ABC News: TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a major Cabinet shake-up on Wednesday as he readies his team for the next federal election. Trudeau removed seven ministers and changed two-thirds of the portfolios. Defense, justice, public safety, health, heritage, fisheries and procurement are among the departments with new ministers. Only seven ministers […]
ABC News: BANGKOK — As Thailand grapples with the unexpectedly difficult task of naming a new prime minister, the most controversial former holder of the job, billionaire populist Thaksin Shinawatra, plans to return home next month from years of self-imposed exile, his daughter announced Wednesday. Thaksin’s planned Aug. 10 return, confirmed in a Facebook posting […]
Reuters: AMSTERDAM, July 26 – A fire blazed on a ship off the Dutch coast with nearly 3,000 vehicles on board on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring several others, the coastguard said. The fire began on Tuesday night on the 199-metre Panama-registered Fremantle Highway, which was en route from Germany to Egypt, forcing several […]
Reuters: MANILA/BEIJING/TAIPEI, July 26 – At least one person died as powerful typhoon Doksuri lashed the coastline of the northern Philippines with gale-force winds and torrential rain on Wednesday, bursting banks of rivers and leaving thousands without electricity. The rain bands of Doksuri pounded coastal communities, including isolated villages tucked away in tropical forests. Many […]
BBC News: More than 40 people have died – most of them in Algeria – in the Mediterranean wildfires threatening villages and holiday resorts, and thousands have been evacuated. Greece is preparing for more evacuation flights from Rhodes, as fires also rage on the islands of Corfu and Evia. The current long heatwave shows no […]
BBC News: Speculation on Qin Gang remained rampant on Wednesday, a day after he was removed as foreign minister just seven months into the job. No reason was given for Mr Qin’s removal, which was announced after an emergency meeting on Tuesday. His predecessor Wang Yi has been reappointed to the post. Official silence over […]
BBC News: The UK government has been sharply criticised by the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) for under-estimating the dangerous growth of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group. In a scathing report, the cross-party committee of MPs accused the government of what it called “a dismal lack of understanding” of Wagner’s activities in Africa. “We are deeply […]
Al Jazeera News: Pakistan’s Election Commission has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Imran Khan in the latest legal challenge facing the former prime minister. The latest case came on Monday, the same day Khan was granted bail by the Supreme Court in a different case. Khan has been slapped with more than 150 cases, […]
BBC News: Ohio authorities are investigating an incident in which a police officer released a dog on a black truck driver who was trying to surrender. The incident, which took place in the town of Circleville on 4 July, began after police tried to pull over a lorry that had failed to stop for inspection. […]
BBC News: At least 34 people have been killed and thousands evacuated after wildfires broke out across Algeria, the country’s interior ministry says. Outbreaks of 97 wildfires were recorded across 16 provinces affecting forest, crops and farmland on Monday. About 8,000 firefighters were working to bring the blazes under control, authorities said. Twenty-six people were […]
