Teen drug abuse in Japan hits alarming levels: gov't study

Jul 21, 2024

Tokyo [Japan], July 21: A total of 650,000 people in Japan misused nonprescription drugs last year, with teenagers being the most affected group, according to...

Aircraft makes emergency landing in Athens airport, no injuries

Jul 21, 2024

Athens [Greece], July 21: An aircraft with 233 persons on board made an emergency landing on Friday at Athens International Airport (AIA), local media reported...

'Iran capable of producing fissile material within weeks'

Jul 21, 2024

Washington [US], July 21: Iran is probably capable of producing enough fissile material for use in a nuclear weapon within "one or two weeks," US...

40 dead in migrant boat fire off Haiti

Jul 21, 2024

Havana [Cuba], July 21: At least 40 people have died after a boat carrying migrants caught fire off the coast of Haiti, the International Organization...

Twelve dead after highway bridge collapses in north-west China

Jul 21, 2024

Beijing [China], July 21: At least 12 people died after a motorway bridge collapsed in north-western China on Friday, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported...

Doctors in Gaza deliver unborn baby after pregnant mother killed

Jul 21, 2024

Gaza [Palestine], July 21: Rescue workers in central Gaza have saved the unborn baby of a heavily pregnant woman who was killed in an Israeli...

CrowdStrike & Microsoft: What we know about the global IT outage

Jul 21, 2024

Washington [US], July 21: In what will go down as the most spectacular IT failure the world has ever seen, a botched software update from...

Vietnam social media users black out profile pics to mourn leader

Jul 21, 2024

Hanoi [Vietnam], July 21: Vietnamese social media users changed their profile pictures to black on Saturday in a show of mourning for the country's late...

Stark divide on show as Cyprus marks 50 years since invasion

Jul 21, 2024

Nicosia [Cyprus], July 21: Cyprus on Saturday marked 50 years since Turkish troops invaded the Mediterranean island, with comments from the Turkish and Cypriot leaders...