International

THE PHILIPPINES: A military plane carrying at least 85 people “missed the runway” and crashed in the southern Philippines on Sunday, the Armed Forces chief said. So far 40 people have been rescued from the burning wreckage of the…

US: Search efforts for possible survivors in the rubble of a partially collapsed apartment block near Miami have been suspended ahead of the controlled demolition of the rest of the building. Teams are preparing to bring down the…

JAPAN: Rescuers in a Japanese holiday town hit by a deadly landslide searched for survivors Sunday, climbing across cracked roofs and checking cars thrown onto engulfed buildings as more rain lashed the area. Two people have been…

UN: Voicing concern over many countries failing to vaccinate their people, WHO Chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday called for vaccinating at least 10 per cent of the population of every country by September as he emphasised…

CHINA: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the international community to build a “Great Wall of Immunity” to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. “We should face the imminent challenges together,” Mr Wang, who is also a member of…

CANADA: The Canadian military was on standby to help evacuate towns and fight more than 170 wildfires fuelled by a record-smashing heat wave and tinder-dry conditions as the Government in Ottawa warned of a “long and challenging…

British Princes William and Harry have unveiled a statue honouring their late mother Princess Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday. The work by sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley, a figure of Diana standing between a boy and…

Now that the Delta coronavirus variant is posing a serious risk to unvaccinated people, some experts are calling for the Food and Drug Administration to fully approve the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, which are currently being…

United Airlines unveiled Tuesday its largest-ever aircraft order: 270 narrow-body jetliners from Boeing and Airbus as the carrier charts its post-pandemic growth. The fleet plan is central to United’s goal of capturing more…

The Delta variant of COVID-19, which originated in India, is the latest challenge the world is facing as key regions struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The strain is significantly more contagious than any other that’s…