Paris (AFP/APP): France’s left-wing forces and labour unions will stage another day of strikes on Tuesday to try to derail President Emmanuel Macron’s pensions overhaul, insisting that the fight to…
SYDNEY (Xinhua/APP): A new study conducted by Australian experts has shown that insects were most likely the pollinators when the first flowers bloomed on Earth more than 140 million years…
TOKYO (Xinhua/APP): Japan has started sending seawater into an underwater tunnel built to release nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, local media reported…
Rome (AFP/APP): Pope Francis was in a Rome hospital for a medical check-up Tuesday, according to Italian media, just over two months after he was hospitalised with bronchitis.The 86-year-old pope…
Singapore (AFP/APP): Singapore’s horse racing community spoke of its anger and heartbreak Tuesday with the city-state’s only racecourse set to close, signalling the end of the sport there after more…
Cupertino, United States (AFP/APP): Apple on Monday unveiled its first-ever mixed reality headset, challenging Facebook-owner Meta in a market that has yet to tempt users beyond videogamers and tech geeks.The…
LONDON (BBC): Almost £9bn in old banknotes have not been cashed in across the UK, even though paper £20 and £50 stopped being legal tender in October. Paper banknotes have…
CAIRO (Agencies) : A huge sandstorm hit Egypt last week, killing four people and injuring five others when a billboard fell onto the 6th October Bridge. During the spring, Egypt…
Singapore (Agencies): Qatari Defence Minister, Khalid Al-Attiyah, yesterday discussed strengthening military relations with Saudi Arabia with the kingdom’s Assistant Defence Minister, Talal Al-Otaibi. The discussion came during a meeting that brought both…
Algiers (Agencies): A court in Algeria has confirmed the sentence of a former director of Internal Security to 16 years in prison, Al-Quds Al-Arabi has reported. Wassini Bouazza was charged with attempting…
