24-08-2023 BRITISH COLUMBIA: Canada is experiencing its worst wildfire season on record with tens of thousands of people being driven out of their homes and the federal government forced to deploy the military to several regions over the past months. Nearly 200 homes and structures have been lost or damaged …
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24-08-2023 PYONGYANG: South Korean Joint Chief of Staff said Thursday that the military detected a North Korean projectile likely a space rocket as Pyongyang earlier indicated Japanese Coast Guards about firing a satellite into space once again. In a statement to reporters, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said it had …
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24-08-2023 ATHENS: Bodies of 28 people who the fire brigade officials have identified as migrants have been found as Greece is ravaged by wildfires on Tuesday. Another fatality was reported near Athens on Monday. The Greek fire brigade is currently battling 65 wildfires, with over 20 countries across the region …
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24-08-2023 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: Prosecutors on Tuesday announced that an employee of Donald Trump, who was presented as a witness in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case has implicated him after switching lawyers, according to a court filing. As per a media report, Yuscil Taveras, an IT director who has been …
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24-08-2023 MOSCOW: Russia has successfully intercepted and shot down two drones, one over the Moscow region and another within the city itself. The conflict between Moscow and Kyiv has led to an uptick in drone incursions, with attacks on Russian territory becoming more frequent. The situation has caused growing concerns …
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23-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies BANJUL/ NEW DELHI: In September last year, Ebrima Sajnia watched helplessly as his young son slowly died in front of his eyes. Sajnia, who works as a taxi driver in The Gambia, says three-year-old Lamin was set to start attending nursery school in a few …
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23-08-2023 HAWAII: President Joe Biden has toured wildfire damage in Hawaii after scrutiny of his administration’s response to the state’s worst ever natural disaster. He arrived in Maui on Monday, 13 days after the deadliest US wildfire in over a century, telling survivors the nation “grieves with you”. Biden and …
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23-08-2023 TOKYO: Japan will start releasing treated radioactive water from the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, despite opposition from its neighbors. The decision comes weeks after the UN’s nuclear watchdog approved the plan. Some 1.34 million tonnes of water enough to fill 500 Olympic-size pools …
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23-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies UNITED NATIONS/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: More than 200 former Afghan soldiers and officials have been killed extra judicially since August 2021, despite a general amnesty announced by the Taliban immediately after its takeover, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan has said. The United Nations Assistance Mission …
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23-08-2023 GEORGIA: Just after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee approved a $200,000 bond, the four-time indicted former President Donald Trump decided to surrender in Georgia where a case of subverting election results of the state in 2020 is registered, as he reiterated that he is being wronged. Donald …
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