Police use water cannon as climate activists block Dutch highway
September 09, 2023 8:03 PM Police deployed water cannon to disperse climate activists protesting on a highway in the Netherlands on Saturday to demand an end to government subsidies for…
UK’s busiest airports, including Heathrow, find crumbling concrete in challenge for Sunak
September 09, 2023 8:00 PM The material is prone to corrosion as it ages, and was recently found in schools as well. Read More
Singapore, UK elevate ties to ‘strategic partnership’, with deeper cooperation in areas like economy
This comes after a meeting between Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak at the sidelines of the Group of Twenty (G20) summit in New…
Azerbaijan says Armenian forces fired on its troops
September 09, 2023 7:31 PM Azerbaijan’s defence ministry said on Saturday that Armenian forces had fired on its troops overnight, and that Azerbaijan army units took “retaliatory measures”. Read More
Kremlin says Laos will be top guest at economic forum, no word on N.Korea’s Kim
September 09, 2023 7:13 PM Russia said on Saturday the top foreign guest at an economic forum in Vladivostok next week would be the vice president of Laos, and that…
Trudeau’s main rival offers affordable govt in first convention speech
September 09, 2023 7:07 PM Canada’s main opposition Conservative Party on Saturday is set to wrap up their first in-person convention in five years in an upbeat mood, with polls…
In ‘macho’ Mexico, stage set for first female president
September 09, 2023 7:04 PM When Mexican presidential contenders Claudia Sheinbaum and Xochitl Galvez entered politics at the start of the millennium, more than four in five senators in the…
Morocco’s ancient city of Marrakech assesses quake damage
September 09, 2023 6:48 PM Most of the main historic sites in the old city appeared largely unscathed. Read More
Russia sticks to demands on Black Sea grain deal, rejects UN bank proposal
September 09, 2023 6:44 PM Russia said on Saturday it was sticking to its conditions for a return to the Black Sea grain deal which it quit in July. Read…