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Iran has made arrests over plane disaster as protests rage on
Iran said today it had arrested an undisclosed number of suspects accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner, as anti-government demonstrations triggered by the disaster entered the fourth day. Wednesday’s shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines flight
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Australia ‘open for business’ as cool change eases bushfire threat
Australia today urged international tourists to put aside concerns about raging bushfires after the United States downgraded a travel warning, even as thick smoke disrupted preparations for the Australian Open in Melbourne. Australia is experiencing one of its most severe
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Oscars: ‘Joker’ leads the nominations
Dark comic-book story “Joker” led nominations yesterday for the Oscars in the best picture lineup dominated by stories by or about men and featuring only one actor of colour despite efforts over the past few years to diversify the field.
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Oldest stuff on Earth found inside meteorite that hit Australia in 1969
WASHINGTON: A meteorite that crashed into rural southeastern Australia in a fireball in 1969 contained the oldest material ever found on Earth, stardust that predated the formation of our solar system by billions of years, scientists said yesterday. The oldest
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Koalas, wallabies endangered by Aussie bushfires
MELBOURNE: The Australian government committed A$50 million (US$34.58 million) to an emergency wildlife recovery programme yesterday, calling the bushfires crisis engulfing the country “an ecological disaster” that threatens several species, including koalas and rock wallabies. Huge wildfires have razed more
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Queen Elizabeth allows Harry, wife Meghan to exit senior royal role
SANDRINGHAM, England: Queen Elizabeth has reluctantly agreed to her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markhle’s wish for a more independent future after the British royal family held crisis talks yesterday to resolve a widening rift among the Windsors.
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Melbourne smothered in smoke as Aussie bushfires burn despite cool change
SYDNEY: Australia’s devastating bushfire season is far from over despite cooler weather this week, Victorian state officials warned today as Melbourne was blanketed by hazardous smoke. At least 180 fires continued to burn across Victoria and New South Wales (NSW)
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After Florida killings, Saudis withdraw 21 cadets from US
WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia will withdraw 21 cadets receiving military training in the US following a US investigation into a Saudi officer’s fatal shooting of three Americans at a Florida naval base that US Attorney General William Barr yesterday branded an
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Hours of forewarning saved US, Iraqi lives from Iran’s missile attack
AIN AL-ASAD AIR BASE: Nearly eight hours before Iran’s Jan 8 missile attack on US forces at bases in Iraq, American and Iraqi soldiers at Ain al-Asad air base scrambled to move personnel and weaponry to fortified bunkers, two Iraqi
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Denmark’s Little Mermaid vandalised with ‘Free Hong Kong’ graffiti
Unknown vandals have scrawled “Free Hong Kong” on Denmark’s most famous landmark, “The Little Mermaid”, a bronze statue that is especially popular with Chinese tourists. The 107-year-old sculpture, which depicts the little mermaid from 19th-century Danish author Hans Christian Andersen’s
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