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Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica braces for world’s strongest storm of 2025
Jamaica is bracing for the strongest storm of the year, with US meteorologists warning of “catastrophic and life-threatening winds, flooding, and storm surge”.
With wind speeds of up to 175mph (282km/h), Hurricane Melissa is a category…
Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, influential style icon, dies at 93
Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who brought glamour and elegance to a postwar revival in the country’s monarchy and who, in later years, would occasionally wade into politics, has died aged 93, the Thai Royal Household Bureau said on…
IMF urges Asia to cut trade barriers to beat US tariffs
The International Monetary Fund on Friday urged Asia to lower non-tariff barriers and integrate regional trade to reduce its vulnerability to U.S. tariffs and global financial shocks.
Trade has been central to Asia’s economic growth with…
25 dead as bus catches fire after collision in India
At least 25 passengers were reportedly killed and several others injured when a private sleeper coach travelling from Hyderabad to Bengaluru caught fire after colliding with a motorcycle near Chinnatekuru village in Kurnool district early…
U.S. sanctions Russia’s top 2 oil producers to press for ceasefire in Ukraine
U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil producers, Rosneft and Lukoil, in a bid to pressure Moscow to agree to an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.
“Now is the time to stop the killing and for…
Stolen Louvre jewellery worth €88m, prosecutor says
Jewellery stolen from the Louvre in Paris in a daring daylight robbery has been valued at 88 million euros (£76m; $102m), a French public prosecutor has said, citing the museum’s curator.
Laure Beccuau told RTL radio the sum was…
NASA confirms Earth now has two moons until 2083
Earth just got a new tag-along in space — a little asteroid named 2025 PN7.
NASA confirmed this week that the rock, discovered by the University of Hawaii, is officially a “quasi-moon” — a rare type of celestial companion that travels…
Sanae Takaichi wins historic vote to become Japan’s first female prime minister
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi was elected prime minister by parliament on Tuesday (21), to become the country’s first female leader.
Takaichi avoided a runoff by rolling to victory in a first round of voting in the…
After Zelenskyy meeting, Trump calls on Ukraine and Russia to ‘stop where they are’ and end the war
President Donald Trump on Friday called on Kyiv and Moscow to “stop where they are” and end their brutal war following a lengthy White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Trump’s frustration with the conflict has…
India already cutting Russian oil imports by 50% after US talks, White House official says
The United States and India have held productive trade talks, and Indian refiners are already cutting Russian oil imports by 50%, a White House official told Reuters on Thursday.
However, Indian sources said the cut was not visible yet,…