Only the ‘Lord Almighty’ can make me quit – Biden
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden has said only the “Lord Almighty” could convince him to end his bid for re-election, as he sat...
Iran’s new president gives hope to women voters
TEHRAN – A relatively moderate member of the Iranian parliament, Masoud Pezeshkian, has been declared the next president of Iran after beating his hardline...
Japan declares victory in ‘war’ on floppy disks
TOKYO – It’s taken until 2024, but Japan has finally said goodbye to floppy disks.
Up until last month, Japanese people were still asked to...
Kimchi blamed for mass sickness in South Korea
SEOUL – About 1,000 people in South Korea are suffering from food poisoning linked to kimchi contaminated with norovirus.
Officials in Namwon City, in the...
Hezbollah fires 200 rockets and drones into Israel
TEL AVIV – The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has launched more than 200 rockets and attack drones into northern Israel, in response to the...
Nearly 30,000 evacuated from California wildfires
LOS ANGELES – Tens of thousands of people in northern California have been told to leave their homes as wildfires grow across the state...
At least 9 killed in Seoul as car ploughs into crowd
SEOUL – A car has ploughed into a crowd of people killing at least nine in the South Korean capital Seoul, police say.
The traffic...
US President Biden reject calls to step aside
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden has hit back at criticism over his age, telling supporters in a fiery speech that he will win...
Founder of Venezuela’s most feared gang arrested
BOGOTA – Police in Colombia have arrested one of the founders of the feared transnational crime gang Tren de Aragua.
Larry Amaury Álvarez Núñez, also...
‘High risk’ of famine in Gaza persists – UN
GAZA STRIP – A United Nations-backed assessment says almost half a million Palestinians across Gaza are still facing “catastrophic levels” of hunger and that...