Kosovo buys Turkish Bayraktar drones
Kosovo has bought a batch of Turkish-made Bayraktar drones, its leader said on Sunday, at a time when it faces unrest in the north where ethnic Serbs refuse to recognise ...
Turkey increases fuel tax as it bolsters stretched budget
Turkey raised tax on petrol on Sunday to help to fund a 1.12 trillion lira ($42.2 billion) increase to its 2023 budget after February’s earthquakes and the May presidential election sent spending ...
China, Russia to start joint air and sea drill in Sea of Japan
A Chinese naval flotilla set off on Sunday to join Russian naval and air forces in the Sea of Japan in an exercise aimed at “safeguarding the security of strategic ...
M7.2 quake hits Alaska Peninsula, tsunami warning issued for nearby region
An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck the Alaska Peninsula region early on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, leading to a tsunami warning for nearby regions.
USGS revised the ...
Rescuers retrieve eight bodies from flooded South Korea underpass
The bodies of eight people trapped in a tunnel submerged by heavy rain in central South Korea were retrieved on Sunday, authorities and local media said, taking the death toll ...
US, China aim to revive climate cooperation as tensions simmer
The United States and China will look to revive efforts to combat global warming this week, in bilateral meetings that observers hope will raise the bar on ambitions ahead of ...
Netanyahu due to be discharged from hospital on Sunday, office says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to be discharged from hospital on Sunday after no irregularities were found in additional medical tests he underwent following his admission for suspected ...
Russia says shot down nine Ukraine drones over Crimea’s Sevastopol
Russia’s air defence forces and fleet in the Black Sea intercepted nine Ukrainian drones over the Crimean port of Sevastopol early on Sunday, a Moscow-installed official said.
“No objects, ...
Eighteen Cypriot university athletes will attend 2021 Summer Universiade in China
By Lanting Liu
Eighteen Cypriot university athletes will take part in the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games in China from July 28 to 8 August.
They will participate in artistic gymnastics, swimming, ...
Senators move to require release of US government UFO records
The Senate in the coming days is expected to consider a bipartisan measure that would compel the U.S. government to publicly release records relating to possible UFO sightings after ...
Russia’s FSB thwarts attempts to kill two prominent journalists
Russia’s FSB security service said on Saturday it had thwarted alleged Ukrainian-backed plots to kill two prominent Russian journalists, Interfax news agency reported.
The FSB said it had detained ...
Biden forgives $39bn in US student debt using program tweak
US President Joe Biden’s administration will cancel $39 billion in student debt for more than 804,000 borrowers, the Education Department said, describing the relief as the result of a “fix” to ...
South Korea landslides, floods kill more than 20, over 4,000 evacuated
Twenty-two people have died, 14 were missing and thousands evacuated in South Korea as of Saturday, according to ministry data, as a third day of torrential rains caused landslides and the ...
One in four UK single-parent households unable to afford food
More than a quarter of Britain’s single parent households have recently run out of food and been unable to afford more, according to a survey from the country’s ...
Zelenskiy warns of Russian efforts to halt Kyiv’s troops
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Ukrainians that Russia was throwing all its resources into a campaign to stop Kyiv’s troops from pressing their counter offensive and a top general reported ...
Smart girls don’t marry? Japan rushes to erase stigma for women in science
A third-year student at one of Japan’s top engineering universities, Yuna Kato has her sights set on a career in research but fears it might be short-lived if she ...
Microsoft says hackers used code flaw to steal emails from government agencies
Microsoft MSFT.O says that hackers used a flaw in its code to steal emails from government agencies and other clients.
In a blog post published on Friday, the company ...
Suspect in decade-old murders on New York’s Long Island in custody
A man has been arrested in connection with serial killings in New York more than a decade ago that targeted sex workers and others whose bodies were found strewn near ...
Hollywood’s striking actors join writers on the picket lines
Striking Hollywood actors joined film and television writers on picket lines on Friday, the first day of a dual work stoppage that has forced U.S. studios to shutter productions ...
WHO cancer arm deems aspartame ‘possible carcinogen’; consumption limits unchanged
The sweetener aspartame is a “possible carcinogen” but it remains safe to consume at already-agreed levels, two groups linked to the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Friday.
The rulings ...
Young Canadian firefighter killed battling blaze in British Columbia
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday paid tribute to a young firefighter killed while battling a forest blaze in British Columbia, as wildfires continue to rage across the ...
Blinken reaffirms commitments to Japan, S.Korea, condemns N.Korean missile launch
North Korea’s firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday violates multiple U.N. resolutions and threatens peace and stability in the region, the United States, South Korea, ...
Heatwave forces Athens to close Acropolis, U.S. Southwest broils (updated)
Greece closed the ancient Acropolis during the hottest part of the day on Friday to protect tourists as southern Europe suffered in a fierce heatwave, while more than 100 million Americans ...
Scholz plays down need for policy to spur ‘de-risking’ from China
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday played down the need for government policy to encourage companies to de-risk from China, saying many firm were already diversifying their supply chains, investments ...