CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Another vessel has been hijacked near the coast of Somalia, a British sea trade monitoring agency said Friday, raising more concerns that Somali pirates are active again, nearly a decade after they caused chaos for international shipping. A dhow trading vessel was seized by heavily armed people near the town of Eyl...
ACOLMAN, Mexico -- María de Lourdes Ortiz Zacarías swiftly cuts hundreds of strips of newsprint and colored crepe paper needed to make a piñata, soothed by Norteño music on the radio while measuring pieces by feel. “The measurement is already in my fingers,” Ortiz Zacarías says with a laugh. She has been doing this since she was...
TUNIS, Tunisia -- Butter and milk shortages. Political party boycotts. Ongoing prosecutions of the president’s critics. This is the environment in which Tunisians will head to the polls on Sunday for the country's first local elections since President Kais Saied wrote a new constitution that voters approved last year. Voting will determine the composition of a new National Council of...
At least 14 people were killed and 25 were injured in a shooting at Charles University in Prague on Thursday, according to Prague's head of police. The suspect -- a 24-year-old student at the university -- died by suicide, according to police. His body was found at Charles University's faculty of the arts, the Prague head...
PIDIE, Indonesia -- Their screams and sobs could be heard from the ailing boat soon after it emerged into view amid the vastness of the Andaman Sea. Crowded on board were tiny babies and children, alongside mothers and fathers begging to be saved. The passengers were ethnic Rohingya Muslims who had fled surging gang violence and rampant...
Hong Kong woke up to its coldest morning this winter on Thursday, with the mercury dropping below 10 degrees Celsius (50 Fahrenheit) in urban areas and temperatures expected to dip even further on Friday. The Hong Kong Observatory said it recorded a minimum temperature of 9.8 degrees in the morning at its Tsim Sha Tsui headquarters,...
JOHOR BARU: With Christmas just a couple of days away, a local baker and her team are working up to 16 hours a day to meet orders, not least of which is the Italian festive staple panettone. Baker Kok Yen Yen said they were swamped with orders for the bread-like cake from customers, even including royalty. “The...
KUALA LUMPUR: Johor deputy police chief DCP M Kumar has been appointed as the Johor police chief with the rank of acting Commissioner of Police (CP) effective Jan 23, 2024. Royal Malaysia Police secretary Alzafny Ahmad said the principal assistant director (administration/general policing) at the Integrity Division of the Integrity and Standards Compliance Department, Bukit Aman,...
PAPAR: Forming a cartel to gain profit without fair competition is an act of sabotage against the government’s ongoing efforts to reduce the people’s cost of living, says Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali. Citing the case where five companies were fined RM415.5mil for fixing the price of poultry feed on...
IPOH: The Perak government will provide a location for the construction of a university of international standards in Proton City, Tanjung Malim, as proposed by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co Ltd (Geely). Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad said the matter was discussed two weeks ago, during the company's senior management visit to Perak. "During the discussion,...
