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Taiwanese voters have chosen William Lai as their president in a historic election, cementing a path that is increasingly divergent from China. The result is likely to anger Beijing, which calls Lai a “troublemaker” for his views on independence. China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own. While it has called for “peaceful reunification”, it has […]
- Taiwan elects William Lai president in historic election (Category: Breaking News)
- Biden and Xi Jinping to meet in California (Category: Breaking News)
- Taiwan unveils new submarine to fend off China (Category: Breaking News)
- Belt and Road Initiative: Is China’s trillion-dollar gamble to transform the world working? (Category: Breaking News)
US and UK naval forces in the Red Sea have launched air strikes against Houthi rebel targets across Yemen. US officials say warship-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles and fighter jets hit more than 12 sites, including in the capital, Sanaa, and Hudaydah, the Houthi Red Sea port stronghold. The strikes are in response to repeated attacks […]
- US and UK launch fresh strikes on Houthis (Category: Breaking News)
- Strikes & Protests: Everything, Everywhere, All At Once To Block The IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian missile strikes kill 21 in Odesa region (Category: Breaking News)
- HNB strikes Gold and Silver at SLIM DIGIS 2.2 (Category: Breaking News)
US and UK forces have carried out air strikes against Houthi rebel targets in Yemen. Strikes are reported in the capital Sanaa, the Houthi Red Sea port of Hudaydah, Dhamar and north-western Houthi stronghold of Saada President Biden says the strikes are in response to attacks by the Iranian-backed Houthis on ships in the Red […]
- Three strikes but still open (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- US and UK launch fresh strikes on Houthis (Category: Breaking News)
- US and UK launch new round of strikes against Houthi sites in Yemen (Category: Breaking News)
- Yemen s Houthis vow response after U.S., British strikes (Category: Breaking News)
A huge ancient city has been found in the Amazon, hidden for thousands of years by lush vegetation. The discovery changes what we know about the history of people living in the Amazon. The houses and plazas in the Upano area in eastern Ecuador were connected by an astounding network of roads and canals. The […]
- House votes to impeach homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (Category: Breaking News)
- Kenneth Eugene Smith faces first nitrogen execution in US after losing last-minute appeals (Category: Breaking News)
- Crucial Red Sea data cables cut, telecoms firm says (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunmen storm Ecuador television studio live on air (Category: Breaking News)
Donald Trump returned to Manhattan Supreme Court on Thursday for the last day of his fraud trial, lashing out in court at the attorney general who brought the case. A judge has already determined that Trump family members and executives fraudulently inflated assets to secure favourable loans. But the trial will determine damages. New York […]
- Trump ordered to pay $355m to New York for lying to banks (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
- Defiant Trump turns up at $250m New York fraud trial to blast ‘scam’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Donald Trump ordered to pay $83.3m for defaming E Jean Carroll (Category: Breaking News)
Iran has seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman. Armed men wearing masks reportedly boarded the vessel St Nikolas, close to the Omani port of Sohar, and ordered it to sail to an Iranian port. Iranian state media, quoting the navy, said the seizure was in retaliation for the ship and […]
- COP28: UN climate talks in jeopardy in fossil fuel backlash (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan holds election tainted by rigging claims (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunmen storm Ecuador television studio live on air (Category: Breaking News)
- Crucial Red Sea data cables cut, telecoms firm says (Category: Breaking News)
At least eight people have died after major rioting and unrest hit Papua New Guinea’s capital, Port Moresby. Shops and cars were set on fire and supermarkets looted after police went on strike over a pay dispute. Hundreds had taken to the streets on Wednesday. In the aftermath, Prime Minister James Marape addressed the nation […]
- Africa’s ‘flying presidents’ under fire (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian jet carrying Ukrainian PoWs crashes – Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan jet crash: Passengers describe chaos inside flight 516 (Category: Breaking News)
- How Hamas built a force to attack Israel on 7 October (Category: Breaking News)
