International

AFP/APP Rio de Janeiro:The Brazilian Amazon recorded 13,489 wildfires in the first half of the year, the worst figure in 20 years, satellite data revealed Monday. The total was up 61 percent compared to the 8,344 fires detected in the…

AFP/APP Bridgetown:Hurricane Beryl brought devastating winds and heavy rain to several Caribbean islands on Monday as the earliest-ever Category 4 storm churned westward. Carriacou Island, which is part of Grenada, took a direct hit…

AFP/APP Geneva: Cyclone Freddy, which crossed the entire southern Indian Ocean before wreaking devastation on southeastern Africa last year, was the longest-lasting tropical cyclone ever recorded at 36 days, the UN confirmed Tuesday.…

Xinhua/APP Dhaka: Noise pollution in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is reaching alarming levels and severely impacting the daily lives of its residents, according to a recent study. Increasing traffic, unnecessary honking, rampant…

News Desk  New York:  Escalating Israeli military attacks in northern Gaza have forced an estimated 84,000 people to flee eastern Gaza City in recent days, cutting off access to a key aid distribution hub, according to UN humanitarian…

AFP/APP Paris: The far-right National Rally (RN) garnered 33 percent of the vote, compared to 28 percent for the left-wing New Popular Front alliance, and over 20 percent for Macron's centrist camp, according to preliminary results.…

AFP Paris: French authorities on Monday detained leading film directors Benoit Jacquot and Jacques Doillon for questioning over accusations of sexual abuse, sources close to the case said. An AFP journalist saw both men, who have…

AFP/APP London: Eight years after Britain voted for Brexit, businesses still lament economic fallout caused by the country's departure from the European Union, with little prospect of change after this week's election. "After Brexit,…

AFP/APP Washington: US Supreme Court is expected to rule Monday on the most highly anticipated decision of its term -- a ruling "for the ages" on whether Donald Trump, as a former president, is immune from prosecution.   Even if the…

AFP/APP Seoul: North Korea on Monday launched an unidentified ballistic missile towards the east, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, citing the military Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul. The Joint Chiefs of Staff gave no further…