50 killed after Hurricane Melissa thrashes Caribbean
The death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose Thursday to nearly 50 people, officials said, after the ferocious storm devastated Caribbean islands and was bearing down on Bermuda.
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Seize assets of S Alam, wife in 3 countries: court
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize foreign assets of S Alam Group chairman Mohammed Saiful Alam and his wife Farzana Parveen in three countries, including the...
Spain鈥檚 Canary Islands received 46,843 migrants in 2024
A record 46,843 migrants reached Spain鈥檚 Canary Islands illegally in 2024 via the increasingly deadly Atlantic route, the second consecutive year of unprecedented arrival numbers, official data showed on Thursday.
Taiwan鈥檚 president kicks off Marshall Islands visit as China fumes
Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te arrived in the Marshall Islands on Tuesday, after visiting the United States on the first stop of a Pacific tour that has angered Chinese leaders.
UK hands Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius
Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but under what president Joe Biden called a 鈥榟istoric agreement鈥� will keep a strategic Indian Ocean military base with...
Big polluters urged to pay as key Pacific summit opens in Tonga
Emissions-belching nations were challenged to stump up for climate-related damage as a key Pacific islands summit opened on Monday, with low-lying Tuvalu declaring: 鈥業f you pollute, you should pay.鈥�
Solomon Islands voters go to polls with China鈥檚 influence in focus
Solomon Islanders in shanty towns and far-flung islands voted on Wednesday in an election that will decide whether their nation draws closer to China 鈥� with consequences for the entire South Pacific...
