BBC News: The Thai King’s eldest daughter collapsed from a heart condition on Wednesday evening, Thailand’s royal palace says. Princess Bajrakitiyabha, the eldest daughter of King Vajiralongkorn, collapsed while training her dogs northeast of Bangkok, the palace said. The 44-year-old was taken to a nearby hospital, then taken by helicopter to Bangkok, where she is […]
BBC NEws: The fighting began early on a bright autumn morning 60 years ago. On 23 October 1962 Chinese solders entered and engaged in intense artillery fire in what was then a far-flung Himalayan region in north-eastern India called North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA), bordering China and Bhutan. Today it is Arunachal Pradesh, an Indian state […]
Reuters: SEOUL, Dec 14 – U.S. Forces Korea launched a new space forces unit on Wednesday as the allies ramp up efforts to better counter North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile threats. The U.S. Space Forces Korea is the second overseas space component of the U.S. Space Force and is tasked with monitoring, detecting and […]
BBC News: Explosions were heard in the centre of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Wednesday, the city’s mayor says. Vitali Klitschko said blasts rocked the central Shevchenkivskyi district and emergency services had been dispatched. Air defence systems are at work, Kyiv Governor Oleksiy Kuleba says. BBC reporters heard loud explosions shortly after the air […]
BBC News: Moroccans are eagerly anticipating their team’s semi-final World Cup match against reigning champions, France. Morocco became the first Arab and African side to make it to a World Cup semi-final, after defeating Portugal last week in a shock result. Across Casablanca, a port city in western Morocco, café owners are setting up for […]
NDTV: The United Nations is worried about spreading hate and misinformation on social media networks, spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday. The UN spokesperson made these remarks after Elon Musk dissolved Twitter’s department that addresses harassment cases on the microblogging website. “We are very much concerned about how social media platforms become an environment that […]
Al Jazeera: At least 100 people have been killed and dozens injured by widespread floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s capital, Kinshasa. Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde said officials were still searching for more bodies. “We came to assess the damage and the primary damage we see […]
AL Jazeera: Nine months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, Britain is preparing for a long recession on the back of sky-high energy prices. France, where President Emmanuel Macron warned in August that the era of “abundance” was over, has witnessed fuel shortages and long queues at petrol stations in recent […]
Reuters: KYIV/WASHINGTON, Dec 14 – The United States was finalising plans to send its sophisticated Patriot air defence system to Ukraine in a potentially pivotal move while allies pledged just over 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion) to help Ukrainians survive the freezing winter. Washington could announce a decision as soon as Thursday on providing the […]
Reuters: SYDNEY – Future generations of New Zealanders will be banned from purchasing tobacco as part of a package of new anti-smoking laws that passed parliament on Tuesday and are among the most strict in the world. The suite of new laws include bans on selling tobacco to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, […]
BBC News: India says its forces have clashed with Chinese troops in a disputed area along the border, the first such flare-up in more than a year. The nations had been working to de-escalate tensions since a major clash killed at least 24 troops in 2020. But on Monday, the Indian army said there had […]
BBC News: Anti-government protesters blocked roads and stormed the international airport in Peru’s second city Arequipa as deadly unrest intensified on Monday. Supporters of leftist former President Pedro Castillo took to the streets in anger at his impeachment and arrest. Dina Boluarte, his successor and former deputy, proposed bringing general elections forward by two years […]
