Climate change worsened Asia’s heatwave – study
DHAKA – Climate change raised temperatures by at least 2C in many parts of Asia last month as it suffered a crippling heatwave, a...
Al-Qaeda frees Australian hostage
CANBERRA – An 88-year-old Australian doctor held captive in West Africa by al-Qaeda militants for more than seven years has been released.
Dr. Kenneth Elliott...
Ecuadorean president’s impeachment trial starts
QUITO – Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso has asserted his innocence over corruption charges at an impeachment trial being held in the National Assembly.
Lasso, 67,...
US professor breaks record for time spent living underwater
FLORIDA – A US researcher has broken the record for the longest time spent living underwater without depressurisation.
Dr. Joseph Dituri has spent more than...
Monkeypox global emergency over
GENEVA – Monkeypox is no longer a global public health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, almost a year after the threat...
Cyclone Mocha: Deadly storm hits Myanmar, Bangladesh
DHAKA – A powerful cyclone has hit the coastlines of Bangladesh and Myanmar after intensifying into the equivalent of a category-five storm.
Cyclone Mocha did...
Israel-Gaza: Shaky start to truce ending five days of fighting
WEST BANK – There are hopes a ceasefire will take hold to end five days of fighting between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)...
World’s ‘oldest’ lion killed
NAIROBI – A wild male lion believed to be one of the world's oldest has died after being speared by herders, authorities in Kenya...
Heavy gunfire in Sudan goes on ahead of ceasefire negotiations
KHARTOUM – Heavy fighting between warring parties has continued in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and other cities ahead of the ceasefire talks on Sunday.
Residents...
Pope prays for peace in Ukraine
VATICAN City – Pope Francis has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky he is constantly praying for peace after the two met privately at the...