Miguel Diaz-Canel called «this act very significant and symbolic, a sign that Cuba is not alone» Read more
Rail traffic was halted across several regions of Iran on April 7 after US and Israeli strikes hit Iranian infrastructure
Pavel Durov revealed that WhatsApp read its users’ messages and shared them with third parties
Marat Berdyev also noted that throughout 2026, a series of in-person meetings and video conferences will be held, dedicated to various areas of international scientific cooperation and the drafting of a final document
Vladimir Zelensky believes that Washington has a «domestic political deadline»
The total number of employees declined by nearly 40% in 2025 to 1,560
Before heading out to a friend's birthday party last month, I mentally ran through everything I needed. Make-up, bottle of wine, flat shoes for the way home.
Thirty-three years, eight murdered young women and a decades-long fight for justice had all led up to the day when Rex Heuermann finally confessed to being the Gilgo Beach serial killer.
Zeynab Javadli said the Dubai courts have ordered police to snatch back her children and deliver them to Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
Abdulmanon Aliev, 50, approached the child on the train from Southend, Essex, to London on June 16 last year.
LIVE: Read the Daily Mail's coverage of the crisis in the Middle East as Donald Trump tells JD Vance to find a way out of the war against Iran, ahead of the vice president's trip to Pakistan
[New Times] Watching films that tell the true story of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi offers more than a window into the past, it provides lessons for the present.
[New Times] In the aftermath of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, perpetrators and their sympathisers launched sustained campaigns of denial, many of which continue to fuel genocide ideology today.
[WFP] WFP and other humanitarians are stretching lean budgets to support millions reeling from conflict, displacement and climate shocks in the Central African nation
Canada's Immigration Department is sending tens of thousands of refugee claimants letters that they may not be eligible for asylum — and is telling some of them that they should leave immediately.
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we see how some countries are using heat from nuclear power plants to heat homes; map the countries with the biggest potential to generate solar power; and learn about the government's new approach to protecting nature.
Saab is pitching a Montreal-based, sovereign data hub to secure Canada's fighter jet contract, arguing it would keep mission-critical data out of U.S. hands. The move challenges Lockheed Martin's F-35 model and amplifies Ottawa's growing unease over data control, AI and strategic dependence.
The 10-month standoff on a B.C. ostrich farm last year was the most expensive poultry cull in Canada’s history. A fifth estate investigation reveals the campaign to save the ostriches was based on falsehoods.
According to Yevgeny Dudorov, Robotics Corporation deputy CEO for production and technological development, the robot is an anthropomorphic torso-type system equipped with artificial vision
Almost all European NATO members are broadly supportive of more «strategic autonomy» from the US
The Russian troops are preparing for an offensive to the west of Ambarnoye
Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik noted that Vladimir Zelensky is interested in a longer ceasefire in order to try to change the balance of power on the battlefield
More than 50 drones were destroyed in 10 districts of the Rostov Region, with no casualties reported, Governor Yury Slyusar said
[RFI] Djibouti votes in a presidential election on Friday expected to extend President Ismail Omar Guelleh's 27-year rule, as the strategically located country hosts major foreign military bases and sits on a key global shipping route under pressure from regional conflict.
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Fourteen-year-old Gabriela Wright had no chance of escape. The teenager was trapped in a back room with a single entrance and no rear exit when a fire of unknown origin tore through a five-bedroom house in St John’s Garden, Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Wednesday, leaving her dead and a community in mourning. Her charred body was discovered after the blaze was extinguished, marking a heartbreaking end for a student remembered as quiet, bright, and full of promise.
The National Works Agency (NWA) and the Mines and Geology Division have moved to allay public concern that recent activity along the Wag Water River is putting the Westmoreland Bridge in St Mary at risk, insisting that the structure remains safe and that no mining is taking place near it. “The bridge is safe and is not in any danger,” Stephen Shaw, manager for communication and customer services at the NWA, told The Gleaner yesterday, amid unease among residents following heavy rains.
WESTERN BUREAU: The departure of 27 Cuban healthcare workers from Cornwall Regional Hospital has exposed critical gaps in specialist care, forcing the Government to turn to the diaspora, Africa, and India to fill the void. Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton, speaking at a press briefing in Montego Bay, St James, on Thursday, said the group – comprising 22 nurses, three doctors, and four radiotherapists – had been filling roles that could not easily be staffed locally.
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the removal of individual heads at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) will do little to cure a “dysfunctional culture” that has metastasised within the institution for decades. His comment comes amid an unfolding scandal at the teaching hospital triggered by the findings of a report from the Auditor General’s Department.
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver says he is disappointed with the government posture in demanding full disclosure to his claim that shelterees are engaging in open sexual activities in schools that are being used as shelters. "Such requests are most inappropriate, misdirected, and betray fundamental understanding of how sensitive matters of this nature must be handled,” said Malabver, who was speaking on yesterday’s final day of the JTA’s 2026 Education Conference in Hanover,
First Lady Melania Trump is pushing back on claims she was linked to the disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Esptein.
Australia has given Singapore assurance over the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) amid energy disruptions caused by conflict in the Middle East, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has said on Friday (April 10).Speaking at a joint press conference with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese, PM Wong, who is also finance minister, added that Singapore will continue to supply refined fuels to Australia as long as upstream supplies continue.Both countries are also working to translate this commitment into action with a legally-binding agreement. «In a more fractured and volatile world, we choose to stay open and we choose to stand together,» said PM Wong. «Through the strength of our partnership, I am confident that Singapore and Australia will not just get through this crisis, but we will emerge stronger and more resilient.»The visit comes after Singapore and Australia pledged in March to work together to ensure that key goods such as LNG and refined fuels, including diesel, continue to flow between the two countries.Singapore generates about 95 per cent of its electricity using imported natural gas.
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) is significantly ramping up support for fresh information and digital technology (IDT) graduates by expanding the TechSkills Accelerator for Institute of Technical Education and Polytechnics (TIP) Alliance to include university students.
A 109,854 sq ft retail space at Thomson Plaza has been sold for $250 million, in a deal jointly brokered by Cushman & Wakefield and Savills. The retail space, named Swing By @ Thomson Plaza, is a multi-concept retail section within the Upper Thomson Road shopping mall.The sale price translates to approximately $2,276 psf based on the property’s net lettable area (NLA) of 109,854 sq ft, and represents a 23per cent premium to the property’s most recent book valuation of $202.6 million.The buyers are Jack Investment and Pangjwee Development, according to an announcement by Link REIT who sold the retail space. The transaction is expected to complete in the second quarter of 2026.Jack Investment’s primary asset is Leisure Park Kallang, an entertainment and retail centre at Stadium Walk near the Singapore Sports Hub, which it acquired in 2003 and subsequently redeveloped in 2006.Link REIT, a Hong Kong-listed real estate investment trust, acquired Swing By @ Thomson Plaza for $172.5 million, or approximately $1,568 psf based on the NLA, in March 2023.
Roads and buildings have been destroyed across multiple Pacific islands as slow-moving Tropical Cyclone Maila heads towards Papua New Guinea, with the eye of the storm set to cross over two remote islands early tomorrow.
