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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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Rumbling volcano shuts down Philippines’ capital
Schools and businesses shut across the Philippine capital today as a volcano belched clouds of ash across the city and seismologists warned an eruption could happen at any time, potentially triggering a tsunami. Thousands of people were forced to evacuate
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Oil dips on easing US-Iran tensions, eyes on China trade deal
Oil prices edged down today as fears of conflict between the US and Iran eased, although the decline was checked by the planned signing of an initial US-China trade deal this week, which could boost demand. Brent crude LCOc1 was
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Canadian community abuzz over possible move there by Royal couple
Towns on the southern end of Vancouver Island on Canada’s west coast are abuzz with interest over the possibility that Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will become semi-permanent residents there. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex sparked an
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Incessant Aussie bushfires ravage its PM’s approval ratings
MELBOURNE: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s approval rating has declined sharply in the face of horrendous bushfires that have killed 28 people and destroyed 2,000 homes, a closely watched poll showed today. Morrison has come under attack for being slow
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Canadian PM tells Iran crash vigil he will pursue justice
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his voice sometimes breaking, yesterday told a vigil for some of those killed in an Iranian plane disaster that he would “pursue justice and accountability” for what happened. Iran says it mistakenly shot down a
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Pelosi: Republicans will pay a price for denying impeachment witnesses
WASHINGTON: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said House Democrats will determine tomorrow when to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate and warned that Republicans will pay a political price for denying a trial with witnesses.
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