SYDNEY: A heatwave scorched Australia’s eastern coast and sent temperatures in Sydney to a three-year high Saturday as firefighters battled runaway bushfires. Many people crowded Sydney’s beaches or sought relief in the shade. Authorities warned the most vulnerable, including the elderly and very young, to shelter in cool buildings. Sydney
HOLLYWOOD: The landmark word has loomed over Tinseltown since before movies started talking, becoming a symbol of the entire film industry. For the first time in decades, the Hollywood sign — at least a little bit of it — was illuminated on Friday to celebrate its 100th birthday. The nine-letter
SURALAYA (Indonesia): Sania sits in front of her home in Indonesia, less than a kilometre from Southeast Asia’s biggest coal complex, where chimneys pump dark grey smoke and a chemical smell into the air. As countries gather in Dubai for crunch climate talks, the future of polluting fossil fuel coal
LONDON: “Rizz” — a colloquial term defined as “style, charm, or attractiveness” — has been crowned word of the year for 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP) announced on Monday. Its lexicographers chose “rizz”, which also conveys “the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner”, from a shortlist of four
MANILA: A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines early Monday, the United States Geological Survey said, the latest in a slew of strong quakes all concentrated in the same area. Monday’s quake hit just before 4.00 am local time, (2000 GMT Sunday), at a depth
BEYONCE’S new concert film “Renaissance” topped the North American box office in its opening weekend with an estimated take of US$21 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. That result came in what normally is a very slow period following the US Thanksgiving holiday. “This is an excellent domestic opening
MOUNTAIN VIEW, United States: The defence chiefs of the United States, Australia and Britain met in California on Friday, touting high-tech co-operation on deep space radar, AI and quantum computing systems aimed at bolstering their armed forces in the face of growing global threats, including from China. The three men
DUBAI: More than 20 nations including the United States called for a tripling of nuclear energy to drive down emissions on Saturday as world leaders assembled for a second day at UN climate talks in Dubai. With smoggy skies in Dubai highlighting the challenges facing the world, other pledges are
SEOUL: South Korea confirmed Saturday its first military spy satellite had reached orbit after a successful SpaceX rocket launch and that communication was established with ground control. Seoul’s reconnaissance satellite, carried by one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets, intensifies a space race on the Korean peninsula after the
MORE sexual assault claims have been filed against Sean Combs in New York, after the rap mogul known as “Diddy” and R&B singer Cassie settled a suit alleging physical abuse and rape last week. The suits have been submitted under the New York Adult Survivors Act, a law that opened
