WELLINGTON (New Zealand): New Zealand police were left red-faced yesterday after admitting 11 firearms have been stolen from a police station while in the midst of a nationwide buy-back scheme following the Christchurch massacre. The firearms – some earmarked for destruction – were stolen from the Palmerston North police station
SYDNEY (Australia): Australia yesterday warned more terror attacks were “likely” in Sri Lanka, cautioning citizens against visiting the island nation following the Easter Sunday bombing that claimed 253 lives. “Terrorists are likely to carry out further attacks in Sri Lanka,” the foreign ministry warned in its latest travel advice. “Attacks
LOS ANGELES: The Arizona Cardinals made reigning Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray the number one selection in the 2019 National Football League entry draft on Friday. Murray became the first player in history to be a first-round pick in both the Major League Baseball and NFL drafts, after the Oakland
GETAFE: Real Madrid’s dreary end to the season took another turn for the worse on Thursday as they were left holding on for a goalless draw away to Champions League chasers Getafe. Just 48 hours before Barcelona are set to be celebrating a 26th La Liga title at Camp Nou,
JAKARTA (Indonesia): Torrential rain triggered flooding in parts of the Indonesian capital Jakarta overnight, the disaster agency said yesterday, forcing the evacuation of residents. Heavy rain pounded the greater Jakarta area, causing the Ciliwung river to burst its banks, and prompting flash flooding in at least 17 communities. Dozens of
PHNOM PENH (Cambodia): An Australian woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a Cambodian court on Thursday, for attempting to smuggle almost two kilograms of heroin out of Phnom Penh. Ve Thi Tran was arrested at Phnom Penh airport last January by immigration police after they received a
Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday they had found an oil painting by the French Impressionist Paul Signac, valued at US$1.68 million, which was stolen last year from a museum in France. Police chief Sergiy Knyazev said the painting was discovered at the home of a Kiev man who was also wanted
NANTES (France): A record number of dead dolphins have washed up on France’s Atlantic coast in recent months after being caught in fishing nets, the Pelagis observatory said Thursday. “We’ve had around 1,200 small cetaceans along the coast” of the Bay of Biscay, of which more than 90 percent were
Tokyo on Thursday displayed a drawing thought to be the work of Banksy, as the city’s mayor urged the famous and mysterious street artist to get in touch. Curious Tokyoites, tourists and art lovers flocked to see the work depicting a rat holding an umbrella that was spotted on a
PRAGUE (Czech Republic): Marine Le Pen, head of France’s National Rally party, on Thursday said Europe’s populist far-right parties are offering a “new European harmony” to voters in European parliament elections next month. Le Pen appeared alongside Dutch populist Geert Wilders in Prague to back local far-right lawmaker Tomio Okamura