The quake struck on Wednesday morning and was the strongest to hit the island in 25 years. The search for survivors of Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years continues. At least nine people have been confirmed dead and hundreds injured after the magnitude 7.2 tremor hit off the island’s east…
As the war enters its 770th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Fighting Kharkiv regional governor, Oleh Syniehubov, said three emergency workers were killed in a Russian attack on Ukraine’s second-largest city. The three had gone to help after a Russian…
Revived talks on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appear to be making little progress, with the two sides showing few signs that they are ready to compromise on their demands. Israeli objections to the return of displaced residents to their homes in Gaza is a key issue holding up…
United States prosecutors involved in the criminal indictment of Donald Trump in Florida have questioned a judge’s order that they indicate risks tipping the case in the former US president’s favour. Their 24-page filing was issued late on Tuesday, as part of an ongoing case looking into Trump’s handling of…
Election authority reverses ejection of Kurdish winner of mayoral race in city of Van in eastern Turkey. Turkey’s election authority has reinstated a pro-Kurdish mayoral election winner in the eastern city of Van after the annulment of his victory provoked clashes. The Supreme Election Board (YSK) announced on Wednesday that…
Human Rights Watch has urged the two countries to ensure the safety of people crossing the dangerous migration route. Colombia and Panama have failed to protect hundreds of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers crossing a dangerous yet popular jungle migration route between the two countries, Human Rights Watch (HRW)…
President Mokgweetsi Masisi offers to send the animals as a ‘gift’ to Berlin amid a dispute over hunting trophies. Botswana’s president has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a dispute over conservation. Angered by proposals in Berlin to restrict the import of hunting trophies, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said…
The country’s governing Georgian Dream party says the law will be passed before parliamentary elections in October. Pro-democracy groups have called for protests after Georgia’s governing party said it will revive the controversial “foreign agents law” that mass demonstrations forced it to drop last year. The governing Georgian Dream party…
A 12-year-old opened fire at a school in the suburbs of the Finnish capital Helsinki on Tuesday. Police in Finland have said that bullying was the motive behind Tuesday’s deadly school shooting on the outskirts of Helsinki. The 12-year-old who opened fire on classmates has said that he was the…
Gandhi is the leading figure in an opposition alliance fighting an uphill battle in this year’s polls against Modi, who remains broadly popular. Thousands of supporters thronged India’s most prominent opposition leader Rahul Gandhi during a campaign procession before his formal nomination for the parliamentary election starting this month. Gandhi,…
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