SINGAPORE: Tharman Shanmugaratnam was sworn in as Singapore’s ninth president at a swearing-in ceremony held at The Istana on Thursday (Sept 14). Tharman won the
BENGHAZI: The aid organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Wednesday said it was sending an emergency team to Libya following the devastating storm that killed
ROME: The communal council of the southern Italian island of Lampedusa has declared an emergency over the arrival of more than 8,000 illegal migrants to
VIENNA: The Austrian government announced Wednesday that it would raise pensions by 9.7 per cent next year due to high inflation in the country. The
GENEVA: France registered nearly 400 excess deaths during the August heat wave, the country’s public health agency said on Wednesday. People aged 75 and over
TRIPOLI: The death toll from devastating floods that struck eastern Libya has risen to 5,500, with another 7,000 injured, Xinhua quoted a local official as
NEW DELHI: Two Indian army officers and a senior police official were killed in a gunfight with militants in the Jammu and Kashmir region on
WASHINGTON: The poverty rate in the United States rose to 12.4 per cent in 2022, with child poverty more than doubling from 2021, reported Xinhua
VENICE: Tourists looking to explore the iconic Italian lagoon city of Venice will have to pay a €5 (US$5.40) admission fee on certain days in
TOKYO: The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has confirmed the detection of radioactive material leaks in one of its nuclear fuel research facilities but reported
