Chinese President Xi Jinping has landed in the Russian city of Kazan for the BRICS summit of emerging industrialized nations. Television images showed the head of the Russian republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, welcoming Xi at the airport on Tuesday. Xi is one of more than 20 heads of state and government expected at the […]
India bringing in a new law to curb the menace of hoax bomb threat calls disrupting airlines flying
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian government plans a new law to punish those making hoax bomb threats against flights, which disrupt the schedules of airlines and cause massive inconvenience to thousands of passengers. In less than two weeks, more than 120 flights operated by Indian carriers have received bomb threats, the Press Trust of […]
Hunter Valley: Woman trapped between boulders after trying to retrieve mobile phone from gap | World News
A woman found herself wedged upside down between two huge boulders for seven hours after trying to recover her mobile phone from the crevice. Pictures released by paramedics show the woman’s bare feet peaking from a narrow gap between the rocks in Hunter Valley, north of Sydney, Australia. She had been stuck for an hour […]
Marcos-Duterte Feud Spirals With Philippine Heirs in Fiery Row
(Bloomberg) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s eldest son on Tuesday came to his father’s defense, saying Vice President Sara Duterte “crossed the line” with her attacks as the feud between the nation’s biggest political clans escalates. Most Read from Bloomberg Congressman Ferdinand Alexander Marcos said he can’t stay silent despi
Ex-Nadine spawns new Tropical Storm Kristy off Mexico’s coast
The remnants of former Tropical Storm Nadine have reorganized into a new tropical storm in the Eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern Mexico. Since this is not Nadine’s original circulation, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has assigned it the next name on the Eastern Pacific naming list – Tropical Storm Kristy. Nadine made [&hell