Yearly Archives: 2024
Jokowi calls on Indonesians to welcome year with optimism
JAKARTA (BERNAMA) - President Joko Widodo, in a post on his social media account yesterday, invited the public to welcome the new year with...
Picture this
WARSAW (AFP) - A disposable camera gave Daniel Skupio a voice as he kept his mind off drugs and built a new life.
Pouring over...
Nightmare for two Terengganu families as part of houses collapse in landslide
CHUKAI (BERNAMA) - Two families in Felda Neram 2 in Terengganu, Malaysia, faced some anxious moments when the back portion of their houses suddenly...
Bionic hope
KYIV (AP) - When Alexis Cholas lost his right arm as a volunteer combat medic near the front lines in eastern Ukraine, his civilian...
Melodic endurance
UPI - A Ghanaian woman attempted to break a Guinness World Record by singing for 126 hours and 52 minutes.
Afua Asantewaa, an entrepreneur and former...
Nearly 30,000 migrants crossed Channel to UK in 2023
LONDON (AFP) - Nearly 30,000 migrants crossed the Channel to Britain from mainland Europe in small boats in 2023, an annual drop of more...
Tens of thousands hold anti-Israeli protest in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (AFP) - Tens of thousands marched in Istanbul yesterday to protest Israel’s war in Gaza and the killing of Turkish soldiers by outlawed...
Arrests in Germany over cathedral attack plot
BERLIN (AP) - Three more people were detained on Sunday in connection with a reported threat of an attack on the Cologne Cathedral over...
Italy confines migrant rescue ship for 20 days
Marseille (AFP) - Italian authorities have detained the Ocean Viking migrant rescue vessel for 20 days over its alleged failure to follow a prescribed...
Eastern Russia on ‘alert’ over tsunami risk
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia's Sakhalin island and the Pacific city of Vladivostok were on alert yesterday to a possible tsunami risk after a major...