Category: World

BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s lower chamber of deputies gave overall approval to libertarian President Javier Milei’s sweeping “omnibus” reform bill in a vote on Friday after days of debate, paving the way for a decisive vote in the Senate. The controversial reform package was approved on a vote of 144 votes in favor, and 109 […]

Jakarta – Arriving on a rickety boat in western Indonesia from squalid Bangladesh camps after weeks at sea late last year, hundreds of Rohingya refugees came to shore only to be turned around and pushed back. The persecuted Myanmar minority were previously welcomed in the ultra-conservative Aceh province, with many locals sympathetic because of their […]

SHANGHAI – China said on Saturday a small civilian vessel from the Philippines had “illegally placed itself on the beach” of an atoll in the South China Sea that both countries claim. The vessel, which landed on the Spratly Islands atoll on Friday, was there for supply purposes, the China Coast Guard posted on the […]

HANOI – All flights to and from the international airport in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi have been delayed or diverted to other cities on Friday due to heavy fog and worsening air pollution, said an airport official. Air Visual, an independent online air quality index monitor, said Hanoi’s levels of hazardous small particles known as PM2.5 […]

BRUSSELS – Farmers have blocked several border crossings between Belgium and the Netherlands, Belgian and Dutch traffic centres said on Friday, as they protest against grievances including taxes, rising costs, cheap imports and bureaucracy. The border crossing in the direction of Antwerp, Belgium’s second-biggest city and home to Europe’s second-biggest port, is one of the […]

BANGKOK – Activists in Thailand filed a petition on Friday seeking life bans for dozens of lawmakers of the Move Forward party, the latest in a series of moves to stifle a popular opposition that tried to review a tough law against insulting the monarchy. Complaints were submitted to the anti-graft commission to ban 44 […]

DAKAR – Senegal heads to the polls on Feb 25 to choose a successor to President Macky Sall who is not seeking a third term. For the first time in the West African nation’s history, the incumbent is not on the ballot. His handpicked successor, Prime Minister Amadou Ba, is among 20 candidates cleared by […]

 Several fatalities were reported on Thursday after a small plane crashed into and demolished a mobile home in Clearwater, Florida, officials said. Images posted online by the Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department showed flames and smoke billowing from the destroyed home. “I can confirm that we have several fatalities both from the aircraft and within” […]

MOSCOW – Russia’s election commission has found irregularities in the list of signatures that anti-war candidate Boris Nadezhdin submitted to back his bid to run against Vladimir Putin in an upcoming election, the TASS news agency said on Friday. Nobody expects Nadezhdin, 60, to win if he is allowed to run, given Putin’s long dominance […]

Three troops from the United States were killed and over 30 were wounded after a drone hit a military outpost known as Tower 22 in Jordan on Sunday, News18 reported. Following the strike, President Joe Biden said that the United States “will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner (of) our choosing.” […]