Japan’s Mount Fuji remains snowless later in year than ever recorded
Mount Fuji is still without snow, making it the latest time in the year the mountain has remained bare since records began 130 years ago. The peaks of Japan’s highest…
At least 93 killed and missing in Israeli strike on Gaza, health ministry says
At least 93 people are dead or missing after an Israeli air strike on the town of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says. Rescuers said a…
How this US election could change state of the world
BBC When US President Joe Biden walked through Kyiv in February 2023 on a surprise visit to show solidarity with Volodymyr Zelensky, his Ukrainian counterpart, air sirens were wailing. “I…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah announces Naim Qassem as new leader
Hezbollah has announced the group’s deputy secretary general will become its new head. Naim Qassem replaces long-term leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut…
Austrialian ‘ferries fiasco’ ship to be mothballed in Edinburgh
TT-Line Spirit of Tasmania IV has to be moved from a Finnish shipyard because it could be damaged by pack ice A huge newly-constructed ship is to be mothballed in…
What discovered Mayan city Valeriana might have looked like
A huge Mayan city has been discovered centuries after it disappeared under the jungle canopy in Mexico. Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres in the southeastern…
Contentious visa agreement sparks controversy
A controversial agreement to grant Ukrainian diplomats visa-free access to South Africa has sparked outrage within political circles. South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber, who is from a different…
Chopin waltz unearthed in New York after almost 200 years
A new piece of music believed to be by the Polish composer Frederic Chopin has been discovered nearly 200 years after it was first written. The unknown waltz was unearthed…
Rodrigo Duterte admits to ‘death squad’ in drug war
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has admitted that he kept a “death squad” to crack down on crime while mayor of one of the country’s largest cities. In his first…
Lebanon says 60 killed in Israel strikes on Bekaa Valley in east
At least 60 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, the Lebanese health ministry said. Two children were killed in the strikes on 12 areas…