Television news channels in Bangladesh were off the air and telecommunications were widely disrupted on Friday amid violent student protests against quotas for government jobs in which nearly two dozen people have been killed this week. There was no immediate word from the government. French news agency AFP reported that the death toll in Thursday’s […]
U.S. President Joe Biden is working towards a decision on whether to stay in the presidential race that is good for the country, Senator John Hickenlooper told Reuters, noting sadness among Democrats about the president while stopping short of saying he should step aside. Hickenlooper, who ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination that Biden […]
The met office on Friday issued a yellow weather warning for extreme high temperatures. The warning will be in effect between 11am and 4pm, with temperatures set to rise to a maximum of 42 degrees Celsius inland, and 32 degrees Celsius in the mountains. At the same time, the forestry department has set the level […]
Donald Trump described on Thursday how he narrowly survived an attempt on his life, telling a rapt audience at the Republican National Convention in his first speech since the attack that he was only there “by the grace of Almighty God.” “I heard a loud whizzing sound and felt something hit me really, really hard […]
Temperatures on Friday are set to reach a whopping 42 degrees Celsius inland, making the day a veritable scorcher. Temperatures on the coasts will be slightly lower, rising only to 34 degrees Celsius on the west coast, and 37 degrees Celsius on the rest of the coasts, while the mercury will rise to a maximum […]
Shares of Warner Bros Discovery rose more than 6 per cent on Tuesday after Bank of America (BofA) Global Research said the company could create more value for its shareholders if it explored strategic options, including a potential sale. The loss-making media conglomerate has been reeling from the effects of subdued advertising in the U.S. […]
General Motors on Monday declined to reiterate its previously announced forecast that it would have 1 million units of electric vehicle production capacity in North America by the end of 2025. A GM spokesperson said the automaker would meet EV demand but did not repeat the prior production target. “We’re being flexible. We haven’t announced […]
There are “no plastics worse than others” when it comes to cleaning beaches, especially after parties or weddings when – in the name of creating a celebratory atmosphere – poppers propel thousands of small pieces of metallic paper onto the sand. Ecological Movement Cyprus’ Natasa Ioannou blamed “lax management” for failing to keep the beaches […]
Hopefully, we witnessed the last episode of the farce regarding the submission of asset statements by elected officials on Tuesday. For 20 years, within the framework of the so-called ‘pothen esches’ law, politicians submitted anything they wanted in their asset statement, not even bothering to complete the form properly. Nobody looked at these forms, apart […]