AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands: World-famous for its canals, bikes and tolerance, Amsterdam celebrated 750 years since its founding on Monday, but the Dutch capital is now grappling with the very modern problems of overtourism and a housing shortage. At exactly 7:50 am, in torrential rain, Mayor Femke Halsema cut into a
HUE: Thousands of people in Vietnam were evacuated from their homes after record rainfall of more than one metre in 24 hours submerged a central city, the environment ministry said Tuesday. Three measuring stations in the city of Hue recorded rainfall from one metre to 1.7 metres (five feet seven
JAPAN: The gunman accused of killing Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe pled guilty Tuesday, three years after the assassination in broad daylight shocked the world. The slaying forced a reckoning in a country with little experience of gun violence and ignited scrutiny of alleged ties between prominent conservative lawmakers
TOKYO, Japan: Japan’s new premier, Sanae Takaichi, lavished US leader, Donald Trump, with praise and vows of a “golden age” of ties on his visit to Tokyo Tuesday, before inking a deal with Washington aimed at securing critical minerals. Takaichi, Japan’s first woman prime minister, pulled out all the stops
MOSCOW: Russian oil giant Lukoil will sell its overseas assets, the company said late Monday, after it was hit with US sanctions over the war in Ukraine. US President Donald Trump last week slapped Russia with his first significant sanctions package, targeting two top oil companies, Lukoil and Rosneft, after
NEW YORK: Google unveiled a plan Monday to restart a nuclear facility in Iowa to power the company’s artificial intelligence infrastructure in the latest collaboration between tech giants and electric industry players. Under an announcement with electric power company NextEra Energy, the Duane Arnold Energy Center, which shuttered in 2020, would
SEOUL: South Korea’s economy expanded 1.2 per cent in the third quarter, lifted by strong exports and a surge in consumption following government-issued spending vouchers, preliminary data from the Bank of Korea showed yesterday. Private consumption grew 1.3 per cent, marking the fastest pace in three years, as President Lee
GUANGZHOU: Passengers on the first direct flight between India and China in five years touched down on Monday, after Asia’s giants lifted a long-term air travel suspension as they cautiously rebuild relations. IndiGo flight 6E1703 from Kolkata landed in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou shortly before 4 am (2000
MADRID: Jude Bellingham’s goal helped Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 to win a tense Clasico and move five points clear of their bitter rivals at the top of La Liga on Sunday. Champions Barcelona won all four times the teams were pitted against each other last season but in his
VALENCIA: Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Spain’s eastern city of Valencia on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of floods that killed 229 people and to denounce the handling of the disaster. Demonstrators, many carrying photos of the victims, called on regional leader Carlos Mazon
