BERLIN (AP) — The heat waves roiling Western Europe this summer toppled an average temperature record for the June-July period set in 2022, according to the European climate agency Copernicus. The extreme heat began in May and has contributed to major wildfires, prolonged drought and new national te
JAKARTA, Aug 10 (Reuters) – A fire in Indonesia’s Mount Bromo National Park in East Java that burnt 550 hectares (1,360 acres) has been extinguished, an official said on Monday, but there are new hotspots near the caldera. Here are some details: • The fire, which started on August 3, had affected 55
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Chinese robot maker Unitree has priced its Shanghai initial public offering at 150.8 yuan per share, with subscriptions to start on Monday, as it seeks to raise 6.1 billion yuan ($904 million) in a deal that would see it become the first mainland-liste
Pakistan Says Mecca Defense Pact Not Aimed at Any Country, Open to New Members By Arshad Mehmood / The Media Line Staff Pakistan has made it clear that the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement is not directed against any country and that other countries may also join the pact. Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minis
Russian Bases in Syria To Become Joint Training Centers Under New Agreement By Rizik Alabi / The Media Line [DAMASCUS] Syria’s Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday that Damascus and Moscow have reached a memorandum of understanding on the future of Russian facilities at Hmeimim and Tartus after roug
SEOUL, Aug 10 (Reuters) – A North Korean hacking group built large language model tools and collected software that could help automate cyberattacks, analyse stolen material and produce more convincing phishing campaigns, a South Korean cybersecurity firm said on Monday. The cybersecurity firm, Geni
BOSTON (AP) — Jacob Wilson’s father will be very proud. All that work on the Little League fields on up has paid off. Wilson set an MLB record for his position, playing his 111th consecutive errorless game at shortstop for the Athletics and surpassing the Baltimore Orioles’ Mike Bordick, who went 11
TORONTO (AP) — A Porter Airlines flight in Canada was canceled last week after a young child refused to sit down and buckle up, forcing the plane back to the terminal and delaying it past the airport’s runway closure. The Toronto-based airline said Sunday the parent and crew repeatedly tried unsucce
Don Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history who won five championships as a player with the Boston Celtics, died Sunday. He was 86. Nelson’s family confirmed the death in a statement that did not say where he died or provide a cause. “On Sunday morning our beloved husband, dad, grandfathe
NEW YORK (AP) — The operator of a boat that capsized in New York Harbor, killing a mother and her infant daughter, is facing criminal charges and authorities are investigating whether the vessel was an illegal charter, the U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday. The 22-foot Bayliner speedboat overturned aroun
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In the streets surrounding a drab federal office complex next to the Minneapolis airport, the beleaguered resistance to President Donald Trump found its footing. As U.S. immigration agents staged at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building for a monthslong deportation campaign, p
NEW YORK (AP) — The Perseid summer light show is back — and viewing conditions are especially promising for the Northern Hemisphere. The meteor shower’s peak Wednesday night into Thursday morning coincides with a total solar eclipse across Spain, Iceland and Greenland and a six-planet parade — thoug
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine exchanged strikes overnight that killed civilians and injured many others on both sides, local authorities reported. Large-scale Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities have become almost routine in recent weeks, with Moscow exploiting Ukraine’s critical s
By Nayera Abdallah, Steve Holland and Enas Alashray DUBAI/WASHINGTON/CAIRO Aug 9 (Reuters) – Iran said on Sunday that a deal with Oman defining new shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz was in its final stages but reiterated that the strait would only reopen once the United States met other conditi
DUBAI, Aug 9 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has handed over alleged Irish crime gang boss Daniel Kinahan to Irish authorities, the UAE state news agency (WAM) reported on Sunday, citing a joint statement. Kinahan, who was arrested in Dubai in April, was named by the United States in 2022 as o
Israel on Sunday rejected a deal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump for Gaza. Details emerged on the potential deal between Iran and Oman on managing the Strait of Hormuz as Tehran suggested that vessels linked to “hostile countries” would be barred. Iran also shuffled its top security post. M
TOKYO (AP) — Nagasaki marked on Sunday the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern city, as the mayor called nuclear weapons “absolute evil,” denounced growing support for nuclear deterrence and called on the Japanese government to adhere to its three postwar non-nuclear prin
MADRID/MILAN, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Spain checked around 200 travellers arriving from Italy at the country’s six largest airports on the first day of border controls reintroduced following a dispute with Italy over irregular migration. Spain’s Interior Ministry carried out checks on a total of 199 peopl
DUBAI, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Iran and the U.S. are not engaged in talks and Tehran will not start them as long as Washington breaches an interim deal signed in June, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday, adding that messages are being exchanged via intermediaries. Araqchi repeated Iran’s positi
Aug 9 (Reuters) – Five people died in a Ukrainian overnight drone attack on the Russian city of Belgorod, the regional crisis centre said on Sunday. Alexander Shuvayev, the acting governor of Belgorod region, earlier said three people were killed and 25 others, including two children, injured. The d
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia sent airplanes and hundreds of firefighters on Sunday to fight a blaze in a popular national park, one of a growing number of wildfires the country is battling during an unusually dry season. The largest fire reported this week has burned about 176 hectares (435 a
Aug 9 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said they had attacked Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery on Sunday, two days after the kingdom signed a defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan in response to growing regional instability from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. With Iran and the United States stil
TAIPEI, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s cabinet will propose a 16% annual rise in defence spending for 2027 which will for the first time exceed T$1 trillion ($31 billion), the official Central News Agency reported on Sunday, as Taipei bolsters its military. The move will come as China, which views democ
Aug 9 (Reuters) – Russian forces struck Ukraine’s Black Sea port infrastructure overnight, the Russian Defence Ministry said. The ministry said fuel storage facilities “used in the interests” of the Ukrainian military were hit in the ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk, as well as in the settlements of B
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills first-year coach Joe Brady used the team’s first practice in its new $2.1 billion stadium to enjoy a brief father-son moment on Saturday night. With fans beginning to file in, and rock music blaring over the state-of-the-art sound system, Brady emerged from th
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer moved into 10th place all-time in strikeouts, passing Hall of Famer Walter Johnson in the Blue Jays’ 7-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night. The 42-year-old Scherzer, making his ninth start of the season, has 3,516 car
What’s Behind Pakistan’s Restrictive Guidelines To Control Foreign Media? By Arshad Mehmood / The Media Line Staff [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan has introduced new rules expanding state oversight of foreign media, including imposing a requirement for government clearance before journalists and contributors w
Lebanese Politician Calls for Shi’ite ‘Intifada’ Against Hezbollah By The Media Line Staff Lebanese Kataeb Party leader Sami Gemayel called for an “intifada” against Hezbollah, saying Lebanon’s Shi’ite population is being held hostage by the terrorist group and should separate itself from Hezbollah
KANO, Nigeria (AP) — For groom Haruna Bashir, this weekend’s mass wedding event in Nigeria was more than a celebration — it was a hope-filled turning point after the months of pain and grief following the loss of his first wife and six children in a brutal attack earlier this year. Bashir was among
BEIRUT (AP) — A sanctioned tanker carrying nearly 1 million barrels of oil appears to have become further submerged in waters off the coast of Oman where it has been grounded for several weeks, satellite images reviewed by The Associated Press show. Crude oil has been leaking and spreading quickly i
