Mayoral candidate killed, four police hurt in bombing: Colombian president sends troops to Cucuta
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has ordered a temporary increase in the presence of troops and security forces in Cucuta, a city on the border with Venezuela, as violence by criminal gangs has escalated. The order came on Thursday. News…
Serbia’s ‘Student List’ wants police and intelligence chiefs to quit even before taking power
After ousting former president Aleksandar Vucic’s party from power in Serbia, the newly elected student-led political alliance has called for the resignation of top officials at various levels of the administration, including the police,…
Russia does not want war but is ready if Europe does, Putin warns
Moscow does not want to get drawn into any conflict with Europe, but if such a war breaks out, Russia is fully prepared, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. The news was reported by The Telegraph, the influential British media outlet. According to…
‘I am the leader’: Flavio Bolsonaro in Miami after election defeat, accuses Lula of a coup
After his defeat in Brazil’s election, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has left the country for the United States, and there he has claimed to be the country’s ‘legitimate leader’. After arriving in Miami yesterday (Wednesday) local…
Housing in high-risk Himalayan areas up 45 per cent in seven years, at least 3 lakh people in danger
Housing construction in high-risk zones in northern Nepal, several areas of south-eastern Tibet and part of India’s Uttarakhand rose by nearly 45 per cent between 2016 and 2023. A new study says at least 3 lakh people are living in the Himalayan…
High-speed train ploughs into stationary train: 68 killed in Spain, three days of national mourning
Three days of national mourning began in Spain on Thursday. For the second time this year, a collision between two high-speed trains has claimed 68 lives in the country, while a large number of people have been injured. Family members of the missing are…
Two high-speed trains collide head-on south of Madrid: death toll rises to 64, feared to climb further
The death toll from a head-on collision between two high-speed trains in the southern part of the Spanish capital Madrid has risen to 64. Regional authorities say rescue work is still under way and the number of dead is feared to rise further. The…
Manga legend Tetsuya Chiba, creator of ‘Ashita no Joe’, dies
Tetsuya Chiba, the legendary Japanese manga artist best known for the boxing series ‘Ashita no Joe’, has died. He was 87. His publishers announced his death on Tuesday, news agency AFP reported from Tokyo. Chiba’s manga tell stories of…
Empty ration cards and 4,700-peso egg cartons: in revolutionary Cuba, people now turn to the church
Food shortages, a collapsing health system, days on end without electricity, and people leaving the country in droves. In Cuba, once a revolutionary state, a dire economic crisis is being accompanied by the collapse of state services and administrative…
‘Brazil is nobody’s backyard’: Lula’s comeback trips up Trump’s Latin America plans
US President Donald Trump’s ambition to expand his influence in Latin America has run into a fresh obstacle in Brazil’s election. Leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won at the ballot box once again. Lula did not budge an inch on…