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Death toll from Indonesia ferry sinking jumps to 64
JAKARTA, Sept 27 — The death toll after a ferry sank in Indonesia’s Java Sea almost two weeks ago has jumped to 64, an official said yesterday, as rescuers extended […]
Thousands march in Madrid after 87-year-old woman evicted from lifelong home
MADRID, Sept 27 — Thousands of people marched through Madrid yesterday to protest the eviction earlier this week of an 87-year-old woman from her lifelong home, calling for greater protection […]
No deal: Trump rejects Iran truce proposal to reopen Hormuz
WASHINGTON, Sept 27 — AFP teams in Washington, Tehran and New York US President Donald Trump yesterday rejected a truce deal proposed by Iran that Tehran said could have reopened the […]
Concerns over ‘missing’ UK explorer Ranulph Fiennes
LONDON, Sept 26 — Mystery has engulfed the fate of legendary British adventurer Ranulph Fiennes, after relatives and friends went public claiming he was missing and his wife was isolating him […]
Orangutans reel as Indonesia’s raging blazes scorch habitats, haze suffocates survival
JAKARTA, Sept 26 — Wildfires that tore through Indonesian Borneo’s vast tropical forests have piled pressure on critically endangered Bornean orangutans, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said […]
Drought declared in three-quarters of India’s richest state
MUMBAI, Sept 26 — Drought has hit three-quarters of India’s richest state of Maharashtra, the government said today, after prolonged low rainfall in the region home to the megacity of Mumbai. […]
China says it ‘respects’ Trump’s calling AI ‘super intelligence’
BEIJING, Sept 26 — China “respects” Washington’s switch in phrasing from artificial intelligence to “super intelligence”, the foreign ministry said today, after Donald Trump said Xi Jinping appeared to like the […]
Pope to celebrate giant Paris mass after ‘peace’ appeal
PARIS, Sept 26 — Pope Leo XIV was today to celebrate an open-air mass for hundreds of thousands of believers on the Champs Elysees in Paris, after saying it was […]
Iran president says supreme leader backs new plan to reopen Hormuz
TEHRAN, Sept 26 — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran’s new plan to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz was coordinated with supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, state media reported today, […]
Killed American couple recovered from collapsed Athens building
ATHENS, Sept 26 — The bodies of an American couple visiting Greece were pulled today from an Athens building that collapsed following an explosion, officials said. Four other people were missing, […]