World’s oldest known person, French nun, dies at 118
Paris: A French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person has died a few weeks before her 119th birthday, the spokesperson for her nursing home in southern France said Wednesday. Lucile Randon, known as Sister Andre, was born in the town of Ales, southern France, on February 11, 1904. She was also […]
At Davos, UN chief warns the world is in a “sorry state”
Davos: The world is in a “sorry state” because of myriad “interlinked” challenges including climate change and Russia’s war in Ukraine that are “piling up like cars in a chain reaction crash,” the UN chief said at the World Economic Forum’s meeting Wednesday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered his gloomy message on the second day […]
EU lawmakers replace disgraced VP as suspect cuts plea deal
Strasbourg (France): European Union lawmakers voted on Wednesday to replace a disgraced former parliament vice president after a key suspect in a the cash-for-influence scandal rocking the EU assembly made a plea bargain with prosecutors, raising the prospect of more people getting named. Former European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili was removed from her post […]
Ukraine strike deaths hit 40; Russia seen preparing long war
Kyiv: The death toll from a weekend Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen to 40, authorities said on Monday, as Western analysts pointed to indications the Kremlin was preparing for a drawn-out war in Ukraine after almost 11 months of fighting. About 1,700 people lived […]
Black box of crashed Yeti Airlines aircraft recovered from accident site in Pokhara
Kathmandu: The black box of the crashed Yeti Airlines aircraft was recovered from the accident site on Monday, officials said, as rescue operations intensified to locate the four missing people. On Sunday, a Yeti Airlines plane with 72 people onboard, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in […]
Cambodian experts begin training Ukrainian deminers
Phnom Penh: Fifteen Ukrainian deminers are being trained by experts in Cambodia who are among the world’s best because of experience from clearing the leftovers of nearly three decades of war. The Ukrainian deminers are being hosted by the Cambodian Mine Action Centre, a government agency that oversees the clearing of land mines and unexploded […]
68 killed in Yeti Airline plane crash in Nepal
Kathmandu: At least 68 people were killed when a Nepalese passenger plane with 72 people onboard, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in central Nepal’s resort city of Pokhara on Sunday in the country’s deadliest plane crash in more than 30 years. Yeti Airlines’ 9N-ANC ATR-72 aircraft […]
Ukraine races to rescue people from Russian strike on Dnipro
Dnipro (Ukraine): Rescue workers in Ukraine scrambled on Sunday to pull survivors from the rubble of an apartment building hit a day earlier by a Russian missile in the southeastern city of Dnipro. Emergency crews worked through the frigid night at the multi-story residential building as the death toll rose to 23, according to the […]
Ukrainian officials report Russian missile attack on Kyiv
Kyiv: A series of explosions rocked Kyiv on Saturday morning and minutes later air raid sirens started to wail as an apparent missile attack on the Ukrainian capital was underway. Critical infrastructure in Kyiv was targeted, the deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said on Telegram. An unidentified infrastructure object was hit in […]
Iran hangs former defence ministry official over spy claim
Dubai: Iran said on Saturday it had executed a dual Iranian-British national who once held a high-ranking position in the country’s defence ministry despite international warnings to halt his death sentence, further escalating tensions with the West amid the nationwide protests now shaking the Islamic Republic. The hanging of Ali Reza Akbari, a close ally […]
