Flash flood on Indonesia’s eastern Ternate Island leaves 11 dead on August 26, 2024A flash flood following torrential rains on Indonesia´s eastern Ternate Island left 11 people dead on Sunday. Search and rescue teams working with local residents recovered 10 bodies in Rua village in North Maluku province. The team was working to retrieve one more body, according to Bram Madya Temara, an official from the island’s search […]
Israeli evacuation orders cram Palestinians into shrinking ‘humanitarian zone’ where food is scarce on August 25, 2024Young girls screamed and elbowed each other in a crush of bodies in southern Gaza, trying desperately to reach the front of the food line. Men doled out rice and chicken as fast as they could, platefuls of the nourishment falling to the ground in the tumult. Nearby, boys waited to fill plastic containers with […]
Kamala Harris vows to tackle price gouging, ease cost of living in economy plan on August 18, 2024US Vice President Kamala Harris outlined economic proposals including a federal ban on price gouging in groceries and tax breaks for families in her first major economy-focused speech as the Democratic presidential nominee during a visit to North Carolina on Friday. Though her plans do not stray far from those put forth by the Biden […]
Donald Trump says his is ‘entitled to personal attacks’ on rival Harris on August 17, 2024Former US President Donald Trump defended his personal attacks on his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris. During a New Jersey press conference, he criticised Harris’s intelligence, claiming she had weaponised the justice system against him. Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he thinks he’s “entitled to personal attacks” on his Democratic rival, saying he’s […]
Brazil claims gold in nail-biter on August 11, 2024Not even a tense tête-à-tête in the gold medal game could spoil the vibe at Paris´ biggest beach party. Canada´s Brandie Wilkerson and Brazil´s Ana Patrícia got into a finger-pointing shouting match across the net in the tiebreaking third set of the beach volleyball final of the Paris Olympics on Friday night. The referee tried […]
Gold Within Reach: US women’s casketball team defeats Australia on August 11, 2024Breanna Stewart and the U.S. women’s basketball team cruised to a familiar place – the Olympic gold medal game. Stewart led a balanced offense as the Americans beat Australia 85-64 on Friday in the semifinals to extend their Olympic winning streak to 60 consecutive games dating back to the 1992 Barcelona Games. “The streak is […]
Top-seeded Coco Gauff tumbles out of National Bank Open on August 11, 2024Top-seeded Coco Gauff tumbled out of the National Bank Open on Friday, falling 6-4, 6-1 to 14th-seeded Diana Shnaider in windy conditions at Sobeys Stadium. Preparing for her U.S. Open title defense, Gauff was broken trailing 5-4 in the first set. The 20-year-old American double-faulted down 2-1 in the second and Shnaider held serve to […]
Algerian gender-row boxer Khelif storms to Olympic gold on August 11, 2024Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defied a major gender controversy to win gold at the Paris Olympics on Friday in front of a pulsating Roland Garros crowd that roared her to victory. Khelif claimed a unanimous points decision win over China’s Yang Liu in the women’s 66kg final and was paraded around the arena on a […]
Politics makes its mark on dating in Putin’s Russia on August 9, 2024Sitting at a cafe in Moscow, Yulia swiped through a carousel of men on her phone’s dating app, trying to guess if the people in the pictures shared her views. “I started to include the artists that I listen to in the bio. It’s kind of a hint at my thinking,” the 21-year-old freelance photographer […]
Naseem Shah returns to red-ball cricket as Pakistan names test squad for Bangladesh series on August 8, 2024Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah has returned to red-ball cricket after 13 months as the selectors on Wednesday named a 17-member squad for this month´s home test series against Bangladesh. Rawalpindi will host the first test from Aug. 21-25 while the second test match will be played at Karachi from Aug. 30-Sept. 3. The Pakistan […]