The US and UK have hinted they could take military action against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, after they repelled the largest attack yet on Red Sea shipping. Carrier-based jets and warships shot down 21 drones and missiles launched by the Iran-backed group on Tuesday night. The allies warned of “consequences” for such attacks. Asked about potential […]
- UK-owned ship damaged in Houthi missile attack off Yemen, US says (Category: Breaking News)
- US launches fourth round of strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen (Category: Breaking News)
- Oil tanker on fire after Houthi missile attack, firm says (Category: Breaking News)
- Cargo ship attacked off Gujarat coast (Category: Breaking News)
The Somali armed Islamist group al-Shabab has seized a United Nations helicopter, along with about eight people, both passengers and crew, local sources have told the BBC. The helicopter landed in territory controlled by the group in central Somalia. Some reports said it had been forced
- US grounds entire Osprey fleet after fatal crash in Japan (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion (Category: Breaking News)
- Former president of Chile Sebastián Piñera dies in helicopter crash (Category: Breaking News)
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- ICJ Ruling On Israeli Genocide In Gaza; Stopped Short Of Ordering A Ceasefire (Category: Breaking News)
- Partial West & Shameful Muslim Leaders Complicit In Israel’s War Crimes In Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- Disturbing Echoes Of The Last Phase Of The Civil War In Sri Lanka & The Treatment Of Palestinian... (Category: Breaking News)
- Palestine & Ukraine: Two More Nails In Imperialism’s Coffin? (Category: Breaking News)
Ecuador’s president has ordered that criminal gangs be “neutralised” after days of violence culminated in an attack on a television studio. Masked gunmen broke into public television channel TC’s live studio during a broadcast, forcing staff to the floor. Police made 13 arrests following the attack, which injured two employees. At least 10 people have […]
- Taiwan elects William Lai president in historic election (Category: Breaking News)
- Kate in hospital after surgery as King to get prostate treatment (Category: Breaking News)
- Flights cancelled as regulator grounds Boeing 737 Max 9s over blowout (Category: Breaking News)
- Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (Category: Breaking News)
The year 2023 has been confirmed as the warmest on record, driven by human-caused climate change and boosted by the natural El Niño weather event. Last year was about 1.48C warmer than the long-term average before humans started burning large amounts of fossil fuels, the EU’s climate service says. Almost every day since July has […]
- Crucial Red Sea data cables cut, telecoms firm says (Category: Breaking News)
- UK-owned ship damaged in Houthi missile attack off Yemen, US says (Category: Breaking News)
- Hungary’s parliament clears path for Sweden’s Nato membership (Category: Breaking News)
- House votes to impeach homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (Category: Breaking News)
Masked gunmen have broken into a live television studio in Ecuador and threatened terrified staff. Employees were forced on to the floor during the broadcast by the public television channel TC in the city of Guayaquil before the live feed cut out. Police say they later freed all the staff and made 13 arrests, showing […]
- Huge ancient city found in the Amazon (Category: Breaking News)
- Kenneth Eugene Smith faces first nitrogen execution in US after losing last-minute appeals (Category: Breaking News)
- House votes to impeach homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (Category: Breaking News)
- Alaska Airlines grounds 737 Max 9 planes after section blows out mid-air (Category: Breaking News)
The slaughter and sale of dogs for their meat is to become illegal in South Korea after MPs backed a new law. The legislation, set to come into force by 2027, aims to end the centuries-old practice of humans eating dog meat. Dog meat stew, called “boshintang”, is considered a delicacy among some older South […]
- Kim Jong Un ‘to visit Putin for weapons talks’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Nikki Haley exits race but stops short of endorsing Trump (Category: Breaking News)
- EU says starvation in Gaza being used as a weapon (Category: Breaking News)
Chinese authorities say they have detained an individual alleged to be spying for Britain’s foreign intelligence service, MI6. China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) said the individual was a foreigner and was trying to collect information inside the country. It is the latest arrest in a campaign by Chinese security to clamp down on foreign […]
- China sends top envoy Wang Yi to Russia for security talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Taiwan unveils new submarine to fend off China (Category: Breaking News)
