South Koreans rally for presidential hopefuls days before vote | World News

SEOUL: Thousands of supporters of South Korea’s two leading presidential candidates rallied on Saturday in Seoul, days before a vote triggered by the ex-leader’s disastrous declaration of martial law.Tuesday’s election caps months of political turmoil sparked by Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief suspension of civilian rule in December, for which he was impeached and removed from […]

Nigeria: Death toll from major floods passes 100

The death toll from widespread floods in central Nigeria rose to at least 111 people on Friday.After torrential rains earlier in the week, flood waters have swept away more than 50 homes in the market town of Mokwa in the central Niger state.Ibrahim Audu Husseini, spokesperson for the Niger State emergency agency told the Associated […]

Country that made smoking sexy is breaking up with cigarettes

PARIS: Brigitte Bardot lounged barefoot on a Saint-Tropez beach, drawing languorous puffs from her cigarette. Another actor, Jean-Paul Belmondo, swaggered down the Champs-Elysees with smoke curling from his defiant lips, capturing a generation’s restless rebellion.In France, cigarettes were never just cigarettes – they were cinematic statements, flirtations and rebellions wrapped in rolling paper.Yet beginning July […]

EU to strengthen defence system amid Trump admin’s ‘tough love’

Kaja Kallas at the 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore (AP) The European Union is bolstering its defence spending amidst US President Donald Trump‘s calls for spending more money by Nato countries on itself rather than asking the United States, and said that “no love” is better than “tough love.”US defence secretary Pete Hegseth had […]

‘They’re going to be ok’: Trump on Chinese students after visa crackdown | World News

Trump on Chinese students after visa crackdown (AP) US president Donald Trump, on late Friday, allayed Chinese students’ worries amid his administration’s crackdown on academia.A reporter asked Trump about his message to the Chinese college students in the US, to which he replied, “They’re going to be ok. It’s going to work out fine.”“We just […]

‘Couldn’t find his way out of his own closet’: Biden reportedly seemed disoriented in White House

Senator Josh Hawley, left, and former US President Biden (Image credits: AP) Former US President Joe Biden was so disoriented while in office that he would get lost inside his closet at the White House, senator Josh Hawley claimed.“This secret service whistleblower actually was assigned to Biden,” the Missouri Republican told Fox News host Sean […]

Pipe-swinging, hot liquid and wrench: Four MTA workers attacked in separate NYC incidents

At least four MTA workers were injured in a series of recent assaults across New York City, as violent passengers lashed out using wrenches, fists, and kicks, according to police and sources.Strangely, three of them were attacked within 12 hours. It seems that there is a rage against the MIT employees or something else.The violence […]

Why does Donald Trump hate Harvard so much? His biographer reveals ‘real reason’

US President Donald Trump’s long feud with Harvard University reportedly stemmed not from Barron Trump’s alleged rejection—as was rumored—but from Trump’s own failure to gain admission in 1964. “But the other thing is that, by the way, he didn’t get into Harvard. So one of the Trump things is always holding a grudge against the […]

US won’t leave Indo-Pacific alone against China, says Hegseth

US defense secretary Pete Hegseth delivers his speech during 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore (Image credits: AP) US defense secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday reassured Indo-Pacific allies that they won’t be left to confront China’s growing military and economic pressure alone. Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore, he also urged regional […]

Cancer-survivor teen DJ Daniel, honoured by Trump, now faces three new tumours

Picture source: White House DJ Daniel, the Texas cancer-survivor teen who was sworn in as an honorary secret service agent by US president Donald Trump, is now facing three new tumours. DJ was first diagnosed in 2018 and given only five months to live. To honour his lifelong dream, he was sworn in as an […]