Thousands of Lebanese faithful were making their way to Beirut’s waterfront ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s mass on Tuesday morning, the highlight of the Catholic leader’s visit to the capital expected to draw huge crowds. Before the service the pope was to pray at the site of a catastrophic port explosion on the final day […]
Read MoreGovernments and aid groups in Indonesia and Sri Lanka worked Tuesday to rush aid to hundreds of thousands stranded by deadly flooding that has killed over 1,200 people in four countries. Torrential monsoon season deluges paired with two separate tropical cyclones last week dumped heavy rain across Sri Lanka and parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern […]
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India has ordered smartphone makers to pre-install a government-run cyber security app that cannot be removed, a move that has raised concerns about users’ privacy. The country has a massive 1.16 billion mobile phone users, according to government data from 2024, and authorities say the app will better protect them from fraud. Late on Monday, […]
Read MoreWhen Jacky Lee first heard about a raging fire at the Hong Kong housing estate where she lived, she rushed back to save Jason, her 15-year-old grey poodle still at home, fearing she would never see him again. Lee arrived to find Wang Fuk Court complex engulfed in what would become the Chinese city’s deadliest […]
Read MoreA US election once written off as a routine Republican win has turned into an unexpected test of president Donald Trump’s political strength — and a warning flare for a party already nervous about its paper-thin majority in Congress. Trump isn’t on Tuesday’s ballot for the House of Representatives seat in Tennessee’s 7th District — […]
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Der Sondergesandte von US-Präsident Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, trifft am Dienstag in Moskau den russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin zu weiteren Gesprächen über ein Ende des Ukraine-Krieges. Nach US-Angaben geht es dabei insbesondere um den von den USA vorgelegten Ukraine-Plan. Kreml-Sprecher Dmitri Peskow zufolge ist das Treffen für Dienstagnachmittag angesetzt. Nach den jüngsten Verhandlungen zwischen ukrainischen […]
Read MoreSurvivors of one of Hong Kong’s deadliest maritime disasters and victims’ families who spent 13 years in a legal and bureaucratic maze seeking answers will have to wait a little longer for a coroner’s ruling to shed light on the tragedy. A ruling was due to be made on Thursday, but on Tuesday the hearing […]
Read MoreGovernments and aid groups in Indonesia and Sri Lanka worked to rush aid Tuesday to hundreds of thousands stranded by deadly flooding that has killed around 1,200 people in four countries. Torrential monsoon season deluges paired with two separate tropical cyclones last week dumped heavy rain across all of Sri Lanka and parts of Indonesia’s […]
Read MoreHong Kong’s leader announced Tuesday the creation of a judge-led “independent committee” to investigate the devastating fire at an apartment complex that killed 151 people last week. Authorities have said the blaze, which was the city’s worst fire in decades, spread quickly via netting used on exterior scaffolding that fell short of fire-resistance standards and […]
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