ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistan said yesterday that most victims of the unprecedented floods that struck the country last summer have now returned to their homes, with only a small portion still living in makeshift camps in the worst-hit, southern Sindh province. The country’s disaster management agency said the latest data shows that slightly less than […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Vasiliy Lomachenko is headed home to Ukraine, ready to resume military service during his country’s war with Russia. Next time he returns, he hopes it’s for a chance to become the undisputed lightweight champion. “Look, I’m ready,” Lomachenko said. “I’m ready for any option.” Lomachenko beat Jamaine Ortiz by unanimous decision […]
BEIJING (XINHUA) – China’s economy is on more solid ground in the third quarter (Q3) of this year with major indicators showing positive signs of stabilisation, backed by the country’s efforts to balance epidemic control and economic and social development. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 3.9 per cent year on year to CNY30.76 […]
KAMPALA, UGANDA (AP) – Eritrea on Tuesday launched a full-scale offensive along the country’s border with northern Ethiopia in what appeared to be an escalation of last month’s renewal of fighting against Tigray forces. Tigrayan authorities in turn told their people to get ready for war. The Eritreans are fighting alongside Ethiopian federal forces, including […]
LONDON (AFP) – Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka on Monday won Britain’s Booker Prize for fiction for his work The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, about a journalist murdered amid the country’s sectarian strife. “My hope for Seven Moons is this… that in the not-so-distant future… that it is read in a Sri Lanka that […]