AFP
-
Genoa bridge collapse: Second night of rescue efforts after deadly Italy mishap
Rescue workers toiled through a second night today in a desperate bid to find survivors in the rubble of a Genoa bridge which caved in during a heavy rainstorm, killing at least 39 people and injuring 16 more.
-
US newspapers hit back at Donald Trump, defend free press
US newspapers big and small today hit back at President Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on the news media, launching a coordinated campaign of editorials stressing the importance of a free press.
-
Kim Jong Nam assassination: Malaysia court rules trial for murder of Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother can proceed
A Malaysian court ruled today the murder trial of two women accused of assassinating the half-brother of North Korea’s leader can proceed — in a blow to their families who insist the pair were tricked into carrying out the dramatic hit.
-
US blacklists Russian, Chinese companies for breaking North Korea embargo
The US Treasury announced sanctions on Russian and Chinese companies for violating the economic embargo on North Korea as Washington seeks to keep pressure on Pyongyang over its nuclear programme.
-
Moon Jae-in says Pyongyang summit to be ‘bold step’ towards ending war
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said today his visit to Pyongyang next month will be a “bold step” towards formally ending the decades-old war with the nuclear-armed North.
-
Genoa bridge collapse toll rises to 38: Italy interior minister Matteo Salvini
The number people of killed during the collapse of a bridge in the Italian port city of Genoa has risen to 38, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said today.
-
Immense tragedy! When a giant motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa of Italy – Watch video of incident
At least 22 people were killed today when a giant motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa, with several more feared dead in what Italy’s transport minister described as an “immense tragedy”.
-
Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, says no war, no negotiations with United States
Iran’s supreme leader today said there would be neither war nor negotiations with the United States, and that the country’s problems were the result of government mismanagement more than renewed sanctions.
-
Tajikistan crash: 16 people including 13 climbers, 3 crew members feared dead in helicopter ‘hard landing’
Up to 16 people, including 13 climbers and 3 helicopter crew, were unaccounted for after a “hard landing” in the mountains of Tajikistan, the Central Asian country’s emergency committee said today.
-
1,800 evacuated as France defuses British WWII bomb
The 220-kilogramme bomb was found in late June during construction work near the centre of Rouen in Normandy.
-
Mali in presidential runoff overshadowed by security crisis
Malians were called to the ballot box today for a presidential runoff likely to see Ibrahim Boubacar Keita return to office despite criticism of his handling of the country’s security crisis.
-
Indonesia earthquake: Death toll of Lombok quake reaches 380
An earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has killed 387 people, authorities said today, adding hundreds of thousands of displaced people were still short of clean water, food and medicine nearly a week on.
-
Taliban, Kabul government both claim embattled Afghan city of Ghazni
Both Taliban and government forces claimed they were in control of the eastern Afghan city of Ghazni today, after insurgents stormed the provincial capital, triggering fierce fighting.
-
Parker Solar Probe launch: NASA to blast off first-ever spacecraft to Sun today
The first ever spacecraft to fly directly toward the Sun is poised to blast off today, on a mission to plunge into our star’s sizzling atmosphere and unlock the mysteries of the centre of the solar system.
-
Turkey lira crashes as Trump piles on pressure
The embattled Turkish lira tumbled over 16 per cent to new record lows against the dollar as strains with the United States intensified, but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defiantly proclaimed Turkey would emerge victorious in an “economic war”.
-
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the line of fire over aggressive foreign policy
Saudi Arabia has sought to tame critics with an aggressive foreign policy, but a deadly air raid in Yemen following an acrimonious spat with Canada will only amplify international pressure on the kingdom, analysts say.
-
NASA counts down to launch of first spacecraft to ‘touch Sun’
NASA counted down today to the launch of a USD 1.5 billion spacecraft that aims to plunge into the Sun’s sizzling atmosphere and become humanity’s first mission to explore a star.
-
War-torn Syria recorded 68,000 deaths in 2017: Registry chief
Syria’s civil registries recorded 68,000 deaths in the war-torn country in 2017, pro-regime daily Al-Watan reported its head as saying yesterday.
-
California fire: Death toll rises to 10
The toll from the California wildfires rose to 10 Thursday after a heavy equipment mechanic assigned to the Carr Fire was killed in a road accident, authorities said.
-
North Korea says US ‘throwing cold water’ on denuclearisation progress
North Korea today accused the United States of acting in bad faith, saying Washington’s push for full sanctions pressure against Pyongyang would stall progress on the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
-
Flaw found in WhatsApp?
Researchers at Israeli cybersecurity firm said today they had found a flaw in WhatsApp that could allow hackers to modify and send fake messages in the popular social messaging app.
-
Indonesia earthquake: Strong aftershock rattles survivors of deadly Lombok Island quake
A strong aftershock struck Indonesia’s Lombok today, causing panic among evacuees already traumatised by a devastating earthquake that killed more than 160 on the holiday island four days earlier.
-
Criminal case filed against BMW over car fires
BMW apologised on Monday for the fires, blaming a faulty component that was aimed at reducing emissions from diesel engines, but that has done little to allay the concerns of angry consumers, who say the firm should have issued the recall sooner.
-
Suzuki, Mazda and Yamaha admit to using false emission data: Here’s more!
The companies came forward after the ministry last month ordered 23 auto and motorbike companies to conduct in-house probes after it emerged Nissan and Subaru had cheated on fuel economy and emissions data.
-
Donald Trump claims win in US House race, but Democrat surge looms
US Democrats enjoyed a major morale boost today following elections that highlighted their momentum ahead of November’s midterms, as President Donald Trump’s Republicans sweated the outcome of a congressional contest that was supposed to be easy pickings.
-
Palestinian-American Rashida Tlaib positioned to be first Muslim woman in US Congress
Rashida Tlaib, a mother of two and daughter of Palestinian immigrants once detained for disrupting a Donald Trump speech, made history today, poised to become the first Muslim woman in US Congress.
-
US hits Russia with sanctions over nerve agent attack in Britain
The United States said today it was imposing new sanctions on Russia, as it accused the government in Moscow of using a “lethal” nerve agent in an attempted assassination in Britain.
