BOGO (Philippines): The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines rose to 72 yesterday, officials said, as the search for the missing wound down and rescuers turned their focus to the hundreds injured and thousands left homeless. The bodies of the three latest victims were pulled from
RABAT (Morocco): Violent clashes erupted in several Moroccan cities late Tuesday between youths and security forces, local media reported, after days of protests calling for reforms in the public health and education sectors. Videos published by news outlets which AFP was unable to verify showed masked demonstrators in Inezgane, near
WASHINGTON: The US government began shutting down yesterday after lawmakers and President Donald Trump failed to break a budget impasse during acrimonious talks that hinged on Democratic demands for health care funding. Republicans and Democrats immediately blamed each other for the deadlock that will impact hundreds of thousands of government
TAIPEI: Taiwan “will not agree” to making 50 per cent of its semiconductors in the United States, the island’s lead tariff negotiator said yesterday, as Washington pressures Taipei to produce more chips on US soil. Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun’s remarks came after US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said he
SIDOARJO (Indonesia): Desperate parents yesterday demanded Indonesian officials speed up efforts to find dozens of children missing in the collapse of a school, with rescuers detecting signs of life under the rubble. An estimated 91 people are believed to be in the ruins of the multi-storey school on the island
BOGO: The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines rose to at least 69 yesterday, a disaster official said, with scores of injured patients overwhelming hospitals on the island of Cebu. Injured children cried and adults screamed while being treated on beds beneath blue tents outside the
DOHA, Qatar: Key Muslim nations have thrown their weight behind a plan by United States (US) President Donald Trump to end the war in Gaza, even as some Palestinians decried the proposal as a “farce”. Washington’s European allies have urged Hamas to accept the plan, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
KABUL: Afghanistan faced a second day without internet and mobile phone service yesterday, after Taliban authorities cut the fibre optic network. The government began shutting down high speed internet connections to some provinces earlier in the month to prevent “vice” on the orders of shadowy supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. On
WASHINGTON: The United States government was heading toward a shutdown yesterday, with funding expiring at midnight and Democrats and Republicans digging in on their respective demands. A last-gasp meeting at the White House on Monday yielded no breakthrough on the issue, with top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer saying afterward that
LOS ANGELES: The creator of an AI actress who exploded across the internet over the weekend has insisted she is an artwork, after a fierce backlash from the creative community. Tilly Norwood (pic) — a composite girl-next-door described on her Instagram page as an aspiring actress — has already attracted
