Lion escapes into heavy traffic in Pakistani city of Karachi
An adult lion escaped from a private vehicle amidst heavy traffic in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Tuesday, causing panic for two hours before it was recaptured, Pakistani ...
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Syria’s Aleppo airport to resume operations following air strike
Air traffic at Syria’s Aleppo airport will resume on Tuesday following an Israeli air strike.
Operations will restart at the airport at midnight, Syria’s transport ministry said.
An ...
Zimbabwe opposition calls for re-run of elections and African mediation
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party on Tuesday called for last week’s elections to be re-run, saying the polls were riddled with flaws and calling on other African countries to ...
Wagner’s Prigozhin buried privately in St Petersburg cemetery
The funeral of Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in a plane crash last week, was held privately at a cemetery on the outskirts of his hometown St ...
Eminem asks Ramaswamy to not use his music in presidential campaign
US rapper Eminem has asked Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire former biotech executive, to not use his music during his presidential campaign, according to a letter disclosed this ...
Russian nationalist Girkin loses appeal against detention
Prominent Russian nationalist Igor Girkin failed in an appeal on Tuesday against his pre-trial detention on charges of inciting extremism, a Moscow court said.
Girkin, also known as Strelkov, has ...
London’s contentious clean air zone extends to entire city
By Sachin Ravikumar
A London scheme to cut traffic emissions by imposing a daily charge on the most polluting vehicles expanded to the whole of the British capital on Tuesday, ...
Plastic levels in Swiss-French lake as high as world’s oceans
Lake Geneva, nestled at the foot of the Alps, has long been considered as a near-pristine body of water, but new research has found that its plastic pollution levels are ...
Ukraine mourns ace fighter pilot ‘Juice’ killed in collision
Hundreds of Ukrainians attended a church ceremony on Tuesday to pay their last respects to a celebrated fighter pilot with the callsign Juice who was killed in an air disaster ...
Pope did not aim to glorify imperialism in remarks on Russian tsars – Vatican
Pope Francis did not intend to glorify Russian imperialism when he extolled tsars that expanded the Russian empire, the Vatican said on Tuesday, after remarks last week that were criticised ...
Pakistan ex-PM Khan’s graft conviction suspended, but no quick release
A Pakistani court on Tuesday suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent conviction on corruption charges, his lawyer Naeem Panjutha said, but it will not lead to his release ...
‘Hundreds of thousands’ trafficked into SE Asia scam centres – UN
Hundreds of thousands of people are being trafficked by criminal gangs and forced to work in scam centres and other illegal online operations that have sprung up across Southeast Asia ...
Air pollution now a major risk to life expectancy in South Asia – study
Rising air pollution can cut life expectancy by more than five years per person in South Asia, one of the world’s most polluted regions, according to a report published ...
Oil steadies as demand worries counter supply concerns
Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday as investors weighed the enduring possibility of another US interest rate hike undercutting demand against supply concerns emanating from a hurricane hurtling towards ...
‘Revenge travel’ could be here to stay
The post-pandemic trend of people prioritising travel could be a more permanent change in consumers’ spending habits, the head of Ireland’s largest hotel group Dalata (DHG.I) said on ...
Ukrainian children fall behind with no let-up in attacks on schools-UNICEF
Persistent wartime attacks on schools in Ukraine mean that only about a third of school-age children there are attending classes fully in person and many are falling behind, the U....
Fan who threw bucket at goalkeeper jailed in Australia
The Melbourne Victory fan who threw a bucket of sand in the face of Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover during a violent pitch invasion at an A-League match last year ...
Australian scientists make world-first discovery of parasitic worm in woman’s brain
An Australian scientist detailed on Tuesday a world-first discovery after an 8-cm (3-inch) -long parasitic worm was found in the brain of a woman in Canberra, spotlighting the risks of ...
Toyota’s Japan production at standstill as system failure hits assembly plants
Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) on Tuesday said it has suspended operations at all 14 of its assembly plants in Japan due to a production system malfunction, bringing domestic output to a ...
Russian tourism in Crimea is down, but many still shrug off risks
In years past, Siberian Viktor Motorin could hop on a plane and arrive in Crimea just four hours later to relax at his holiday apartment. Now he must fly first ...
French ban of abaya robes in schools draws applause, criticism
The French government’s decision to ban children from wearing the abaya (a long black long-sleeved robe worn by Muslim women, often with a headscarf or veil), the loose-fitting, full-length ...
England hit rankings low ahead of Rugby World Cup
If a first defeat by Fiji was not bad enough, England have also fallen behind the Pacific Islanders in the World Rugby rankings, with Steve Borthwick’s side dropping to ...
US Open order of play on Tuesday
Order of play on the main show courts on the second day of the U.S. Open on Tuesday (play 1500 GMT/11 AM ET unless stated, prefix number denotes seeding):
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Sakkari may take a ‘break’ from tennis after early US Open exit
Greek world number eight Maria Sakkari said she may take a break from tennis after suffering an opening-round exit at the U.S. Open.
The 28-year-old crashed out after a 6...