost for Hajj soaring to 26,000 …

28-06-2023 BEIJING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited to visit China for the fourth time with the authorities in Tel Aviv intimating about their leader’s anticipated trip to Beijing. The projected visit’s announcement was made when US-Israel relations are tense, with President Joe Biden not inviting Netanyahu for …

28-06-2023 OTTAWA: EU’s Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service said Tuesday that wildfires burning through thousands of square kilometres of land in eastern and western Canada have released a record 160 million tonnes of carbon, as their smoke just reached Europe. This year’s wildfire season is the worst on record in Canada, …