A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Kuril Islands on Saturday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported. The tremor occurred at 19:33:54 IST at a depth of 10 km, with its epicentre located at latitude 49.94°N and longitude 162.70°E.NCS posted the details of earthquake in a post on X.The quake comes just days after a […]
In a bizarre twist of international trade policy, it wasn’t just penguins that found themselves unexpectedly swept up in US tariffs — even the volcanoes of Australia’s most remote territory weren’t spared.Heard and McDonald Islands, two sub-Antarctic outposts located about 4,000 kilometers southwest of mainland Australia, were included in sweeping tariff measures introduced under President […]
18 survive speedboat capsizing in Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands (Image: AP) PADANG: Residents of Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands found several people stranded on Monday after a speedboat carrying 18 people capsized during a storm the day before, authorities said. All were in good condition. The boat, carrying mostly local administration officials, capsized while on its regular two-hour […]
LONDON: A British court blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, to Mauritius, hours before the agreement was due to be signed on Thursday. The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty to Mauritius of the Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a strategically important naval and bomber base on the largest […]
Government handout photo shows five shipwrecked fishermen wearing lifejackets, who were rescued by an Ecuadorian tuna fishing boat after being adrift for more than 50 days, at the San Cristobal Naval Base, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (AP photo) QUITO: Five fishermen who spent 55 days adrift at sea arrived Saturday at a port in the Galapagos […]
TOKYO : Japan and China are accusing each other of violating the airspace around the Japanese-controlled East China Sea islands that Beijing also claims. Japan’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that it has protested to Beijing after a Chinese helicopter that took off from one of China’s four coast guard boats had entered Japan’s […]
Howard Lutnick clarified why penguin islands have been taxed. Donald Trump‘s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick clarified that a 10% baseline tax on the Heard and McDonald islands — which are literally inhabited by only penguins — was not a mistake and not an AI thing. As Lutnick appeared on CBS’ Face the Nation, host Margater […]
Trump approves UK-Mauritius deal for Chagos islands (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump formally approved the proposed deal between the UK and Mauritius over the future of the Chagos Islands, clearing a major hurdle for the transfer of sovereignty.Downing Street confirmed on Tuesday that the agreement is now in its final stages, with Britain […]
