International

20-09-2024 BOGOTA: Water levels in many of the rivers in the Amazon basin have reached their lowest on record amid a continuing drought, the Brazilian Geological Service (SGB) says. The Madeira River, a major tributary to the Amazon, had fallen to just 48cm in the city of Porto Velho on …

20-09-2024 BRASILIA/ NEW YORK: Some X users in Brazil have said they can once again access the social media website, media has learned. This comes after the platform, formerly known as Twitter, was banned in the country on 30 August. The change was made possible after the company, which is …

20-09-2024 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: Iranian hackers distributed hacked information about Donald Trump’s electoral campaign to people linked to the Biden campaign, according to the FBI and US intelligence agencies. US officials now believe that information taken from the Trump campaign was sent in unsolicited emails to people linked to the campaign …

19-09-2024 BEIRUT: At least 20 people have been killed and more than 450 wounded by a second wave of explosions from wireless communication devices in Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says. Walkie-talkies used by the armed group Hezbollah blew up in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, the Bekaa …

19-09-2024 DUBLIN: More than 50 people have been arrested as part of a major international investigation which dismantled an encrypted communication platform. The platform, known as Ghost, was used to facilitate a wide range of criminal activities, including large-scale drug trafficking, money laundering, instances of extreme violence and other forms …

19-09-2024 LA PAZ: A simmering political battle between former allies is threatening to boil over into an all-out struggle for power after Bolivia’s popular and controversial former leftist president, Evo Morales, called on supporters to take to the streets in protest against current President Luis Arce. Morales announced a weeklong …

19-09-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ KHARTOUM: Starvation in war-stricken Sudan “is almost everywhere”, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has told media after visiting the country. “The situation in Sudan is very alarming… the massive displacement, it’s now the largest in the world, and, of course, famine,” director-general Tedros Adhanom …

19-09-2024 COLOMBO: “I thought I’d spend my whole life here, fighting a corrupt government but the younger generation did something.” Samadhi Paramitha Brahmananayake is looking at the field where she spent months camped out with thousands of other demonstrators in Sri Lanka’s capital in 2022. She can’t quite believe that …

19-09-2024 ROME: Intense storms battering central Europe are now reaching Italy, where warnings for heavy rain, strong winds and floods have been issued for much of the country. Floods are already reported in the central city of Pescara, while the Italian meteorological service’s weather alerts apply from the northern coast …

19-09-2024 LONDON/ NEW YORK: Instagram is overhauling the way it works for teenagers, promising more “built-in protections” for young people and added controls and reassurance for parents. The new “teen accounts” are being introduced from Tuesday in the UK, US, Canada and Australia. They will turn many privacy settings on …