Landslides kill nine as Bangladesh lashed by rain on June 20, 2024Torrential rains in Bangladesh have triggered landslides burying alive at least nine people and forcing thousands to flee to higher ground, police and government officials in the low-lying nation said Wednesday. Schools have been turned into shelters for those abandoning their homes to rising river waters, while more than a million people have been stranded […]
Indian heatwaves, floods kill 11, with four buried alive on June 20, 2024India was battling on Wednesday extreme weather that caused severe heatwaves, landslides and floods, killing at least 11 people this week, among them a woman and her three daughters buried alive in a northeastern state, officials and media said. The capital, New Delhi, sweltered through its hottest night in six years on Tuesday, with hospitals […]
Naomi Osaka, 3 other Grand Slam champs net Wimbledon wild cards on June 20, 2024Former World No. 1 players Naomi Osaka, Angelique Kerber and Caroline Wozniacki joined fellow former Grand Slam winner Emma Raducanu on Wednesday in being awarded wild cards for the main draw at Wimbledon. The quartet will draw into the grass-court tournament that starts July 1. Four-time Grand Slam winner Osaka and three-time major titleist Kerber […]
Prisoners end hunger strike in Venezuela after agreement with government on June 17, 2024Inmates in 20 jails and detention facilities in Venezuela have ended a week-long hunger strike to protest against conditions and delays in judicial reviews after reaching a deal with the government, a non-governmental organization said on Saturday. “Between Thursday, June 13, and Friday, June 14, the inmates gradually desisted from the hunger strike, after an […]
Iran rebukes G7 statement over its nuclear programme escalation on June 17, 2024Iran called upon the Group of Seven on Sunday to distance itself from “destructive policies of the past”, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said, referring to a G7 statement condemning Iran’s recent nuclear programme escalation. On Friday, the G7 warned Iran against advancing its nuclear enrichment programme and said they would be ready […]
Flooding hits China’s south, temperatures sizzle elsewhere on June 17, 2024China’s National Meteorological Centre on Sunday issued an alert for high temperatures as multiple regions across the country experience sweltering heat, while many southern provinces issued severe flood warnings due to heavy rains. The intensity of high temperatures is expected to decrease in north China and regions between the Yellow River and the Huaihe River, […]
Saudi Arabia inflation remains at 1.6% in May on June 17, 2024Saudi Arabia’s annual inflation rate remained at 1.6% for the third month running in May, government data showed on Sunday, with higher housing rents still the main driver. Housing rents rose 10.5% from a year earlier underpinned by a 14.3% rise in apartment rents, according to the General Authority for Statistics. Overall, prices in the […]
Germany’s Scholz: Putin’s peace proposals aren’t serious on June 16, 2024Leaders of the Group of Seven leading western industrial economies did not discuss Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposals for peace in Ukraine since everyone knew they were not serious, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. Speaking from Italy shortly before leaving for Switzerland, where a Ukraine conference opens on Saturday, Scholz said Putin’s proposals – for […]
Global LNG: Asia spot prices gain on hot weather, Australia facility outage on June 16, 2024Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices rose to a six-month top this week, on the back of cooling demand in India, higher forecast temperatures in northeast Asia and suspended production at an Australian gas facility. The average LNG price for July delivery into north-east Asia was at $12.60 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), […]
Hyundai files for India IPO that could be country’s biggest on June 16, 2024Hyundai Motor’s India unit sought regulatory approval on Saturday for a stock market listing in Mumbai which could be the nation’s biggest and will see the South Korean parent sell a stake of up to 17.5% in the company. The prospectus filed gave no details of the pricing of the initial public offering or the […]