France, rest of Europe could see more local dengue outbreaks as world warms
April 14, 2023 6:00 AM Climate change is expanding the range of dengue-carrying mosquitoes and making them more lethal. Read More
Make parental care leave mandatory like childcare leave, caregivers and advocates say
Just 13.2 per cent of private firms offer their staff leave to take care of their parents, according to figures given by the Manpower Ministry in a parliamentary reply last…
Around the world in 80 days: Age and knee replacements can’t stop these 81-year-old travellers
April 14, 2023 5:00 AM Some countries they visited, such as Egypt and Japan, were inspired by the book Around the World in Eighty Days by French writer Jules Verne.…
An emotional Joe Biden tells Irish parliament: ‘I’m home’
April 14, 2023 4:53 AM He earlier met some of his late mother’s distant relatives. Read More
Ukraine plant ‘living on borrowed time’: UN nuclear chief
April 14, 2023 4:34 AM Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia plant is Europe’s largest nuclear power station. Read More
US arrests 21-year-old National Guardsman in classified documents leak
April 14, 2023 4:00 AM Jack Teixeira was taken into custody without incident and will be arraigned at a court in Boston. Read More
India’s Modi raises embassy security with Britain’s Sunak after vandalism
April 14, 2023 3:01 AM New Delhi is upset over protests and vandalism by Sikh separatists outside its Indian mission in London. Read More
Serbia’s president denies sales of military equipment to Ukraine
April 14, 2023 2:35 AM A leaked Pentagon document said Belgrade had agreed to supply arms to Kyiv. Read More
China sanctions senior US lawmaker for visiting Taiwan
April 14, 2023 2:13 AM BEIJING – China’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday sanctioned US Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, for visiting Taiwan, saying…
Polish PM blasts ‘short-sighted’ Europeans seeking China opening, after Macron visit
April 14, 2023 1:56 AM Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, in Washington, warns of the consequences for Ukraine. Read More