frontpage

WorldLisala Folau (inset) swam for 27 hours from Atataa to Tongatapu in Tonga after being swept out to sea following the volcanic eruption of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano.Tags: Print EditionNEW ZEALAND: A 57-year-old Tongan…
Read More...

WorldMembers of the Crime Scene Unit and bomb disposal team gather at the Lahore blast site.Tags: Print EditionPAKISTAN: At least three people were killed and 20 others injured on Thursday in a powerful blast at the Paan Mandi in…
Read More...

WorldTags: Print EditionBelgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford, 19, holds her Guinness World Record certificates following her landing at Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport, after a round-the-world trip in a light aircraft, becoming the youngest…
Read More...

WorldA woman searching through shoes at the entrance of a field where 29 persons died after they were trampled upon in a stampede at a Christian crusade in New Kru Town, Monrovia, Liberia on Wednesday.Tags: Print EditionLIBERIA: At…
Read More...

WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: Global unemployment is expected to remain above pre-COVID-19 levels until at least 2023 and is estimated at 207 million this year, almost 21 million more than in 2019, according to a report from the…
Read More...

WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: Generic drug manufacturers will make a more affordable version of Merck’s anti-COVID pill for 105 of the world’s poorer nations, a UN-backed organisation said today. The global Medicines Patent Pool…
Read More...

WorldA COVID-19 patient is cared for in the ICU of the Bellvitge University Hospital in Barcelona, Spain.Tags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND, SPAIN, UK: The number of new coronavirus cases globally rose by 20 per cent last week to more than…
Read More...

WorldTags: Print EditionGHANA: At least 17 people were killed and 59 injured Thursday in a devastating explosion in a western Ghana town after a truck carrying explosives intended for a mine collided with a motorcycle, the government…
Read More...

WorldTags: Print EditionSINGAPORE: Surging gasoline prices are posing a tricky new problem for governments as they seek to nurse virus-hit economies back to health. In Asia, South Korea has taken steps to ensure a steady supply of the…
Read More...

WorldUS President Joe Biden touts the success of his US $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill on the first anniversary of his Presidency.Tags: Print EditionUS: The White House launched a charm offensive, complete with a Tom Hanks video, to…
Read More...