Jakarta ; Rescuers have recovered 34 bodies and rescued 155 survivors after a ferry capsized in waters off central Indonesia, a rescuer said on Wednesday. Spokesman of national search and rescue office Marsudi said the search mission will not stop for the time being since there is still a...
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Warsaw : Poland’s Supreme Court chief justice showed up at work on Wednesday in defiance of a retirement law pushed through by the right-wing government but criticised by the EU as undermining judicial independence.
The European Union on Monday launched legal action against Poland over the...
Geneva : The UN slammed Tuesday the devastating impact of Yemen’s three-year conflict on children, with some 2,200 minors killed, and many more going hungry, forced to fight or dying from preventable diseases.
“The relentless conflict in Yemen has pushed a country already on the brink...
YANGON : A lawyer for two Reuters journalists accused of breaching Myanmar’s draconian secrecy law on Monday said the pair were simply doing their job by reporting on a massacre of Rohingya Muslims and urged a judge to dismiss the case.
Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, are accused of...
Srinagar, : Incessant rains for the past two days in Indian-controlled Kashmir have pushed water level up in the rivers and streams, and authorities have declared floods in several parts, officials said Saturday. “The water level in Jhelum river crosses danger mark following heavy rain in...
PARIS, : Air pollution caused one in seven new cases of diabetes in 2016, according to a US study, which found even low levels raised the chances of developing the chronic disease. Diabetes has primarily been associated with lifestyle factors like diet and a sedentary lifestyle, but research by...
United States, June : In the shade of a car park in Maryland’s capital Annapolis, three journalists from the Capital Gazette typed grimly away — still without news of colleagues killed or injured when a gunman stormed the publication earlier Thursday.
“We’re putting out a...
Ahmadabad, India, June : Indian police urged people Wednesday not to believe false rumours spread on WhatsApp after a woman was killed and a dozen hurt in the latest mob attacks to leave authorities looking powerless. In the worst of the five assaults in the western state of Gujarat on Tuesday, a...
Paris, June : Poland’s Sports Minister Witold Banka has told AFP he is running for the presidency of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in 2019 and will seek unity between federations and governments to create a more effective platform.
Banka said WADA needed to bring sports federations and...
Ethiopia, June : A bomb blast at a mass rally in the Ethiopian capital killed at least three people and wounded some 164 others on Saturday, according to eyewitnesses and the Ethiopian Red Cross Society. Red Cross officials told Xinhua that the bomb attack hit as more than 3 million people...
