Sunday, May 5, 2024

World

Bernard Hill: Titanic and Lord of the Rings actor dies

Actor Bernard Hill, best known for roles in Titanic and Lord of the Rings, has died aged 79. He played Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 Oscar-winning film and King...

Israeli government blocks Al Jazeera from broadcasting

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Al Jazeera is to be shut down in Israel. Mr Netanyahu...

Russia puts Ukraine’s Zelenskiy on wanted list

MOSCOW - Russia has opened a criminal case against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and put him on a...

Canada police charge three with murder of Sikh leader Nijjar, probe India link

OTTAWA - Canadian police on Friday arrested and charged three Indian men with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep...

Apple sales fall in nearly all countries

Apple sales have fallen in almost every market across the globe, according to the latest results from the...

Britain votes to leave EU

LONDON – Britain has voted to leave the European Union (EU), results from Thursday’s landmark referendum showed, an outcome that sets the country on...

Too close to call

LONDON – Britain’s bitterly contested referendum on whether to quit the European Union (EU) was too close to call on Friday as early results...

Supreme Court rejects gun control challenge

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place gun control laws in New York and Connecticut that ban military-style assault weapons...

Deadly flooding in Indonesia

JAKARTA – Flash floods and landslides killed 24 people in Indonesia’s Central Java province, officials said on Sunday, forcing residents to evacuate to safer...

Gun control before Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court may weigh in this week on gun control, an issue smouldering again following the June 12 Orlando massacre,...

Algeria blocks Facebook, Twitter to stop cheating

ALGIERS – Algerian authorities have temporarily blocked access to Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites to try to stop cheats posting high school...