- Top US diplomat says China balloon over US is ‘unacceptable’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Former CIA hacker sentenced to 40 years in prison (Category: Breaking News)
Thousands of passengers face flight cancellations after major US airlines grounded dozens of Boeing jets after a mid-flight blowout over Oregon. The US aviation regulator said 171 Boeing 737 Max 9s must be grounded for checks after part of an Alaska Airlines plane’s fuselage fell off on Friday. Alaska said flight disruptions are expected to […]
- Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Cockpit window crack forces ANA Boeing flight in Japan to turn back (Category: Breaking News)
- US to investigate Boeing 777’s mysterious nosedive (Category: Breaking News)
At least 14 polling stations in Bangladesh have been set on fire, including one on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka. The wave of attacks comes a day before the country goes to the polls. On Friday, a busy commuter train was allegedly set on fire, killing four passengers. Most opposition parties are boycotting the […]
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
- Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (Category: Breaking News)
A passenger plane lost a section of its fuselage in mid-air forcing it to make an emergency landing in the US state of Oregon. The Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 turned back minutes into its flight to California after an outer section, including a window, fell off on Friday. There were 177 passengers and […]
- House votes to impeach homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (Category: Breaking News)
- Kenneth Eugene Smith faces first nitrogen execution in US after losing last-minute appeals (Category: Breaking News)
- Huge ancient city found in the Amazon (Category: Breaking News)
- Crucial Red Sea data cables cut, telecoms firm says (Category: Breaking News)
Indian navy commandos have rescued sailors on a ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia’s coast on Thursday. A navy statement said all 21 crew members had been evacuated from the citadel – the vessel’s fortified area. No pirates were found on the MV Lila Norfolk, it said. A warning had been issued to the pirates […]
- India to citizens in Canada: exercise utmost caution (Category: Breaking News)
- US congressman carjacked at gunpoint in Washington DC (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- US grounds entire Osprey fleet after fatal crash in Japan (Category: Breaking News)
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been freed on parole from a South African jail, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Officials confirmed Pistorius was “at home” on Friday morning, having served half of his more than 13-year sentence. Ms Steenkamp’s mother said she accepted the decision to release the former athlete – but […]
- COP28: UN climate talks in jeopardy in fossil fuel backlash (Category: Breaking News)
- Namibia’s president Hage Geingob dies aged 82 (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia confirms damage to warship in Black Sea (Category: Breaking News)
- Deadly blast hits market in Russia-held Ukraine city, officials say (Category: Breaking News)
A money-hungry pooch was in the dog house for chewing up $4,000 (£3,153) cash that his owners had left out. Cecil, a golden poodle from Pennsylvania, has gone viral for snacking on the envelope of money his owners had set aside for a contractor. Clayton and Carrie Law pieced together most of the shredded bills […]
- Kenneth Eugene Smith faces first nitrogen execution in US after losing last-minute appeals (Category: Breaking News)
- Namibia’s president Hage Geingob dies aged 82 (Category: Breaking News)
- Corruption scandal threatens PM Kishida’s government (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan holds election tainted by rigging claims (Category: Breaking News)
A student shot six people, one of them fatally, at a high school in the US state of Iowa before taking his own life on the first day back from holiday break, police said. A “pretty rudimentary” improvised explosive device was found by investigators at Perry High School, police said, and rendered safe. Five of […]
- Kenya mid-air collision kills student pilot and trainer (Category: Breaking News)
- Sixty Jamaican children hospitalized after eating cannabis sweets (Category: Breaking News)
- More than 50 killed and dozens injured in Pakistan blast (Category: Breaking News)
- Bystanders prevent attempt to burn down Dr Martin Luther King’s birth home (Category: Breaking News)
A US court has released a list of people connected to the financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Some of those named are accused of wrongdoing, while others on the list – which was expected to include some high-profile individuals – are making allegations or are potential witnesses. A judge ordered the release as part […]
