International

Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, 42, is one of the richest people in the country and at least twice as rich as the King of England. A former investment banker with Goldman Sachs he is also married to Indian tech heiress, Akshata Murty who is the daughter of Narayana Murty. Most of his personal […]

Airlines are adding more flights to Asia. According to a CNBC report, Singapore Airlines and Scoot announced that they are adding dozens of flights to cities across Asia. With increasing demand and less border restrictions, both airlines have announced more flights between Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. In addition to that, Scoot is also flying […]

Lucy Letby, a 32-year-old nurse is undergoing trial in connection with the deaths of seven babies. She is accused of being a ‘poisoner’. The neo-natal nurse was also charged with attempting to kill 10 other babies. Letby denied murdering five boys and two girls and attempted to murder another five boys and five girls between […]

At least 127 people died in a riot at a football stadium in Indonesia when fans invaded the pitch and police responded with tear gas, triggering a stampede, authorities said Sunday. Arema FC supporters at the Kanjuruhan stadium in the eastern city of Malang stormed the pitch late on Saturday after their team lost 3-2 […]

US President Joe Biden appeared to ask if the late congresswoman Jackie Walorski was in attendance for a speech he delivered in Washington on Wednesday. During his remarks at the White House conference on hunger, nutrition and health, Biden mistakenly asked where the congresswoman was. Jackie Walorski died in a car accident in August. “I […]

India, Sept. 26 — Dark smoke towered over Paris on Sunday following a warehouse fire at the Rungis International Market- the world’s largest produce market. The massive market supplies Paris and the surrounding areas with fresh food. Firefighters urged people to stay away from the area as 100 officers and 30 fire engines battled the […]

Manila — OSTRA, Italy – Adriana Pianelli called out to her husband and son as they disappeared under a sea of mud in the underground carpark, during a deadly storm that devastated villages in central Italy also hit by floods. “I saw them, I called Andrea! Giuseppe! But the water had risen so fast, and […]

Manila — LONDON, United Kingdom – Britain’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss paid emotional tribute in parliament Friday to the late queen and pledged the nation’s “loyalty and devotion” to King Charles III. Elizabeth II was “one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known”, Truss told a hushed House of Commons, calling her […]

Manila, Sept. 6 — BEIJING, China – Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out rescue efforts to minimize casualties after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Monday, stressing that saving lives should be taken as the primary task. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and […]

New Delhi, Sept. 5 — Hackers broke into the Russian ride-hailing service provider Yandex Taxi, ordering dozens of taxis to the same location in Moscow at the same time, which caused a huge traffic jam in the capital city that lasted for about 40 minutes. Yandex Taxi is owned by Russian information technology (IT) giant […]

Manila– PARIS, France – It could be raining diamonds on planets throughout the universe, scientists suggested Friday, after using common plastic to recreate the strange precipitation believed to form deep inside Uranus and Neptune. Scientists had previously theorised that extremely high pressure and temperatures turn hydrogen and carbon into solid diamonds thousands of kilometres below […]

PARIS — The idea of the “climate ticket” may be relatively recent, but the concept has already been adopted in several European countries beefing up transport. After Austria and Germany, Spain is about to introduce its version of the scheme. Here’s how it works. Free travel in Spain, an unlimited pass in Austria, low fares […]

India — The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab came under the spotlight once again after a video went viral showing party MLA Baljinder Kaur being slapped by her husband after an altercation. The video, captured on CCTV camera outside her house in Talwandi Sabo, has been doing rounds on social media platforms since Thursday. […]

Manila, Sept. 2 — HOUSTON, United States – A four-year-old in Texas brought a loaded handgun to school, officials said, as the end of summer vacation in America reignites fears of school shootings. The scare on Wednesday in Corpus Christi came two days after a similar incident in Arizona, that time involving a child aged […]

New Delhi, Aug. 31 — NASA will make a second attempt to launch its Artemis 1 mission, within a 2-hour window on September 3, the US space agency announced on Tuesday (local time). The window will open at 2:17pm EDT (11:47pm IST) on the new launch date, it added. “We’re now targeting Saturday, Sept. 3 […]