MANILA: Six years after four policemen burst into her Manila slum shack and shot dead her husband and teenage son, Mary Ann Bonifacio fears for her own life as she fights for justice.Bonifacio is pursuing the men in court in the hope of pro...

LIMA: Peru’s government on Sunday declared that a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections had begun to hit the country, which has one of the highest mortality rates from the virus in the world.“We are currently in a fourth wave, as we have seen...

NEW YORK: A stampede occurred at a Pride parade in the US city of New York on Sunday, with hundreds of people attempting to flee after mistaking the sound of fireworks for gunfire, police said.“There were NO shots fired in Washington Square...

LONDON: Russia looked set for its first sovereign default in decades as some bondholders said they had not received overdue interest on Monday following the expiry of a key payment deadline a day earlier.Russia has struggled to keep up paym...

TOKYO: Japan will expand its sanctions list against Russia and will freeze the assets of an additional 70 people and entities and ban exports to 90 structures tied to the defence industry, Sputnik quoted the NHK broadcaster reports citing J...

THE highly-anticipated South Korean remake of the Spanish action-thriller series Money Heist made its Netflix debut last week, and already has become one of the most streamed series worldwide.Recently, the show’s stars – Yoo Ji Tae, Jeon Jo...

SEOUL: A former South Korean Navy SEAL turned YouTuber who risked jail time to leave Seoul and fight for Ukraine says it would have been a “crime” not to use his skills to help.Ken Rhee(pix), an ex-special warfare officer, signed up at the...

TOKYO: Japan prepared on Monday for a possible power crunch as temperatures climbed nationwide, with authorities warning of higher than expected demand as the rainy season ended in the capital, Tokyo, at the earliest since record-keeping be...

QUITO: Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso announced Sunday that the country will cut fuel prices, which had sparked weeks of demonstrations, though not by as much as protesters have demanded.“I have decided to reduce the price of gasoline...

FOLLOWING South Korean supergroup BTS’ shock announcement that it was taking a temporary hiatus so that its members could focus on their solo projects, fans have been wondering who from the group will be the first to get their new music out...

ELMAU CASTLE: President Volodymyr Zelensky(pix) will urge world powers to step up their support for Ukraine when he addresses the G7 summit on Monday, as Kyiv reels from the first Russian strikes on the capital in weeks.US President Joe Bid...

PARIS: France is likely to restart coal-fired power plants to cope with the energy crisis fueled by the Russia-Ukraine war, Anadolu reported, quoting RTL radio news on Sunday.The Energy Transition Ministry has proposed to restart the Emile...

TEHRAN: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Sunday that the measures taken by the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) during their occupation of Afghanistan have led to increased cultivation of narcotic plants i...

KUALA LUMPUR: Uzbekistan has offered Malaysian aid agencies the use of facilities at its International Hub for Humanitarian Assistance, to deliver humanitarian aid to the war-torn neighbouring Afghanistan.Uzbekistan’s ambassador to Malaysi...

CANBERRA: A NASA rocket was launched early Monday from the Australian soil for the first time in 27 years, reported Xinhua.The suborbital-sounding rocket successfully took off from the Arnhem Space Center in the Northern Territory (NT) earl...

ACTOR Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has always been praised for his strong work ethic and workout discipline, and on Saturday, the star gave a glimpse into how he manages to keep himself motivated.On his Instagram account, Johnson shared a phot...

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s(pix) government will press ahead on Monday with legislation to scrap rules on post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland, setting up further clashes with the European Union.The legislation, which...

ON Friday, many artistes in the US entertainment scene got political when the United States Supreme Court announced that it was overturning the landmark Roe vs Wade ruling that guaranteed an individual’s right to safe abortions.Following th...

WASHINGTON: Abortion bans enacted across America will be especially painful for women in the US military, one more hurdle they have to face in a man’s world where sexual assault and unwanted pregnancies occur more often than in the rest of...

NEW YORK: Jailed former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been placed on suicide watch -- despite not being suicidal -- according to her lawyers, who said they would move to postpone her sentencing for sex trafficking if she remained in isola...

NAIROBI: Delegates from almost 200 nations have made little progress towards hammering out a blueprint for a global pact to protect nature from human activity, after almost a week of difficult talks in Nairobi.The meetings wrapping up Sunda...

ISTANBUL: Turkish police on Sunday forcibly intervened in a Pride march in Istanbul, detaining more than 150 demonstrators and an AFP photographer, AFP journalists on the ground and an NGO reported.The governor’s office had banned the march...

LOS ANGELES: Baz Luhrmann’s rock’n’roll biopic “Elvis” hip-swiveled to the top of the box office on its opening weekend in North America, taking in an estimated $30.5 million in a rare tie with “Top Gun: Maverick,“ industry watcher Exhibito...

ANKARA: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian(pix) will visit Ankara on Monday after Tehran dismissed as “ridiculous” allegations by Israel that the Islamic republic was planning anti-Israeli attacks in Turkey.Amir-Abdollahian “...

LIFE for a host in the Westworld theme park was pretty redundant in the past. In the first season, every host was confined to their assigned narrative in the park. No matter how destructive the guests can get, hosts are designed to accommod...