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
- Hungarian President Katalin Novak resigns over child abuse pardon scandal (Category: Breaking News)
At least 73 people have been killed by two bomb explosions near the tomb of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on the fourth anniversary of his assassination by the US, Iran’s state media report. State broadcaster Irib said another 171 people were wounded when the blasts hit a procession near the Saheb al-Zaman mosque in the […]
- Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
- Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Organisers investigating controversial finish of Beijing half marathon (Category: Breaking News)
First came the shock, as the Airbus A350 carrying 379 people collided with a second plane while landing in Tokyo. Then came heat and smoke as the jet sped along the runway in flames. Then survival instinct kicked in, as people scrambled to flee a cabin filling with fumes, knowing that lives depended on the […]
- Russian jet carrying Ukrainian PoWs crashes – Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
- At least eight dead after major rioting and unrest in Papua New Guinea (Category: Breaking News)
- How Hamas built a force to attack Israel on 7 October (Category: Breaking News)
- Africa’s ‘flying presidents’ under fire (Category: Breaking News)
Rescue efforts continue in Japan after at least 62 people were killed in a powerful earthquake that hit the country on New Year’s Day. Homes collapsed, buildings caught fire and roads were extensively damaged, hindering the work of rescue services. The epicentre of the 7.6 quake was the Noto peninsula, in central Japan. The Prime […]
- New Turkey earthquake leaves three dead and people trapped under rubble in Hatay (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 1000 dead and hundreds injured in Morocco Earthquake (Category: Breaking News)
- Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion (Category: Breaking News)
- Mindanao island hit by two powerful quakes but tsunami threat has passed -US Tsunami Warning Sys... (Category: Breaking News)
Israel has insisted the assassination of a Hamas leader in Beirut was not an attack on Lebanon, as its enemies warned of “punishment” for his death. An Israeli spokesman said Saleh al-Arouri had died in a “surgical strike against the Hamas leadership”. Hamas condemned the death, while its ally Hezbollah said it was an assault […]
- Hezbollah steps back from all-out war on Israel over Gaza – for now (Category: Breaking News)
- How Hamas built a force to attack Israel on 7 October (Category: Breaking News)
- Crucial Red Sea data cables cut, telecoms firm says (Category: Breaking News)
- WHO says Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital a death zone, as hundreds leave (Category: Breaking News)
A Chinese foreign exchange student has been found freezing but alive in the US after his parents were extorted out of tens of thousands of dollars in a “cyber kidnapping” scam. Kai Zhuang was discovered “very cold and scared” in a tent in rural Utah, Riverdale Police said in a statement. The 17-year-old is believed […]
- Gunmen storm Ecuador television studio live on air (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan election: Final results give Khan-backed candidates lead (Category: Breaking News)
- COP28: UN climate talks in jeopardy in fossil fuel backlash (Category: Breaking News)
- Kansas City shooting: One dead and 21 injured near Super Bowl parade (Category: Breaking News)
The leader of South Korea’s political opposition was stabbed at a news conference in the southern port city of Busan, Yonhap news agency reports.The post South Korea opposition leader stabbed in Busan appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- South Korea opposition leader stabbed in Busan (Category: Breaking News)
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- South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung stabbed in neck (Category: Breaking News)
- South Korea opposition secures landslide victory in parliamentary vote (Category: Breaking News)
India’s space agency has successfully launched a rocket that is carrying an observatory which will study astronomical objects like black holes. It was launched from Sriharikota spaceport at 09:10 local time (03:40GMT) on Monday. This is only the second mission in the world of this nature after Nasa launched one in 2021. The space agency […]
- India aims to send astronaut to the Moon by 2040 (Category: Breaking News)
- Nasa confirms return of asteroid Bennu samples (Category: Breaking News)
- India successfully launches its first mission to the Sun (Category: Breaking News)
- Ugandan athlete stabbed to death in Kenya – reports (Category: Breaking News)
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