Category: World

One of the world’s rarest monkeys has been born at an Australian zoo. The male Francois’ Langur with its distinctive orange fur was born at Sydney’s Taronga zoo last week and has not yet been named. Critically-endangered, the animal is only found in China and Vietnam where it is threatened by poachers and loss of […]

A man wielding a knife stabbed and killed four officers at the police headquarters in the heart of central Paris on Thursday, before being shot dead. The premises were cordoned off after the lunchtime attack in the historic centre of Paris, usually thronged with tourists, and dozens of police and emergency vehicles had converged at […]

The year is 2025 and militants have attacked India’s parliament, killing most of its leaders. New Delhi retaliates by sending tanks into Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Fearing it will be overrun, Islamabad hits the invading forces with its battlefield nuclear weapons, triggering the deadliest conflict in history — and catastrophic global cooling, with temperatures […]

Saudi Arabia has fully restored oil output after attacks on its facilities last month and is now focused on the listing of Saudi Aramco, its energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said. The kingdom’s oil production capacity now stands at 11.3 million barrels per day, he told a Moscow energy conference on Thursday, adding: “We […]

France is opposed to any tax haven being set up next door to Europe, a government minister said on Thursday in commenting on talks regarding Britain’s plans to leave the European Union. “I do not want any tax haven next door to Europe,” State Secretary for European Affairs Amelie de Montchalin told C News television. She said […]

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in India on Thursday for a four-day long visit during which she is expected to sign agreements on increasing trade and investment and improving regional connectivity. Hasina is expected to meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday and is also scheduled to address a World Economic forum […]

Flash-mob rallies broke out in Hong Kong on Wednesday as anger mounted over police shooting a teenage protester who attacked officers in a dramatic escalation of the violent unrest that has engulfed the territory for months. A large crowd of demonstrators, including office workers in shirts and suits, mustered in a park and then began […]

Harvard University’s undergraduate admissions programme does not discriminate against Asian-American applicants, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday, rejecting a lawsuit brought by opponents of affirmative action and backed by the Trump administration. The lawsuit was brought by a group hoping to eventually overturn United States Supreme Court precedents that allow colleges to consider race as […]

The Mail on Sunday newspaper says it will defend itself “vigorously” against a lawsuit brought by Prince Harry’s wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. The newspaper said on Tuesday night it “stands by the story” in question, which concerns publication of a letter Meghan had written to her estranged father. “Specifically, we categorically deny that the […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-awaited pre-indictment hearing on corruption charges began on Wednesday in Jerusalem, as a jittery political world eagerly sought clarity on his legal standing amid the stalemate that followed the country’s second inconclusive election of the year. Netanyahu is currently struggling to prolong his lengthy rule by building a unity government […]