International

New Zealand hospitals overwhelmed by influenza-like winter illness

NEW ZEALAND: JULY 5 – Hospitals and healthcare providers across New Zealand have been...

America is undergoing seismic changes, but its politics barely budge

AMERICA: JULY 5 – Over a period of weeks, the coronavirus death rate plunged...

Airstrikes kill 15 militants in Afghanistan as Taliban attempts to capture Kunduz city

KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN: JULY 5 – A total of 15 Taliban militants have been killed...

Over 1.3 bln doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in China

BEIJING: JULY 5 – More than 1.3 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been...

Philippines’ plane crash kills 50, wounds 49

PHILIPPINES: JULY 5 – Philippine troops found the last five dead from the crash...

Rescuers fight time, weather in Japan landslide; some 80 missing

TOKYO: JULY 5 – More than a thousand Japanese rescuers combed through crumbled houses...

Collapsed Florida condo demolished ahead of storm, search to resume

SURFSIDE, FLORIDA: JULY 5 – The partially collapsed Miami-area condo where 24 people are...

11 dead after drinking tainted rice wine in SW Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: JULY 4 – Eleven villagers had subsequently died in southwest Cambodia’s...

Somali army kills 15 al-Shabab militants in central region

MOGADISHU: JULY 4 – Somali National Army (SNA) said its forces killed 15 al-Shabab...

More than 240 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast

TRIPOLI, LIBYA: JULY 4 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on...