PARIS: Scientists estimated yesterday that rising temperatures from human-caused climate change were responsible for roughly 16,500 deaths in European cities this summer, using modelling to project the toll before official data is released. The rapidly-produced study is the latest effort by climate and health researchers to quickly link the death
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Two trains in separate parts of Russia’s western Leningrad region derailed early Sunday, leaving a train driver dead and disrupting railway traffic, the region’s governor said. The incidents came hours after an explosive device detonated on a section of rail track in Russia’s western Oryol region late Saturday,
OREM, Utah, United States (US): The widow of prominent right-wing activist, Charlie Kirk, pledged Friday to carry on her husband’s work, after US authorities announced his alleged assassin had finally been captured. Investigators had appeared to be making slow progress in the hunt for whoever gunned down Donald Trump’s close
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday said he would deploy National Guard troops to Memphis, Tennessee, in the latest stage of his crime crackdown that critics say is authoritarian. The Republican president has sent military forces into Los Angeles and Washington, and pledged to expand orders to other cities
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s capital yesterday took a step back towards normality after deadly anti-corruption protests, as daily life returned with a curfew eased and an interim prime minister sworn into office. Soldiers scaled back their presence on the streets, where they had been deployed in large numbers since Wednesday after violent
BANGKOK: A Myanmar ethnic minority armed group said yesterday that a junta air strike killed at least 19 students, including children, in western Rakhine state. The Arakan Army (AA) is engaged in a fierce fight with Myanmar’s ruling military for control of Rakhine, where it has seized swaths of territory
LOS ANGELES: Take one very large shark, a boat (we’re gonna need a bigger one of those) and a movie that ran way over budget and you’ve got all the ingredients of a career-making film for one of Hollywood’s most successful directors. Now fans of “Jaws” — Steven Spielberg’s terrifying
LONDON: Ange Postecoglou has promised to deliver silverware for Nottingham Forest as he takes charge at the City Ground. The Australian, 60, replaced Nuno Espirito Santo on Tuesday after the Portuguese coach fell out with club owner Evangelos Marinakis. Marinakis pointed to Postecoglou’s proven record at Tottenham, Celtic, Yokohama F.
RAS AL KHAIMAH (United Arab Emirates): The “Land Aircraft Carrier” (pic), a flying car developed by a Chinese company, received a special flight permit on Wednesday in Ras Al Khaimah, the northernmost emirate of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), reported Xinhua. The special flight permit was presented to Zhao Deli,
PARIS: France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu promised a “profound break” with the past on Wednesday as he faced trying to build a government with enough parliamentary support to pull the country out of a political crisis. Lecornu’s first day on the job coincided with street protests across France in
