The death toll in a residential building collapse in Jordan’s capital Amman on Tuesday rose to eight, the Public Security Department (PSD) said in a statement Wednesday. Rescue work is still going on, …
Jordan responders rescue infant from collapsed building
Jordanian teams on Wednesday rescued an infant and were working to save others from the rubble of a collapsed building, as officials said they had arrested three people in connection to the disaster.
China’s Xi visits Kazakhstan ahead of summit with Putin
AP Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday started his first foreign trip since the outbreak of the pandemic with a stop in Kazakhstan ahead of a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and other …
Sri Lanka’s 60 Shades of White When lawmakers become lawbreakers
Parliamentarians—so-called supreme legislators—wear white, the colour of peace and purity. But how many of them actually behave as such? In November, 2018, Sri Lankans and the whole world witnessed …
Bodies in suitcases: Woman arrested in South Korea on two murder charges, faces extradition to New Zealand
The 42-year-old woman arrested over the death of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases was apprehended in the Korean city of Ulsan early today. The woman was arrested at 1am Korean time …
Woman arrested in South Korea on two murder charges over NZ bodies in suitcases tragedy
A 42-year-old woman has been arrested over the alleged murder of two young children whose remains were discovered in abandoned suitcases in Manurewa in New Zealand.
Grabbed land goes for erratic gains in rural Bangladesh: study
A series of land-grabbing mechanisms operate in rural Bangladesh with totally different objectives such as the growth of shrimp farms for export earnings, said …
Dhaka North not to develop less than 20-feet wide roads
The Dhaka North City Corporation will no more develop roads less then 20-feet wide, Mayor Atiqul Islam has said. “We will not give any kind of fund allocation for the development of the roads whose …
EC’s roadmap for next polls a plot to prolong AL’s stay in power: BNP
Opposition Nationalist Party senior leader Mirza Abbas on Wednesday said that the roadmap announced by the Election Commission for the next general election was nothing but a ‘conspiracy’ to prolong …
Indonesia has officially approved digital nomad visas, and Bali is already crawling with foreigners chasing work-life bliss
After more than a year of discussion, Indonesia is officially welcoming remote workers to spend up to six months logging in from lush villas and cafes — without paying tax. But some locals say the …