Twitter losing $4m a day, Musk warns of bankruptcy
Reuters
11 November 2022 Technology
Facebook parent Meta to cut off 11,000 staff
AFP, Paris, France
9 November 2022 Business
US midterm: Control of Congress unclear in close battle
AP, Washington
9 November 2022 United States
Work together or face "collective suicide": UN chief at COP27
AFP, Egypt
7 November 2022 Climate action
Car bombs in Somalia leave at least 100 dead, 300 injured
Reuters, Mogadishu
30 October 2022 Africa & rest of the world
India successfully launches 36 OneWeb satellites
Star Digital Report
23 October 2022 India

Mortar shell hits Afghan wedding

At least six Afghan civilians were killed and several more were wounded when a mortar shell hit a house during a wedding ceremony in northern Kapisa province, security officials said yesterday.
30 May 2021

End of Netanyahu era nears?

Israeli far-right politician Naftali Bennett was expected to deliver a statement in which he is widely expected to throw his crucial support behind a “government of change” to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
30 May 2021

Florida shooting kills at least two, wounds 20

Two people were killed and at least 20 injured yesterday when three shooters fired indiscriminately into a crowd outside a concert in Miami, Florida,
30 May 2021

Italy extends entry ban for Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka

Italy extended Sunday an entry ban for people coming from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, as a continued precaution against the more transmissible Covid-19 variant first detected in India.
30 May 2021

2 dead, over 20 injured in Florida shooting: police

Two people died and an estimated 20 to 25 people were injured in a shooting outside a banquet hall in South Florida, police said.
30 May 2021

Sri Lanka launches probe after burning Singapore registered-ship leads to pollution crisis

Sri Lanka launched a criminal probe on Sunday into a massive container ship fire that has swamped the island nation's coast with plastic pollution in an unprecedented marine disaster.
30 May 2021

Pro-Palestine rally in Washington seeks end to US aid to Israel

More than 1,000 people rallied on Saturday in Washington in support of Palestinians, calling for an end to US aid to Israel.
30 May 2021

Oldest American, fastest woman on Everest return safely

A retired attorney from Chicago who became the oldest American to scale Mount Everest, and a Hong Kong teacher who is now the fastest female climber of the world’s highest peak, on Sunday returned safely from the mountain where climbing teams have struggled with bad weather and a coronavirus outbreak.
30 May 2021

India says will have 120 million vaccine doses for local use in June

India will have nearly 120 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines available for domestic use in June, the government said on Sunday.
30 May 2021

Monsoon likely to hit Indian coast around May 31

Monsoon rains are likely to hit India's southern coast around May 31, in line with typical patterns, the state-run India Meteorological Department said in its latest forecast on Sunday.
30 May 2021

End of Netanyahu era could be in the cards in Israeli political drama

Israel was gripped by political drama on Sunday over the possibly imminent end of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's record run as the country's leader.
30 May 2021

Cyclone-prone Odisha to include disaster, pandemic management in high school, college curricula

Prone to cyclones, the eastern Indian state of Odisha has decided to include disaster and pandemic management in the curricula of high school and college.
30 May 2021

Brazilians stage nationwide protests against President Bolsonaro's Covid response

Brazilians staged protests against President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in at least 16 cities across the country on Saturday, carrying signs such as "Out with Bolsonaro" and "Impeachment now."
30 May 2021

Myanmar Covid-19 outbreak hits health system shattered after coup

Breathless, fevered and without the extra oxygen that could help keep them alive, the new coronavirus patients at a hospital near Myanmar's border with India highlight the threat to a health system near collapse since February's coup.
30 May 2021

UK PM Johnson married fiancée in secret ceremony on Saturday

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married his fiancée Carrie Symonds in a secret ceremony at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, his office said on Sunday, confirming media reports.
29 May 2021

Kidnappers free 14 Nigerian students in northwest Kaduna state

Kidnappers have released the remaining 14 students who had been held captive after being abducted last month from a northern Nigerian university, a senior member of the teaching staff said on Saturday.
29 May 2021

Russia confirms second loan for Belarus, raises issue of detained citizen

Russia will move ahead with a second $500 million loan to Belarus next month, following talks between the two countries' leaders amid uproar in the West over the grounding of a passenger jet in Minsk and the arrest of a dissident blogger.
29 May 2021

Covid storm engulfs Everest

Mount Everest guide Buddhi Bahadur Lama has spent days isolated in a tent after testing positive for coronavirus, as an outbreak that climbers say
29 May 2021

Republicans block probe of US Capitol riot

Republicans in the US Senate on Friday derailed a bipartisan inquiry into the deadly assault on the Capitol by Donald Trump’s supporters, despite a
29 May 2021

Roadside bomb kills three Afghan university teachers

A roadside bomb hit a bus carrying university staff in northern Afghanistan yesterday, killing three teachers and wounding 15 others, police said on
29 May 2021