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Asia bears biggest climate-change brunt amid extreme weather: WMO

Around The Globe - Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:35
UN agency says floods, storms leading cause of casualties and economic losses as impact of heatwaves intensifies.

Watching the watchdogs: The media downplays a big legal story at its peril

Around The Globe - Tue, 04/23/2024 - 08:59
Western outlets ignoring the unprecedented legal campaign against Israel, and its allies risk appearing complicit.

Satellite images show Israeli forces gathered for Gaza escalation

Around The Globe - Tue, 04/23/2024 - 08:56
Analysis of images by Al Jazeera's Sanad unit shows hundreds of military vehicles deployed at bases near Gaza.

Mass arrests made as US campus protests over Gaza spread

Education - Tue, 04/23/2024 - 08:21
Protesters at NYU and Yale are arrested while Columbia cancels in-person classes for safety.

Highest-level rainstorm warning issued in south China’s Guangdong

Around The Globe - Tue, 04/23/2024 - 08:20
Four people are dead and 10 others missing following storms that battered southern China.

Inter win heated Milan derby to seal 20th Italian football league title

Around The Globe - Tue, 04/23/2024 - 07:40
Inter win the 'away' game 2-1 and seal their 20th coveted title to set off wild celebrations in Milan.

Two military helicopters collide mid-air in Malaysia

Around The Globe - Tue, 04/23/2024 - 06:47
Two Malaysian navy helicopters have collided mid-air during a rehearsal for a naval parade on Tuesday.

Ten crew killed after two Malaysian Navy helicopters collide in midair

Around The Globe - Tue, 04/23/2024 - 06:14
The two helicopters were practising for an aerial display at the naval base of Lumut at the time of the incident.

Taiwan hit by major series of aftershocks following April 3 earthquake

Around The Globe - Tue, 04/23/2024 - 06:01
The strongest of more than 200 tremors was measured at 6.1 by the USGS as shaking continued through the night.

EU parliament to back ban on forced labour with eye on China

Around The Globe - Tue, 04/23/2024 - 05:19
Legislation is expected to be used to block imports from China's Xinjiang region.

UK law to send asylum seekers to Rwanda passed after months of wrangling

Around The Globe - Tue, 04/23/2024 - 04:36
The controversial law is expected to come into force within days with the first deportation flights in weeks.

‘Arrogant billionaire’: Australia, Musk in war of words over censorship

Around The Globe - Tue, 04/23/2024 - 02:32
Elon Musk and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese clash over order to remove X posts on church stabbing.

Drag queen Lady Bushra on growing up in Bradford

Education - Tue, 04/23/2024 - 02:25
Lady Bushra, one of the UK's best-known British Asian drag queens, opens up about his first UK tour.

Drag queen Lady Bushra on growing up in Bradford

Education - Tue, 04/23/2024 - 02:25
Lady Bushra, one of the UK's best-known British Asian drag queens, opens up about his first UK tour.

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 789

Around The Globe - Tue, 04/23/2024 - 02:19
As the war enters its 789th day, these are the main developments.

Residents challenge plans to demolish Melbourne public housing towers

Around The Globe - Tue, 04/23/2024 - 02:05
Knocking down all 44 public housing towers in Australia's biggest city could tear communities apart, residents say.

Jury hears opening statements at Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial

Around The Globe - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 22:27
Opening statements and testimony from the first witness was heard by the jury at Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial.

What could be the consequences if Israel invades Rafah?

Around The Globe - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 21:50
Several of Israel's allies say they are opposed to Israeli forces launching an assault on the southern Gaza city.

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says Russian strike collapsed Kharkiv TV tower

Around The Globe - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 21:49
Ukrainian president tells Joe Biden that Russian attack on the tower is part of a plan to make the city 'uninhabitable'.

‘Battlelines’ drawn as jury hears opening remarks in Trump hush money case

Around The Globe - Mon, 04/22/2024 - 21:20
Opening arguments deliver starkly different portraits of the former US president in historic criminal trial.

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