JAKARTA: (Bernama-Xinhua) Mount Lewotobi, located in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted again on Wednesday (Nov 20), spewing ash and volcanic materials that significantly worsened air quality in the region, reported Xinhua. The eruption sent a thick, gray column of ash soaring up to 3 kilometres (km) high, dispersing to the west and southwest of the...
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a new nuclear doctrine, lowering the threshold for a nuclear strike in response to a broader range of conventional attacks. Here is some international reaction to Tuesday's move: WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL "We were not surprised by Russia's announcement that it would update its nuclear doctrine; Russia had been...
PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Wednesday threatened to seek to topple Prime Minister Michel Barnier's fragile coalition government if her National Rally (RN) party's cost-of-living concerns were not incorporated into the 2025 budget. Le Pen's warning shot comes as she faces a major potential setback, with prosecutors seeking an obligatory five-year...
KYIV (Reuters): Ukraine used US ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory on Tuesday (Nov 19), taking advantage of newly granted permission from the outgoing Biden administration on the war's 1,000th day. Russia said its forces shot down five of six of the missiles, which were fired at a military facility in the Bryansk region. Debris of...
Hundreds of curious shoppers, some equipped with camping stools and rain gear, lined up for hours on a drizzly weekday in the western German city of Aachen. They weren't waiting for the latest phone or luxury handbag release: they were after a taste of a new chocolate bar. Swiss chocolate giant Lindt has drawn the crowds...
TAWAU: The prosecution in the trial of 13 Kolej Vokasional Lahad Datu students charged with murdering Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat Mohd Narul Azwan will prove that the accused assaulted the Biotechnology programme student before he died. Deputy Public Prosecutor Nur Nisla Abd Latif said an autopsy conducted on March 23, 2024, confirmed that Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat's cause...
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman chaired the weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday, according to state television, for the first time since Sept. 24. The 88-year-old king of the world's biggest oil exporter, a major U.S. ally in the Middle East, recovered in October from lung inflammation after undergoing medical tests. His last cabinet meeting in...
SINGAPORE: When Jillyn Lee, 19, first tried a matcha drink in 2022, she was captivated by its rich and creamy taste. The Singapore Polytechnic student has since made drinking matcha – powdered green tea – a daily ritual, enjoying it at least twice a day. Her obsession with the superfood even led her to Japan in October...
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BEIJING: A girl died after falling four storeys to the ground in a shopping mall in eastern China’s Shandong province on Saturday (Nov 16). The girl had been standing near the top of an escalator, leaning on an adjacent glass panel when it gave way at about 8.30pm, according to media outlets. The accident occurred at...
