UK blacklists Palestine's Hamas

Britain's interior minister Priti Patel on Friday said she had banned the Palestinian militant group Hamas in a move that brings the UK's stance on Gaza's rulers in line with the United States and the European Union.
19 November 2021

UN explains $6 bn plan to Elon Musk to end world hunger

The United Nations' World Food Programme chief presented a plan on how they would spend $6.6 billion to combat world hunger as a response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who claimed he would sell Tesla stock to fund a plan only if the WFP could describe how it would work.
18 November 2021

Canada's British Columbia declares emergency post floods, death toll expected to rise

The Canadian Pacific coast province of British Columbia declared a state of emergency Wednesday following floods and mudslides caused by extremely heavy rainfall, and officials said they expected to find more dead.
18 November 2021
18 November 2021
18 November 2021

US throws support behind treaty to curb plastic

The United States yesterday threw its support behind negotiations on a treaty to curb plastic pollution, ending a key holdup in international efforts to clean up the planet’s oceans and save marine life.
18 November 2021
18 November 2021

Canada death toll set to rise as floods ravage Pacific coast

Canada is sending the military to help evacuate and support communities hit by “catastrophic” flooding, with the death toll expected to rise after record rainfall on the Pacific coast triggered a state of emergency Wednesday.
18 November 2021

Google agrees 5-year deal to pay AFP for online content

Google and Agence France-Presse on Wednesday said they had signed a “pioneering” five-year deal under which the world’s
18 November 2021

US drug overdoses top 100,000 in pandemic year

US annual drug overdose deaths surged to more than 100,000 for the first time during the Covid-19 pandemic, a crisis driven
18 November 2021

Taiwan commissions advanced new F-16s 

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen yesterday lauded military cooperation with Washington as she commissioned the first combat wing
18 November 2021
18 November 2021

Quotes of the day

The Philippines Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin after Chinese coast guard vessels used water cannon on Filipino resupply boats in the South China Sea" layout="left"]China has no law enforcement rights in and around these areas. They must take heed and back off.”
18 November 2021

Fresh protests after 15 killed in Sudan

Street clashes again shook Sudan’s capital yesterday a day after security forces shot dead 15 protesters in the bloodiest day since the military’s October 25 takeover.
18 November 2021

‘Risk of extremism’ rising Warns UN envoy, says IS now appears present in all Afghan provinces

The UN envoy to Afghanistan on Wednesday delivered a bleak assessment of the situation following the Taliban takeover, saying that an affiliate of the Islamic State group has grown and now appears present in nearly all 34 provinces.
18 November 2021

4 Bangladeshis send legal notice to Mark Zuckerberg to prevent misuse of Facebook

Four Bangladeshi citizens sent a legal notice today to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, owner of Facebook among others, requesting him to take necessary steps in three days to prevent the abuse and misuse of Facebook, which is allegedly disrupting communal harmony in Bangladesh.
18 November 2021

Europe only part of world with rising Covid-19 deaths: WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says coronavirus deaths in Europe have risen by 5 percent in the last week, making it the only region in the world where fatalities have increased.
18 November 2021

Malcolm X assassination: 2 convicts to be cleared after over half a century

Two of the three men convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X are set to be cleared Thursday after insisting on their innocence since the 1965 killing of one of the United States’ most formidable fighters for civil rights, Manhattan’s top prosecutor said Wednesday.
17 November 2021

New York auction smashes record for Frida Kahlo work

A rare painting by Frida Kahlo sold in a New York auction house Tuesday for almost $35 million, a record price for a work by the
17 November 2021

Sleaze row: UK PM faces grilling from lawmakers

Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a parliamentary grilling yesterday over sleaze allegations, as tensions ran high within his Conservative party due to his proposals to ban MPs from paid political consultancy work.
17 November 2021