Yearly Archives: 2024
A sense of normality
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Teenage student Aniksha is relieved to be back in class in India’s capital - even if the choking smog that...
Epic feast
UPI - An Australian restaurant has set a Guinness World Record by preparing a colossal 550 kilogrammes (kg) of kebab meat and chips to...
South Korea martial law commander denies knowledge of Yoon’s plans
SEOUL (AFP) - The senior South Korean military chief in charge of a brief period of martial law said yesterday he knew nothing in...
Police hunt for gunman who killed top insurance CEO
NEW YORK (AP) - Investigators are searching for clues that could help them identify the masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of...
Trump seeks to have Georgia election case dismissed, citing presidential immunity
ATLANTA (AP) - United States (US)President-elect Donald Trump is trying to get the Georgia election interference case against him dismissed, asserting that the state's...
Two kindergarteners wounded, gunman dead after school shooting
AP - Two children were in "extremely critical condition" after being shot at a K-8 school in Northern California in the United States (US)...
85 migrants rescued in Channel: French authorities
LILLE (AFP) - The French navy rescued 85 migrants trying to cross the Channel from France to England, maritime authorities said, the latest in...
Syria government forces battling to stop rebel advance on Hama
BEIRUT (AFP) - Syrian government forces were locked in heavy fighting around the central city of Hama, trying to halt an advance of extremist-led...
Sri Lanka to ink debt deals by year’s end, says minister
COLOMBO (AFP) - Cash-strapped Sri Lanka vowed yesterday to complete its long-delayed foreign debt restructure within the month before a 2025 budget adhering to...
Vietnam’s fruit, vegetable exports reach yearly target
HANOI (XINHUA) - Vietnam earned about USD6.6 billion from fruit and vegetable export in the first 11 months of 2024, realising the yearly target...