Ternate: A volcano in eastern Indonesia has erupted at least a thousand times this month, according to an official report yesterday as efforts were underway to evacuate thousands of villagers living near the rumbling mountain. Mount Ibu, on the remote island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, sent a column
Washington: Every four years America’s president is sworn in on Inauguration Day, whether newly elected or returning to office, in a long-established ceremony held amid pageantry shaped by the incoming leader’s personal flourishes. What does that mean for the inauguration of Donald Trump? Queue the Village People and social media titans
LONDON (United Kingdom): Darwin Nunez’s late brace secured a 2-0 win for Liverpool at Brentford, extending their Premier League lead to six points over Arsenal, who drew 2-2 against Aston Villa. Nunez, who hadn’t scored in the league since November, found the net twice in stoppage time, finishing off a
MELBOURNE (Australia): World number one Aryna Sabalenka swept into the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday and was joined by Coco Gauff. Double defending champion Sabalenka blew away Russian 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva 6-1, 6-2 in a ruthless display on the hottest day of the tournament so far. “When you struggle with
PRAYAGRAJ: Keen to improve India’s abysmal crowd management record at large-scale religious events, organisers of the world’s largest human gathering are using artificial intelligence to try to prevent stampedes. Organisers predict up to 400 million pilgrims will visit the Kumbh Mela, a millennia-old sacred show of Hindu piety and ritual
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Friday, days before the incoming US president returns to the White House, with both leaders vowing to take a positive approach to improving ties between the rival countries. Xi said he hoped for a “good start” to relations
TOKYO: More than 5,400 people died in Japan over the past 30 years due to severe stress and exhaustion caused by evacuation following earthquakes and other natural disasters, Kyodo News reported. At least 5,456 “disaster-related deaths” have been recognised since local governments began such designation following the Great Hanshin Earthquake
WASHINGTON: TikTok says it will “go dark” in the United States today unless the government provides assurances a new law calling for its ban won’t be used to punish service providers. “Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately
JAKARTA: Scrolling on social media, Indonesian moviegoer Jessica Sihotang stumbled across a film depicting a fellow woman in her 30s struggling to make the dream of buying a Jakarta home a reality. Nearly two million like-minded Indonesians tuned in to watch the protagonist’s house-hunting journey when “Home Sweet Loan” was
SEOUL: North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles into the sea Tuesday, according to Seoul’s military, in what experts said could be a message to US President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration. The launch comes as Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya visits South Korea for a series of meetings with top