‘Like being inside an oven’: Extreme weather batters imprisoned people
As climate change makes extreme temperatures more frequent, many US prisons lack resources to address…
Month: August 2023
Rubiales’s mother goes on hunger strike to protest ‘bloody hunt’ on son
The Spanish football chief’s mother says her hunger strike would last until the ‘hunt’ against…
Typhoon Saola lashes northern Philippines as it heads for Taiwan
The typhoon which dumped heavy rains across northern Philippines is now moving towards Taiwan and…
World Athletics: Ukraine’s Mahuchikh wins gold, Dutch ‘steal’ women’s relay
Mahuchikh, who fled the Russian bombardment of her native city of Dnipro last year, wins…
Libya protests after foreign minister reportedly met with Israeli official
Najla al-Mangoush’s meeting with Israeli counterpart in Rome led to street protests in several Libyan…
US commerce secretary visits China, calls for ‘stable’ ties
Gina Raimondo says ‘profoundly important’ for two biggest economies to have a stable relationship.
Microsoft’s president on fresh bid for Activision Blizzard: ‘Up to the regulators’ to decide
Microsoft’s vice-chairman and president Brad Smith told CNBC the firm “really tried to take concerns…
South Korea’s seafood sellers reel as science fails to ease Fukushima fears
More than 90 percent of South Koreans say they will reduce their seafood consumption due…
Singapore’s OCBC bank suffers brief outage, shares gain 1%
OCBC card, branch and ATM services were restored at 10.37 a.m.
Australia wants normalized trade ties with China — but only after all trade curbs are dropped
Canberra is in dialogue with Beijing to drop tariffs on Australian wine imports that were introduced…
Indonesia’s absence from bigger BRICS echoes decades of non-aligned policy
Indonesian President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has said he does not want to ‘rush’ membership of…
Simone Biles wins record 8th US gymnastics title, a decade after her first
The four-time Olympic gold medallist broke the record for most all-around titles for a man…
Your boarding pass and weight, please: Why airlines are asking passengers to step on the scales
Airlines weigh passengers in the name of safety and fuel efficiency, often because it’s required…
Q&A: Sebastien Lai on father Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong ‘show trial’
The media tycoon has been in jail for three years awaiting trial under the territory’s…
‘Iconic hero’: Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin confirmed dead in crash
Genetic analysis confirms mercenary boss was killed after his aircraft went down in what appeared…
‘Iconic hero’: Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin confirmed dead in crash
Genetic analysis confirms mercenary boss was killed after his aircraft went down in what appeared…
ISIL doubled territory it controls in Mali in less than a year: UN
UN experts say the group now controls rural areas in eastern Menaka and large parts…
Iraq offers rewards for information on missing people from 1991 Gulf War
Baghdad calls on people with information about burial sites of missing persons from the Gulf…
Donald Trump campaign raises more than $7m by selling mugshot merchandise
Donation haul underscores how Trump’s legal woes have been a fundraising boon for his election…
High-level US delegation makes rare visit to rebel-held northwest Syria
It is the first such visit in six years since members of US Congress went…
