ROME: Italy put 23 cities on red alert as it reckoned with another day of scorching temperatures on Wednesday (Jul 19), with no sign of relief from the wave of extreme heat, wildfires and flooding that has wreaked havoc from the United States to China. The heat wave has hit […]
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GENEVA: The extreme heat in the northern hemisphere is putting an increasing strain on healthcare systems, hitting those least able to cope the hardest, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday (Jul 19). The WHO said the heat often worsens pre-existing conditions, saying it was particularly concerned about those with […]
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden, after a lengthy delay, on Monday (Jul 17) invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the United States for an official visit at a date to be determined, the White House and prime minister’s office said. Biden had held off extending the invitation out of […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday (Jul 17) his defence ministry was preparing proposals for a response to an overnight attack that damaged the road bridge linking Crimea to southern Russia, for which he blamed Ukraine. At the end of a televised video meeting with national and regional officials […]
WASHINGTON: Former US Vice President Mike Pence, who is running for the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential election, made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Thursday (Jun 29) to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “Freedom is winning in Ukraine, and now more than ever, we need to keep faith with […]
TAIPEI: Taiwan sighted two Russian frigates sailing off its eastern coast on Tuesday (Jun 28) and deployed surveillance ships and aircraft to monitor their movements, the island’s Ministry of National Defence said. The Russian warships were “detected sailing from south to north in the waters off our eastern coast” as […]
WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday (Jun 27) imposed sanctions aimed at disrupting gold mining activities that fund the Wagner Group in Africa, vowing to hold the mercenaries accountable for abuses days after they staged a mutiny in Russia. The measures against the Wagner Group had been previously planned but […]
HONG KONG: Amid intensifying military deployments across East Asia, high-level defence dialogue between China and the United States remains frozen. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not secure any progress on the issue during his visit to Beijing last week. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin attempted talks with China’s […]
OTTAWA: Canadian government regulators yesterday opened a safety investigation into the undersea implosion of a tourist submersible that killed all five people aboard during a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic. A debris field from the submersible Titan was found at the bottom of the North Atlantic on […]
SEOUL: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called key ally South Korea to discuss results of his visit to China this month, South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today. Blinken told South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin he had an honest, practical and constructive dialogue with the Chinese side, […]