Photos: Volunteers race against time to find earthquake survivors
Volunteers continue to search for survivors more than a week after earthquakes devastated Turkey and Syria.
Category Archives: News
WHO to ‘push until we get the answer’ on COVID origins
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says it is 'crucial' to know how the coronavirus pandemic started.
Tesla to make some EV chargers available to all under US plan
Plan to open US' largest and most reliable charging network to all drivers is a potential game-changer in EV usage.
FTX customers sue financiers for giving it ‘air of legitimacy’
Complainants said Sequoia Capital, Thoma Bravo and Paradigm were 'incentivized' to tout FTX by their $550m investment.
Panama bus accident kills at least 39 migrants
A bus carrying 66 people plunged off of a cliff in the worst accident involving migrants in Panama in a decade.
US retail sales post biggest jump in nearly two years
Signs of strength in consumer spending could potentially elicit 'more aggressive action' from the US Fed.
Russian journalist gets 6 years in penal colony over Ukraine war
The Kremlin has banned the spread of 'false information' or criticism about the Russian army during the war in Ukraine.
Americans’ trust in US news organisations declines: Study
New study says only 26 percent of Americans have a 'favourable opinion of the news media' - the lowest in five years.
Italy’s Berlusconi acquitted in Bunga Bunga bribery trial
An Italian court found the former prime minister not guilty of bribing witnesses to lie about his notorious parties.
Rise in migrants from Horn of Africa to Gulf states worrying: UN
IOM chief says number of women and children migrating from Horn of Africa to Gulf states has significantly increased.
UN says 73 people presumed dead in shipwreck off Libya
Seven survivors made it back to the Libyan shores in 'extremely dire conditions', according to the UN migration agency.
Ecuador: Indigenous villages fight ‘devastating’ mining activity
Government’s failure to regulate mining has damaged the environment and human health, community members say.
Infographic: How much have NATO members spent on Ukraine?
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the 30 members of the alliance have committed at least $80bn of aid to Kyiv.
Turkey earthquake: How are people reacting to state response?
As people wait to see what they'll be able to reclaim of their lives, their reactions range from anger to understanding.
Lufthansa IT failure strands thousands of passengers worldwide
German carrier says it expects its flight operations to stabilise by Wednesday evening.
Zambia grants eight Croatians bail in child trafficking case
Four Croatian couples are accused of trying to traffic four infants from the neighbouring DR Congo.
Jordan’s foreign minister visits Syria in first trip since war
Safadi's visit comes as Syria's al-Assad received calls and offers of assistance from leaders in Arab nations.
‘I thought I was going to die’: Turkey quake survivors’ ordeal
Al Jazeera speaks to people pulled from the rubble at a hospital in Osmaniye about how they held on for help.
Russia holding Ukrainian children in camp network: Study
Yale study backed by State Department finds at least 6,000 Ukrainian children sent to reeducation centres.
UN chief says rising seas a ‘death sentence’ for some countries
UN secretary general warns that low-lying communities and entire countries could disappear under rising sea levels.