International
Jubilant Gustavo elected Colombia’s first leftist president
Ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro was elected the first ever left-wing president of Colombia on Sunday, after…
Strong quake hits eastern Taiwan: USGS
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Monday in Taiwan’s east, 38 kilometres south of Hualien city, the…
Bus attack kills 13 in northern Syria
Eleven soldiers and two civilians were killed in a bus attack in northern Syria on…
Russia stepping up attacks, Ukraine says, ahead of EU decision
Russian forces have stepped up their shelling in Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, Kyiv said…
Bankrupt Sri Lanka opens IMF talks, begins shutdown
Sri Lanka closed schools and halted non-essential government services on Monday, starting a two-week shutdown…
Philippine health official says Covid-19 cases start to peak
The steady uptick in the COVID-19 infections in the Philippines signals the start of the…
Emmanuel Macron loses parliamentary majority
Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron lost control of the National Assembly in legislative elections on…
Europe swelters in record June heat-wave
Spain, France and other western European nations on Sunday sweltered under a blistering June heatwave…
NATO warns of long Ukraine war as Russian assaults follow EU boost for Kyiv
The war in Ukraine could last for years, the head of NATO said on Sunday,…
Mother nature trying to ‘evict’ Everest base camp from glaciertop
Nepal is preparing to move the base camp for Mount Everest after it emerged that…
