India battles container ship fire with 'hazardous' cargo
WorldIndia's coast guard said it was battling to extinguish fires raging on a container ship carrying "hazardous" cargo off the southern coast to prevent a "potential ecological disaster".
Japan joins int'l crackdown on malware-linked servers
WorldTOKYO -- Over 20,000 malicious IP addresses or domains linked to infostealer malware have been taken down in a joint international operation joined by Japan and 25 other countries, Japan's National Police Agency and Interpol said Wednesday.
'Many killed' as Air India plane with 242 on board crashes near India's Ahmedabad airport
WorldNEW DELHI -- An Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from India's western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, the airline and police said, without specifying whether there were any fatalities.
Italy forges on with world's largest suspension bridge
WorldItaly hopes to begin constructing the world's largest suspension bridge connecting Sicily to the Italian mainland this summer amid widespread scepticism that it will ever be built.
Premier League 'under strain' despite record £6.3 bn revenues
WorldLONDON -- The combined revenue of Premier League clubs rose to a record £6.3 billion ($8.5 billion, 7.5 billion euros) in the 2023/24 season, but fan unrest and worsening competitive balance are cause for concern, according to financial experts Deloitte.
Rice prices Japan's hot political issue, on and off the farm
WorldSANJŌ, Japan -- All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost of the staple in Japan is threatening to deal the government a blow at the ballot box.
Chinese fighters flew close to Japanese patrol planes, Tokyo expresses concern
WorldTOKYO -- Chinese fighter jets flew unusually close to Japanese military patrol planes over the weekend, Tokyo said, after two Chinese aircraft carriers were spotted operating simultaneously in the Pacific for the first time.
New T-Rex ancestor discovered in drawers of Mongolian institute
WorldMisidentified bones that languished in the drawers of a Mongolian institute for 50 years belong to a new species of tyrannosaur that rewrites the family history of the mighty T-Rex, scientists said Wednesday.
Death toll in flood-hit South African province rises to 49
WorldJOHANNESBURG - The death toll from floods in South Africa's Eastern Cape province has risen to 49, the head of the province said on Wednesday.
Kennedy replaces fired US CDC panel members, includes anti-vaccine proponents
WorldU.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. named eight members to serve on a key panel of vaccine advisers on Wednesday, including several who have advocated against vaccines, after abruptly firing all 17 members of the independent committee of experts.
