Burning ship coats beaches in oil, debris
COLOMBO – Oil and debris from a container ship on fire off the coast of Sri Lanka have coated beaches on its west coast.
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Many missing feared dead as boat sinks in Nigeria
ABUJA – Dozens of people are missing feared dead in north-western Nigeria after a boat carrying about 200 broke in two and sank in...
Swiss abandon years of EU talks, reject treaty
BERN – After years of talks, Switzerland scrapped efforts aimed at agreeing an over-arching treaty with the European Union (EU).
Switzerland is not in the...
‘Politicizing COVID origins hampers investigations’
WASHINGTON – Politicizing the origins of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) would hamper further investigations and undermine global efforts to curb the pandemic, China’s United...
EU takes on AstraZeneca in court over vaccine deliveries
BRUSSELS – The European Union (EU) took on vaccine producer AstraZeneca in a court here on Wednesday with the urgent demand that the company...
Powerful cyclone ruins homes in India
NEW DELHI – A powerful cyclone destroyed tens of thousands of mud houses in eastern India on Wednesday.
Cyclone Yaas was packing gusts of up...
France ‘puzzled’ by mystery anti-Pfizer campaign bid
PARIS – Several French social media influencers said they received a mysterious financial offer to spread negative publicity about the Pfizer vaccine.
According to them,...
UN calls for immediate release of Mali’s prexy
NEW YORK – The United Nations (UN) mission in Mali has demanded an immediate release of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane,...
Italian fugitive arrested in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian police have arrested fugitive Italian mafia boss Rocco Morabito in the north-eastern city of João Pessoa.
Known as the "cocaine...
Mysterious air base built on volcanic island off Yemen
DUBAI – A mysterious air base is being built on a volcanic island off Yemen that sits in one of the world’s crucial maritime...