Firefighters in the hills east of Adelaide in South Australia raced against time to contain bushfires on Thursday. The Bureau of Meteorology predicts temperatures well above 40 degrees near Adelaide from Friday through Monday as the heatwave advances east across the continent. Fires across some 25,000 hectares which have already destroyed 87 homes and killed … Read more
No fewer than 16 people were killed by a typhoon that swept across remote villages and popular tourist areas of the central Philippines on Christmas Day, disaster agency officials said. Typhoon Phanfone, with winds of 195 kilometres (120 miles) an hour, tore roofs off houses and toppled electric posts as it cut across the Philippines … Read more
Korean music group BTS has reached another YouTube milestone as the group’s music video for their most recent title track “Boy With Luv” surpassed 650 million views. The group reached the milestone today at approximately 12 p.m. KST, reports soompi.com This is about eight months, 13 days, and 18 hours since its release on April 12 … Read more
Public television reported that sirens sound of rocket fire from Gaza cut short a rally by Israeli Prime Minister,Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday evening as he campaigned for his party’s primaries the following day. It was the second time in recent months that rocket fire cut short one of his meetings. “A projectile was fired from the … Read more
Phanfone leapt from one small island leaving thousands stranded at evacuation centres at the height of the festive season on Wednesday, and residents cowered in rain-soaked homes. The typhoon toppled houses and trees and blacked out cities in the Philippines’ most storm-prone region, but no deaths were reported. Though weaker, Phanfone was tracking a similar … Read more
Jihadists in Burkina Faso have killed 35 civilians, mostly women, when they simultaneously attacked a town in the north and its military base in one of the deadliest assaults in nearly five years of jihadist violence in the West African country. Seven soldiers and 80 jihadists also died in the double attack Tuesday in Arbinda … Read more
More than 140,000 Libyans like Mohammed have fled their homes since April, when forces loyal to eastern based strongman Khalifa Haftar launched an assault on Tripoli, seat of the UN-recognised government. In central Tripoli, the grey skeletons of a highrise construction site – abandoned since 2008 due to a property dispute – now host more … Read more
An editor at The Christian Post, Napp Nazworth has resigned from the publication after it aligned itself with President Donald Trump, sign of the schism within the US evangelical community. The president lashed at Christianity Today, calling the publication founded by the Rev. Billy Graham a “far left magazine,” and the Christian Post accused its … Read more
A rush for scramble gift promotions left many injured in an Australian mall on Tuesday after hundreds of balloons with prizes inside were dropped on Christmas shoppers gathered below. Around 150 people jostled for prime position as two massive bags full of balloons hovered overhead in the shopping centre in Sydney’s western suburbs. When they … Read more
Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized Monday after an accident at his home in Brasilia, the latest health scare for the 64-year-old. “President Jair Bolsonaro fell at the Alvorada Palace. He was treated by the medical team of the Presidency of the Republic and taken to the Armed Forces Hospital,” a presidential spokesman said in … Read more
The South African Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, said 589 people have been killed since mid-November, the beginning of 2019 festive season. According to the minister, the fatalities came from 489 crashes. Mbalula said the toll remained high in spite of a 25 per cent drop from the same period in 2018, when 839 people … Read more
Embattled Boeing has announced that Dennis Muilenburg has resigned from his position as CEO and Board director. The current Chairman, David L. Calhoun, will be the next CEO and President of Boeing from January 13, 2020. This development comes after CEO Muilenburg was removed from his position as Chairman of the Board. Boeing’s 737 Max, … Read more
Five persons have been sentenced to death over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but two top figures investigated over the killing have been exonerated, Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said on Monday. “The court issued death sentences on five men who directly took part in the killing,” the prosecutor said in a statement. Saudi prosecutors … Read more
Libya’s east-based army has seized a Grenada-flagged ship with a Turkish crew off the Libyan coast, local media reported Sunday. “A vessel under the flag of Grenada, with a team of Turkish citizens on board, was detained,” the east-based Libyan National Army Spokesman Ahmad al-Mismari was quoted by local media as saying. The eastern forces, … Read more
French president Emmanuel Macron declared on Saturday that colonialism was a “grave mistake” and a “serious fault” made by the French Republic. He made the statement on Saturday during a joint press conference with the president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara. “Too often, France is perceived as taking a supremacy stance and to dress itself … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron said 33 terrorists had been neutralized in an operation by French forces in central Mali on Saturday. He said in a speech to the French community in the Ivory Coast that French soldiers had also released two Malian gendarmes being held by jihadists in the city of Mopti. Macron is visiting … Read more
Andrew Bailey, the former deputy of the Bank of England has been chosen as the institution’s new governor, to succeed Canadian Mark Carney. The Financial Times and other newspapers said Bailey, the head of the Financial Conduct Authority regulator and former deputy of the BoE between 2013 and 2016, would replace Carney. Canadian Carney, 54, … Read more
An overnight attack, allegedly carried out by terrorists, in Syria’s central province of Homs was targeted at an oil refinery and two gas fields, state news agency SANA reported on Saturday. The attack targeted the Homs oil refinery, as well as a gas factory and the Rayan gas field in Homs, causing damage to some … Read more
Thousands joined in fresh protest against a contentious citizenship law in India on Saturday, with 20 persons killed so far in the unrest. The death toll rises after demonstrations turned violent on Friday in the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, leaving at least 11 dead including an eight-year-old boy, who was trampled. On Saturday … Read more
Britain’s newly elected parliament prepared on Friday to move past years of partisan wrangling and initially approve Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s divorce deal with the EU. The all-but-certain outcome in the lower House of Commons will help Johnson on his way towards meeting his winning campaign promise to “get Brexit done” on January 31. But … Read more