Jakarta, Indonesia — On a busy highway on Indonesia’s main island of Java, a pickup truck carrying wedding guests was crushed between two vehicles, killing thirteen people and injuring five more, according to police on Monday. The group was heading home from a wedding in nearby Parean village when the collision happened on Sunday afternoon…
This week, a heat dome that is scorching the western region of the country is spreading to the Northeast, affecting some 100 million people nationwide. The deadly heat was felt throughout the Great Basin, the Rockies, and parts of the desert Southwest on Sunday, when temperatures in Billings, Montana, reached a record high of 111…
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Vietnamese police detained Sunday the captain of a speedboat that capsized off southern Vietnam, killing 15 Indian tourists. The speedboat was carrying 32 Indian tourists and four Vietnamese crew members when it overturned less than half a kilometer from shore Saturday afternoon, shortly after leaving Hon May Rut Ngoai island near Phu Quoc, Vietnam’s largest…
A New Jersey man says his t-shirt nearly got him kicked off a United Airlines flight. Sam Saadeh, of Linden, was on a flight traveling from Atlanta to Newark Liberty International Airport on June 4 while wearing a t-shirt that said, “Bombing kids is not self defense.” Saadeh, who is of Palestinian descent, said the…
17m ago UN chief warns of “catastrophic consequences” of fighting The United Nations Secretary-General warned of “catastrophic consequences” for the region if fighting resumes. “A return to full-scale hostilities would have catastrophic consequences – for the peoples of the region, for international peace & security & for the global economy,” António Guterres said in…
Millions of Americans are borrowing money or draining their savings to buy groceries, highlighting the financial strain many households face as the cost of living rises, new research has found. More than a quarter of working-age adults who relied on credit cards to buy groceries were either unable to pay their balance in full or…
Two firefighting planes were deployed to the Paris region Sunday after a large fire erupted south of the French capital, disrupting traffic during a busy summer travel weekend and piling more misery on a region sweltering through its latest heatwave. The fire, which officials described as “very virulent” and of “exceptional scale,” began late afternoon…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday reached Qatar on a one-day visit to offer condolences on the passing of former emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. In a post on the social media platform X, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said PML-N President Nawaz Sharif was also accompanying the premier. “The prime minister will…
India rejected a quick trade agreement with the US in recent talks and is holding out for a better deal as Prime Minister Narendra Modi draws confidence from new trading partners, eased economic risks and political gains at home, officials and analysts said. After months of talks, the two nations failed to finalise an interim…
