Scholz, rival trade blows as German election campaign kicks off By: APP on December 1, 2024Three months before elections, Germany’s embattled Olaf Scholz kicked off the campaign Saturday by attacking his conservative rival as cold towards the poor but a hothead who would play “Russian roulette” with Moscow. Weeks after his three-way coalition collapsed in acrimony, and lagging behind in the polls, the Social Democrat Scholz vowed to defeat the […]
40 Palestinians dead in overnight Israeli strikes By: Agencies on November 30, 2024Israeli military strikes killed at least 40 Palestinians overnight and on Friday in the Gaza Strip, many of them in the Nuseirat refugee camp at the centre of the enclave, medics said, after Israeli tanks pulled back from parts of the camp. Medics said they had recovered 19 bodies of Palestinians killed in northern areas […]
Top UN court to open unprecedented climate hearings By: APP on November 30, 2024The world’s top court will next week start unprecedented hearings aimed at finding a “legal blueprint” for how countries should protect the environment from damaging greenhouse gases — and what the consequences are if they do not. From Monday, lawyers and representatives from more than 100 countries and organisations will make submissions before the International […]
Bangladeshi politicians urge calm after clashes By: Agencies on November 30, 2024Bangladesh’s leading political parties have called for calm following widespread unrest in the country triggered by the killing of a lawyer during clashes between Hindu protesters and security forces. Public prosecutor Saiful Islam Alif died on Tuesday as angry supporters of outspoken Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari – arrested for allegedly disrespecting the Bangladeshi […]
Ireland votes in closely fought general election By: APP on November 30, 2024Ireland goes to the polls on Friday with the incumbent coalition parties neck-and-neck with opposition party Sinn Fein after a campaign marked by rancour over housing and cost-of-living crises. Polls open across the country at 0700 GMT and close at 2200 GMT as voters choose new members of the 174-seat lower chamber of parliament, the […]
Teen news boss criticises Australian social media ban By: APP on November 30, 2024An Australian teenage news boss says landmark legislation barring under-16s from social media is a “really bad idea” that will stifle young people’s creativity. Leo Puglisi, 17, is uniquely placed to judge the new law — he founded what claims to be the only national news streaming platform run by teens. Based in his bedroom […]
Crane collapse in Thailand kills three, injures 10 By: APP on November 30, 2024A crane collapsed at a construction site just outside Thailand’s capital on Friday, killing three workers and injuring 10 others, police said. The incident occurred early Friday morning in Samut Sakhon, west of Bangkok, when a crane building a flyover collapsed. Three workers died at the scene and 10 others were injured, with some in […]
Matiullah Jan remanded for 2 days in terror case By: Agencies on November 29, 2024Senior journalist Matiullah Jan was remanded for two days in police custody on Thursday in a terrorism and narcotics case that was widely derided as being “bogus” on “trumped up charges” amid demands for his release. Jan was booked after reportedly being detained in Islamabad on Wednesday night. His son said “unknown individuals” had abducted […]
Thousands left queuing to vote in Namibia after scheduled polls close By: APP on November 29, 2024Logistical issues on Wednesday left thousands of Namibians waiting in queues to vote in pivotal presidential and legislative elections, some for up to 12 hours, with polling stations staying open hours later than planned. The vote could usher in the desert nation’s first woman leader even as her party, the ruling South West Africa People’s […]
Indian pilot dies by suicide in Mumbai, boyfriend held over harassment allegations By: Agencies on November 29, 2024A 25-year-old Air India pilot, Srishti Tuli, was found dead in her apartment in Mumbai, the capital of India’s Mahrashtra state, with police arresting the deceased’s 27-year-old boyfriend, Aditya Pandit, for allegedly abetting her suicide. Srishti Tuli, originally from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, reportedly hanged herself with a data cable in her flat at the Kanakia […]