RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 17 — Brazil’s right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro said yesterday that he had not considered giving his father a government position in the event of victory,

CAIRO, Oct 17 — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said today that he would not seek to remain in office when his current term expires in 2030, describing the matter

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 — US President Donald Trump on Friday told supporters about his alleged attempt to have an ocean named after him and Google’s refusal to go along with

ROME, Oct 17 — Pope Leo XIV’s doctors yesterday deemed him “fit for discharge” from hospital following his lung cancer surgery, according to the Vatican. “Considering the blood tests, the

COLOMBO, Oct 17 — Sri Lanka suffered a nationwide electricity blackout today after the national grid tripped, possibly because solar power generation exceeded consumption, officials said. The country was without

  ENSENDADA, Oct 17 — A Mexican judge yesterday sentenced three men to more than 158 years’ imprisonment for the murder of two Australian surfers and their American friend in 2024, in

  SINGAPORE, Oct 17 — Ongoing fires in Indonesia that have blanketed parts of Southeast Asia with toxic haze have triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc’s climate and

  WASHINGTON, Oct 17 — President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday that waived sweeping US sanctions and tariffs targeting Russia’s energy revenues, marking a new low in Washington’s ties

  TOKYO, Oct 17 — Japan’s weather agency withdrew an erroneous alert for a magnitude 9.9 earthquake minutes after issuing it, apologising for the warning that disrupted transport. The Japan

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 — Donald Trump said yesterday he did not request a reduction in Starshield services for Ukraine, after tech billionaire Elon Musk insisted any limits on the SpaceX-operated