UN warns paradigm shift needed to avert global climate chaos
Incheon (South Korea), Oct 8 : Avoiding global climate chaos will require a major transformation of society and the world economy that is “unprecedented in scale,” the UN said Monday in a landmark report that warns time is running out to avert disaster. Earth’s surface has warmed one degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) — enough […]
20 killed in New York state car crash: Police
New York, Oct 7 : Twenty people have been killed in a limousine crash in New York state, police confirmed Sunday, with local media reporting that it slammed into a crowd of pedestrians at a country store. Police said the accident occurred Saturday afternoon, describing in a brief statement two cars colliding in Schoharie County, […]
Pakistan PM promises ‘whistleblower’ law to fight corruption
Islamabad, Oct 7 : Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday promised a new law that will reward whistleblowers who help nab corrupt officials and politicians. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party won the July election campaigning on an anti-corruption reformist agenda, and has blamed the country’s economic woes on the alleged corrupt practices of his predecessors. […]
At least 11 dead in Haiti earthquake: Govt spokesman
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 7 : A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck just off the northwest coast of Haiti late Saturday, killing at least 11 people and causing damage to buildings in the Caribbean nation, authorities said. The epicenter of the quake was located about 19 kilometers (12 miles) northwest of the city of Port-de-Paix, the US Geological Survey […]
UN blasts India’s deportation of Rohingya to Myanmar
Geneva, Oct 5 : The UN slammed Friday India’s deportation of seven Rohingya men to Myanmar despite warnings they could face persecution in a country where the military is accused of genocide against the Muslim minority. The UN refugee agency said it was “greatly concerned” for the safety and security of the seven men who […]
Trump shrugs off report revealing fortune in tax dodges, parental gifts
New York, Oct 4 : US President Donald Trump has shrugged off an investigation by a prominent newspaper that concluded he made his fortune with the help of more than USD 400 million from his parents, partly through tax schemes, as a boring, rehashed “hit piece.” Trump has often boasted that he built a multi-billion […]
Wife of ex-Malaysian leader charged with money laundering
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 4 : Rosmah Mansor, the luxury-loving wife of Malaysia’s former prime minister, was Thursday charged with money laundering linked to a multi-billion-dollar scandal that helped bring down his government. The 66-year-old pleaded not guilty to 17 charges of money laundering at a court complex where her husband Najib Razak was also making a […]
US, Canada hold last-minute NAFTA talks as deadline looms
Montreal, Oct 1 : US and Canadian negotiators were holding eleventh-hour talks on Monday aimed at revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement ahead of a Washington-imposed deadline. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was to convene an emergency ministerial meeting at 10:00 pm (0200 GMT) on Sunday evening — two hours ahead of the deadline, […]
Mass burials to begin as Indonesia toll tops 800
Palu (Indonesia), Oct 1: Mass graves were being readied Monday for hundreds of victims of an Indonesian quake-tsunami as authorities battled to stave off disease and reach desperate people still trapped under shattered buildings. With the death toll already at over 830 and expected to rise further on the devastated island of Sulawesi, there were growing […]
Death toll in Indonesia quake-tsunami tops 800
Palu, Sep 30 : The death toll from a powerful earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia leapt to 832 Sunday, as stunned people on the stricken island of Sulawesi struggled to find food and water and looting spread. The new toll announced by the national disaster agency was almost double the previous figure. Indonesian vice-president Jusuf […]
