ANKARA: Turkey braced Monday for its first election runoff after a night of high drama showed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan edging ahead of his secular rival but failing to secure a first-round win. Erdogan sounded triumphant as he emerged before a sea of supporters shortly after midnight to proclaim himself
PARIS: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky secured fresh promises of military aid during weekend visits to France and Germany to boost his nation’s weapons stockpile ahead of a widely expected counter-offensive against Russia. On his latest stop in a tour of European allies, Zelensky dined with French President Emmanuel Macron at
KYAUKTAW (Myanmar): A major Myanmar port city remained cut off from contact on Monday after a cyclone tore through the west of the country and neighbouring Bangladesh where it spared sprawling refugee camps. Cyclone Mocha made landfall between Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Myanmar’s Sittwe packing winds of up to
BANGKOK: Thailand’s economy grew 2.7 per cent in the first quarter thanks to a steady tourism recovery and strong consumer confidence that offset sluggish exports, officials said yesterday. The reading came a day after the country went to the polls and declared little faith in the economic management of incumbent
LIVERPOOL: Sweden won the Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday, as singer Loreen beat out 25 competitors in the finale of the world’s biggest live music event, hosted by Britain on behalf of war-torn Ukraine. A previous victor in 2012, Loreen is the first woman to win the eccentric, much-loved competition twice and
BERLIN: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks Sunday with German leaders in his first visit to the country since Russia’s invasion, with Berlin offering emphatic support in the form of a huge new military package. “Weapons. Powerful package. Air defence. Reconstruction. EU. NATO. Security,” Zelensky wrote on Twitter. Zelensky’s trip
MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Manchester United edged closer to a return to the Champions League next season with a 2-0 win over Wolves as Southampton were relegated from the Premier League on Saturday. Newcastle remain ahead of United on goal difference in third after being held 2-2 in a pulsating game
TEKNAF (Bangladesh): Cyclone Mocha began to crash ashore at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border on Sunday, Bangladesh’s weather office said, uprooting trees and bringing driving rain to a region home to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees. Packing winds of up to 195 kilometres per hour Mocha hit between Cox’s Bazar, where
BANGKOK: Thais voted Sunday in an election that could see pro-democracy opposition parties oust the conservative military-backed government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha after almost a decade in power. Voters are tipped to deliver a resounding defeat to ex-army chief and coup leader Prayut after a campaign that played out
TOKYO: Japanese video game giant Nintendo is banking on the latest instalment of its 40-year-old saga “Zelda” to breathe life into its business, after forecasting a drop in profits this year. The firm released “Tears of the Kingdom” on Friday, with clips circulating on the internet already racking up millions
