KINGSTON: Hurricane Melissa was cutting a deadly path through the Caribbean on Sunday, strengthening into a Category 3 storm as it crawled along a worryingly slow course toward Jamaica and the island of Hispaniola. Melissa has already been blamed for three deaths in Haiti this week, as its outer bands
BANGKOK: Thailand mourns the death of former Queen Sirikit, mother of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and widow of the nation’s longest-reigning monarch, who passed away Friday at 93, the palace confirmed. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul described her passing as a “great loss to the nation” and said he would delay his
GENEVA (Switzerland): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday it was now clear that efforts to cap global warming at 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial levels would fail in the short term. Ahead of next month’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil, Guterres said going beyond 1.5°C would result in “devastating” yet predictable
BEIJING: The deepening ChinaASEAN comprehensive strategic partnership continues to serve as a key anchor for regional growth and stability, injecting renewed momentum for Asia’s economic development and integration, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said. Speaking at his daily press conference on Wednesday, he said China and ASEAN countries are
LONDON: Chelsea took full advantage of an early red card for Ajax captain Kenneth Taylor to thrash the Dutch giants 5-1 in the Champions League at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. Enzo Maresca’s gamble in making 10 changes paid off as Marc Guiu and Moises Caicedo struck before Enzo Fernandez and
FRANKFURT: Liverpool broke a four-game losing streak with a 5-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League on Wednesday, with Hugo Ekitike scoring for the English champions against his former club. After Ekitike levelled for Liverpool, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai all grabbed goals,
TOKYO: The spouse of Japan’s first woman Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said he hoped to support his wife by being a “stealth husband”, cooking meals for her but staying out of the spotlight, reports said. Former lawmaker Taku Yamamoto (pic) spoke a day after Takaichi, a social conservative and Margaret
NAIROBI (Kenya): Two buses collided on a major motorway in Uganda early yesterday, killing 63 people and injuring several others, police said. The incident occurred on the Kampala-Gulu highway just after midnight, when two buses “met head-on during the overtaking manoeuvres” police said in a statement posted on X. One
SEOUL: North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles yesterday, its first such launch in months just a week before world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, descend on South Korea for a summit. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it had “detected several projectiles, believed to be short-range ballistic missiles”. The
PARIS: A Hermes handbag once belonging to Jane Birkin will be auctioned in Abu Dhabi on December 5, following the record-breaking sale of the original for over $10 million (about RM42.3 million), Sotheby’s said Tuesday. Nicknamed the “Birkin Voyageur”, the estimated value of the late actor’s black leather bag hovers
