NEW DELHI: Scientists and government authorities were working on an early warning system for glacial floods at a Himalayan lake in northeast India when it broke its banks this week with deadly consequences. Mountainous Sikkim state plunged into chaos on Wednesday as floods spurred by heavy rain and an avalanche […]
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SEOUL: North Korean state media on Friday (Oct 6) criticised France over the deployment of a patrol aircraft in waters near the peninsula, labelling it “outdated gunboat diplomacy”. The criticism comes after Japan’s foreign ministry announced earlier this week that France will conduct surveillance of illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship […]
BRUSSELS: This year is on track to become the hottest year on record, with the global mean temperature to date this year 0.52 degrees Celsius higher than average, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said today. The global temperature for January-September is also 1.4°C higher than the preindustrial average […]
WASHINGTON: A 45-day stopgap measure passed by the US Congress to avert a government shutdown has left potential funding shortfalls for strategic Pacific island states, which analysts and former officials say makes the US allies economically vulnerable and possibly more receptive to Chinese approaches. The Biden administration had hoped to […]
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo today emphasised the importance of military hardware modernisation but warned any spending should be done wisely as the state budget was limited. The archipelago nation of 270 million people, South-east Asia’s biggest economy, is seeking to modernise its military but has lagged its regional peers […]
SYDNEY: Australia said today it would retire its fleet of Taipan helicopters earlier than expected after a crash off its east coast in July during a joint military exercise with the United States killed four Australian aircrew. The Taipan fleet will not return to flying operations before the previously planned […]
TOKYO: US National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Japanese police jointly warned multinational companies of China-linked hacker group BlackTech in a cybersecurity advisory late yesterday. The joint advisory, which also came from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and its Japanese counterpart, urged firms to review […]
NEW YORK: A key selling point of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential run was that he was a businessman, not a politician. But his corporate empire, which served as proof to many voters of his economic credibility, is now in jeopardy after a judge ruled on Tuesday (Sep 26) that the […]
BERLIN: The Sky Shield air defence system initiated by Germany intends to bolster Nato’s protective capacity over Europe. DW has what you need to know about the plan, which began as a reaction to Russia’s war against Ukraine. The invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops has brought war back to […]
MANILA: The Philippines is exploring legal options against China accusing it of destruction of coral reefs within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, an allegation rejected by Beijing an attempt to “create political drama”. The Philippines foreign ministry late yesterday said it was awaiting assessments from […]