Category: World

Severe tropical cyclone hits W. Australia coast

SYDNEY: Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia powered into Australia’s minerals-rich west coast yesterday, with gusts of 290 kilometres per hour sparking emergency warnings and closing ports.

Whale gulps kayaker, spits him out

SANTIAGO (Chile): A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker in southern Chile, before spitting him out unharmed, an amazing escape that was all captured on

Prabowo, Erdogan agree to bolster ties

BOGOR: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a series of agreements on Wednesday to boost trade and defence ties between the

Pacific islands beauty pageant turns ugly

HONIARA: An international scandal erupted on Thursday over a Pacific islands beauty pageant, hit by allegations of fraud, “degrading treatment” of contestants, and death threats