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...

Austria, Germany open borders to migrants offloaded by Hungary

HEGYESHALOM, HUNGARY/VIENNA –  Austria and Germany threw open their borders to thousands of exhausted migrants on Saturday, bussed to the frontier by a right-wing...

Clinton says ‘sorry’ for email confusion, says she wasn’t thinking

WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Friday she was sorry that her use of a personal email account while secretary of...

UN probe topples Guatemala president

GUATEMALA CITY – In a series of meetings that began early this year, the United States government pressured Guatemala’s then-President Otto Perez to rid...

Kentucky clerk’s office issues marriage licence to gay couple, ending ban

MOREHEAD, KY. – A county clerk's office in rural Kentucky issued a marriage licence to a gay couple on Friday morning after defying a...

Dead child brings plight of refugees into focus

MUGLA – The distraught father of two Syrian toddlers who drowned with their mother and several other migrants as they tried to reach Greece identified their...

Arrest warrant issued for Guatemalan president

GUATEMALA CITY – An arrest warrant has been issued against Guatemala’s President Otto Perez Molina, according to the public prosecutor’s office.On Tuesday, congress voted to...