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Hundreds of thousands rally across Europe for Gaza ceasefire and flotilla activists
ROME, Oct 6 — Huge numbers turned out at pro-Palestinian rallies in Europe on Saturday, calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and the release of activists on board a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the territory.
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Trump claims ‘no boats left’ after deadly US anti-drug strikes off Venezuela
WASHINGTON, Oct 6 — President Donald Trump said yesterday that lethal strikes on small boats near the Venezuelan coast that US officials accuse of carrying drugs have been so successful “there are no boats” left in that area of the
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China cancels flights and ferries as Typhoon Matmo nears Hainan amid National Day holiday
HONG KONG, Oct 4 — Chinese authorities will cancel flights and ferries in Hainan tonight before Typhoon Matmo hits the southern province, likely disrupting a peak holiday travel period for the resort island. All flights to and from the provincial
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Manga pirate, real rebellions: Why demonstrators worldwide march under One Piece’s banner
PARIS, Oct 4 — With a yellow straw hat and a wicked toothy grin, he bobs among crowds of protesting youngsters from Asia to Africa to Latin America and Europe — a smirking reproach to governments everywhere. Born in the
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Manchester synagogue attack leaves two dead, police shoot suspect in ‘terrorist incident’ on Yom Kippur
MANCHESTER, Oct 3 — Akshata Kapoor with Peter Hutchison and Helen Rowe in London An attacker ploughed a car into a crowd outside a packed synagogue in Britain yesterday, a Jewish holiday, before going on a stabbing spree, killing two
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Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta, first confirmed fatality in Canada’s outbreak
MONTREAL, Oct 3 — An infant born prematurely in the western Canadian province of Alberta died as a result of measles, officials said yesterday, the first fatality linked to the disease’s resurgence in the country in the past year. “A
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Camille Senon, survivor of Nazi massacre and lifelong feminist activist, dies in France aged 100
BORDEAUX, Oct 3 — Camille Senon, a feminist and union activist who narrowly escaped the Nazi massacre in her French village of Oradour-sur-Glane died today aged 100, the mayor’s office said. Senon was a young woman when the Third Reich’s
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Trump eyes Nobel Peace Prize as committee quietly carries on without him
STOCKHOLM, Oct 3 — US President Donald Trump has made it clear he wants the Nobel Peace Prize when it is announced next week but experts predict he has little chance against those toiling on forgotten causes outside the limelight. The
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Death toll from Philippine quake rises to 72
MANILA, Oct 2 — The death toll from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck off the central Philippines late on Tuesday has risen to 72, the civil defence agency said. Another 294 people were injured, the agency said in a
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White House rejects Pope Leo comments on ‘inhuman’ migrant policy
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 — The White House defended President Donald Trump’s hardline migration policy yesterday after US-born Pope Leo XIV hit out the “inhuman” treatment of migrants in the United States. “Someone who says ‘I’m against abortion, but I’m in
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