COLOMBO (Sri Lanka): Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 31 people across Sri Lanka this week with 14 others missing, authorities said yesterday. Most of the deaths occurred in the central teagrowing district of Badulla, where 16 people were buried alive when mountain slopes crashed onto
SINGAPORE: The World Robot Olympiad opened in Singapore on Wednesday with hundreds of international students, some as young as eight, set to compete using automatons to solve real-world problems. The annual competition, which began in 2004 in Singapore and was held in Turkey last year, highlights the importance of technology and
BEIJING: A train hit railway workers in southwest China yesterday, killing 11, local railway authorities said after the crash in Yunnan province. The train “used for seismic equipment testing” collided with construction workers at Kunming’s Luoyang Town station in the early morning, killing 11 and injuring two, the Kunming Railway
HONG KONG: Hong Kong firefighters were scouring scorched high-rises yesterday for over 250 people listed as missing, a day after the financial hub’s worst blaze in decades killed at least 55 in an apartment complex. Over 24 hours after fire broke out in the eight-building housing estate with 2,000 units,
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s crisis worsened as PSV Eindhoven crushed them 4-1 at Anfield, handing the Premier League champions their ninth defeat in 12 matches and their first home Champions League loss in five years. Ivan Perisic’s early penalty was cancelled out by Dominik Szoboszlai, but a fragile Liverpool collapsed after half-time.
PIRAEUS: Kylian Mbappe fired all four goals as Real Madrid survived a late scare to beat Olympiacos 4-3 in Greece, snapping a three-match winless run. Olympiacos struck first through Chiquinho, but Mbappe took over, scoring twice in two minutes before completing the second-fastest hat-trick in Champions League history — all
LONDON: Arsenal maintained their flawless Champions League run by ending Bayern Munich’s win-streak with a commanding 3-1 win in London, overpowering the Bundesliga leaders with a dominant second-half display. Jurrien Timber opened the scoring from a Bukayo Saka corner before 17-year-old Lennart Karl levelled for Bayern. But Arsenal pulled away
Tokyo: Sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn made more history on Wednesday as he became the first Ukrainian to be promoted to the ancient Japanese sport’s second-highest rank, doing it in record time. The 21-year-old, who fled the war in Ukraine three years ago, is the fastest to go from the lowest
NEW YORK: According to estimates by the United Nations, about every 10 minutes one woman or girl was killed by a partner or family member last year. The latest report on femicides — murders of a woman or girl because of her gender — was released on Monday by the
KYIV (Ukraine): Russia rained missiles and drones overnight on Kyiv, killing six people, authorities said yesterday, as three people died in Russia’s Rostov region in massive Ukrainian strikes. The heightened attacks came after US President Donald Trump initially gave Kyiv until November 27 — the American holiday of Thanksgiving —
