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Biden surveys collapsed Baltimore bridge, pledges help
WASHINGTON, April 6 ― President Joe Biden took an aerial tour yesterday of the collapsed Baltimore bridge that is blocking a key East Coast shipping lane, and he pledged federal help in rebuilding the span, an idea some Republican lawmakers
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Two dead, seven injured in new Russian strike on Kharkiv
KHARKIV (Ukraine), April 6 ― A new Russian strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, killed two civilians and injured seven early today, regional Governor Oleh Synehubov said on Telegram. Ukraine’s national police, also posting on Telegram, said the attack
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US, Japan, Australia and Philippines to hold ‘maritime cooperative activity’
MANILA, April 6 ― The defence forces of the United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will conduct “maritime cooperative activity” to support a free and open Indo-Pacific, the Philippines’ defence ministry said today. Naval and air force activities will
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Australia to appoint ‘special adviser’ on probe into Israel airstrike
SYDNEY, April 6 ― Australia’s government said today it would appoint a special adviser to work with Israel to ensure “full confidence” in investigations into an airstrike in Gaza that killed seven aid workers including an Australian. “The government will
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Yellen calls China meetings ‘productive’, seeks level playing field
GUANGZHOU, China, April 6 ― US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said today she had “productive conversations” with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on the bilateral economic relationship after two days of meetings in China’s southern export hub of Guangzhou. “The
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Baltimore shipping set to resume by end of April with full capacity by end of May
BALTIMORE, April 5 — The US Army Corps of Engineers said yesterday it expects to open a new channel to the Port of Baltimore by the end of April, freeing up commercial shipping blocked by a collapsed bridge, and then
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hilippines reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak on poultry farm
PARIS, April 5 — The Philippines has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a poultry farm in the centre of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (Woah) said yesterday. The
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US this week approved transfer of thousands of bombs to Israel, official says
WASHINGTON, April 5 — The United States granted approval this week for the transfer of thousands of additional bombs to Israel although they will not be delivered until at least next year, a Biden administration official said yesterday. The official
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Taiwan rescuers free nine from cave after quake
HUALIEN, April 5 — Nine people were freed from a winding cave in Taiwan’s mountainous east, while two others were located but feared dead, as rescuers pressed on with their search Friday for those still missing after the island’s biggest
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Israeli explanation for aid workers deaths ‘not good enough’, Australia PM says
SYDNEY, April 4 — Israel’s explanation for the deaths from an air strike in Gaza of seven aid workers, including Australian woman Zomi Frankcom, was “not good enough”, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said today. Israel said on Tuesday it
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