International

AFP/APP Denmark: Greenland’s ice sheets may hold one 12th of the world’s fresh water – enough to raise the sea level up seven metres (23 feet) if they were to melt – but climate change is already threatening the village’s supply. As…

Xinhua/APP Kathmandu: Four earthquakes rocked Bajhang district in far-western Nepal on Tuesday, injuring 17 people, one going missing and one women killed, damaging homes and triggering a landslide that blocked a major highway, informed…

Xinhua Canberra: Tens of thousands of South Australians have been left without electricity after an intense lightning storm swept across the state on Monday night, causing widespread damage and leaving an emergency services volunteer in…

SPA/APP Riyadh: The Diriyah Gate Development Authority (DGDA) has officially launched the second edition of the Rawi Diriyah (Diriyah Storyteller) competition to showcase and promote the rich culture and heritage of Saudi Arabia through…

Xinhua/APP Beijing: China’s national observatory on Tuesday morning issued a yellow alert as Typhoon Koinu approaches the southern and eastern parts of the country. It is the third most severe warning in its four-tier typhoon warning…

Xinhua/APP Los Angeles: A small plane crash in the U.S. state of Utah Sunday night killed four people, informed authorities on Monday. According to the Grand County Sheriff’s Office, the small plane crashed into the ground in a remote…

Xinhua/APP Hong Kong: A magnitude-5.7 earthquake jolted 132 km east of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea, at 0156 GMT on Tuesday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the epicentre, with a depth of 96.4 km, was initially determined to be…

AA/APP New Delhi: A magnitude-6.2 earthquake rocked the Indian national capital New Delhi and neighbouring parts on Tuesday afternoon, with the epicentre in Nepal. According to the National Center for Seismology of India, the…

AA/APP Dhaka: The Bangladesh death toll from dengue fever has surpassed 1,000 as it reported 17 new fatalities, the health department revealed on Sunday. According to the Ministry of Health Directorate General of Health Services…

News Desk London: With Britain gripped by the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation and inflation running at more than 6 percent alongside anaemic economic growth, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is struggling to convince voters that…