Canada wildfires prompt US air quality alerts
OTTAWA – More than 800 wildfires are burning across Canada, with air quality alerts now extending south into multiple United States states.
The air quality...
Midnight social media curfew proposed for UK teens aged 16, 17
LONDON – Older teenagers in the United Kingdom will face an overnight social media curfew, the government has announced - though they will be...
Heatwave prompts Italy’s delivery riders to strike for extra rights
ROME – Delivery riders are to strike in several Italian cities, calling for better working conditions in the intense summer heat.
In Milan, city authorities...
Trump threatens to bomb bridges and power plants unless Iran resumes talks
WASHINGTON – United States President Donald Trump has threatened to strike Iran's bridges and power plants next week if the country does not return...
28 killed, 25 critically injured after fire engulfs Bangkok bar
BANGKOK – A huge fire tore through a bar in Thailand’s capital Bangkok late on Sunday, killing at least 28 people and leaving 25...
US and Iran trade fire as tensions rise again over Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN – The United States and Iran have exchanged another wave of strikes, as a dispute over control of the Strait of Hormuz threatens...
Sixteen starve to death in Uganda as prolonged drought kills crops
KAMPALA – The Ugandan government says at least 16 people have died from hunger in recent weeks in the north-eastern region of Karamoja due...
EU threatens Meta with fines over ‘addictive’ Facebook and Instagram
BRUSSELS – Meta must change Facebook's and Instagram's "addictive" design or face a heavy fine, the European Union (EU) has warned.
In its preliminary findings,...
Former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies aged 74
DOHA – Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former leader of Qatar, has died aged 74, the country's government announced on Sunday.
"The Bureau...
China evacuates nearly 2M people as powerful typhoon makes landfall
BEIJING – A powerful typhoon has made landfall in China, the second to hit the country in a week, with nearly two million people...