MEXICO CITY : A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 and its epicenter was near the town of San Marcos in the southern state of Guerrero near the Pacific …
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday touted his "perfect health" and cognitive skills, one day after publication of an interview in which the 79-year-old defended his fitness for office amid scrutiny over his well-being. "The White House Doctors have just reported that I am in 'PERFECT HEALTH,' and that I 'ACED' (Meaning, was correct …
Paarl : The mercury levels are rising in the Western Cape and the Paarl Royals want to heat it up even further when they meet neighbours MI Cape Town in the first derby of Betway SA20 Season 4 at Boland Park on Friday night. Temperatures are set to soar in excess of 31 degrees Celsius …
Crans-Montana, Switzerland : Investigators on Friday set about the painful task of identifying the burned bodies of a blaze that engulfed a crowded bar and killed around 40 people at a New Year's Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana. So severe were the burns suffered by the mostly young crowd of …
Dhaka: A Hindu businessman has been brutally attacked, hacked and set on fire by unidentified miscreants in Bangladesh, police said on Thursday. The victim, identified as 50-year-old Khokon Chandra Das, was assaulted near Keurbhanga Bazar in Damudya in Shariatpur district on Wednesday night while returning home after closing his shop, Bengali daily Prothom Alo reported, …
Respondents to an annual Michigan college survey of overused and misused words and phrases say " 6-7 ” is “cooked” and should come to a massive full-stop heading into the new year. Those are among the top 10 words on the 50th annual “Banished Words List,” released Thursday by Lake Superior State University. The tongue-in-cheek …
Paris : Actor George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney were granted French citizenship because “they contribute, through their distinguished actions, to France’s international influence and cultural outreach,” the French government said Wednesday, defending their naturalization that was questioned by a junior French minister. The naturalizations of the Kentucky-born star of the “Ocean’s” series of …
Sofia: On New Year's Day, Bulgaria will achieve its decades-old goal of joining the euro currency union and deepening ties with the more prosperous countries of Western Europe. Membership is expected to promote cross-border trade and investment, and the Bulgarian government pressed for years to get in. Yet polls show the changeover is taking place …
Dhaka: Hundreds of thousands of people on Wednesday bid an emotional farewell to former prime minister and BNP patriarch Khaleda Zia as she was laid to rest near the parliament building amid tight security. Zia, the three-time prime minister and a towering political figure, died on Tuesday at the age of 80 after a prolonged …
Sydney : New Year's Eve revelers will toast the end of 2025 on Wednesday, waving goodbye to 12 months packed with Trump tariffs, a Gaza truce and vain hopes for peace in Ukraine. It was one of the warmest years on record, the stifling heat stoking wildfires in Europe, droughts in Africa and deadly rains …
