World
A major accident occurred at a launch ceremony for a new North Korean naval destroyer, state media reported Thursday, with leader Kim Jong Un saying the mishap was a "criminal act".At a ceremony to launch a new 5,000-ton destroyer in the eastern port city of Chongjin on Wednesday "a s...
Iran and the United States will hold the next round of talks on the Islamic republic's nuclear programme in Rome later this week, Tehran and mediator Oman said Wednesday.The arch-foes have held four rounds of nuclear talks since April 12, the highest-level contact between them since US President...
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rattled the Greek islands of Crete and Santorini on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, with no major damage immediately reported.The strong quake struck 82 kilometres (51 miles) northeast of Crete's capital Heraklion at 0319 GMT at a depth of 68 kilometres (42 mi...
A team of doctors and vets in Pakistan has developed a novel treatment for a pair of elephants suffering from tuberculosis that involves feeding them at least 400 pills a day.The jumbo effort by staff at the Karachi Safari Park involves administering the tablets -- the same as those used to treat TB...
The chief executive of British-Australian firm Rio Tinto will step down this year once a replacement is found, the mining giant said Thursday in a statement.Jakob Stausholm took the reins at Rio Tinto -- one of the biggest miners in the world -- in early 2021, following a major scandal over the dest...
As Japan's biggest defence exhibition kicked off this week, visitors got a close-up look at a model of its futuristic "railgun" that its makers hope will be able to shoot down hypersonic missiles.Instead of gunpowder, railgun technology uses electromagnetic energy to fire a projectile ...
Sports,Cricket
Paul Stirling became the first Irish batsman to reach 10,000 international runs and Andy Balbirnie made a century during a dominant 124-run win over the West Indies in the opening one-day international in Dublin on Wednesday.Captain Stirling moved to a career total of 10,017 runs across Tests, ODIs ...
Sports,Football
Napoli are on the brink of claiming their second Serie A title in three seasons as they head into the final weekend of the campaign leading Scudetto rivals Inter Milan by a single point.Antonio Conte's team host Cagliari in front of what will be a packed Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Friday n...
The Argentine court trying the medical team of late football legend Diego Maradona over his death suspended the trial on Tuesday for a week over questions about a judge's impartiality.The court ordered the suspension after defense lawyers said that the judge's involvement in a documentary ab...
Sports,Tennis
The French Open women’s tournament gets under way this weekend without a clear favourite for the first time in several years, with a clutch of players in strong form and Iga Swiatek enduring an unprecedented slump.Jasmine Paolini became the eighth different player to reach a WTA 1000 final thi...
Business
Britain's annual inflation rate surged more than expected in April as energy and water bills rose sharply, official data showed on Wednesday.The Consumer Prices Index soared to 3.5 percent last month, up from 2.6 percent in March, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. Analysts&...
Vietnam is seeking help from US tech and industry giants including Lockheed Martin, SpaceX and Google as it tries to slash the 46 percent levies President Donald Trump imposed on the country in his "Liberation Day" blitz.Vietnam has the third-biggest trade surplus with the United States --...
A suspected suicide bomber targeted a schoolbus in southwestern Pakistan killing at least four children and two adults on Wednesday, in an attack the government accused India of backing.The bus driver and his assistant were among those killed in the attack in Khuzdar district of Balochistan province...
The Iranian parliament ratified a 20-year strategic partnership treaty with Russia on Wednesday, state media reported, consolidating closer ties between the two countries amid growing tensions with the West.The deal, which was signed by Presidents Masoud Pezeshkian and Vladimir Putin in January, was...
Fast-moving floodwaters rose Wednesday in eastern Australia, inundating homes and leaving residents stranded on their roofs overnight, as authorities warned more rain was expected in coming days.Storms have already dumped more than four months' of rain in just two days in parts of New South Wale...
Key iPhone maker Foxconn is making a $1.5 billion investment to expand its focus on India as Apple looks to mitigate geopolitical and tariff risks by shifting production away from China.The Taiwanese tech giant said its Singapore-based subsidiary had picked up 12.7 billion shares in its India unit, ...
Sports
A 12-year-old Chinese swimmer has been hailed a "sensation" and is on course for the world championships after clocking the fastest time in history in her event at that age.Yu Zidi's blistering 2mins 10.63sec in the women's 200m individual medley at China's national championshi...
Two million people are "starving" in the Gaza Strip, with the deliberate blocking of aid driving up the risk of famine, the World Health Organization chief warned Monday.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the WHO and other UN agencies stood ready to deliver aid into the Palestinian territory ...
Pakistan's foreign minister will make a three-day official visit to China, his office said on Sunday, a little over a week after Islamabad reached a ceasefire with India to end their most serious conflict in decades.Ishaq Dar, who also holds the portfolio of deputy prime minister, will start his...
Central Asia has been in the grip of a heatwave this spring, with all five countries reporting abnormally high and in some cases record-breaking temperatures over the past three months.The five ex-Soviet states that make up the region are particularly vulnerable to global warming.Many work in the ag...
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