Category: World
Grand Egyptian Museum to open main galleries for trial run to 4,000 visitors
Egypt’s vast and much-delayed antiquities museum will partly open its main galleries on Wednesday, including 12 halls that exhibit aspects of ancient Egypt. The Grand [more…]
Air India plane makes emergency landing in Canada after bomb threat
An Air India plane bound for Chicago has made an abrupt landing in the Arctic city of Iqaluit, after a false bomb threat. The emergency [more…]
More than 100 people died near the New Mexico border in 2024 – a tenfold increase in two years
Ten times as many migrants died in New Mexico near the US-Mexico border in each of the last two years compared with just five years [more…]
Canadian police accuse India of working with criminal network to kill dissidents
Canadian police have accused the Indian government of working with a criminal network run by one of India’s most notorious gangsters, Lawrence Bishnoi, to carry [more…]
Mysterious gooey blobs washed up on Canada beaches baffle experts
They are slimy on the outside, firm and spongy on the inside and surprisingly combustible. And in recent months, they have been washing up on [more…]
Canadian police accuse Indian diplomats of ‘criminal’ activities including homicides
Canadian police accused Indian diplomats and consular staff of “clandestine” and “criminal” activities in the country on Monday night, hours after senior diplomats were expelled [more…]
Woman pleads guilty over attempt to smuggle turtles by kayak into Canada
A woman who wanted to smuggle turtles across a lake and into Canada by hiding the creatures using socks in a duffle bag has pleaded [more…]
China conducts military drills around Taiwan in warning to island’s president
Chinese military and coastguard personnel surrounded Taiwan’s main island on Monday for a day of large-scale drills that Beijing said were a warning against “separatist [more…]
Alleged Pinochet agent turned Bondi nanny Adriana Rivas launches last-ditch appeal to block extradition to Chile
A former Bondi nanny and cleaner accused by Chile of being a torturer and kidnapper for Pinochet’s military dictatorship in the 1970s has launched a [more…]
Families seek to clear names of men who refused to fight for former Dutch colony
Families of 20 men who were jailed for refusing to fight to preserve the former Dutch colony in Indonesia have formally asked for their names [more…]