Malaysia hauls 300 tonnes of trash from rivers near Singapore, mostly plastic
The waste came from just two rivers – Sungai Skudai and Sungai Tebrau – in the Johor Bahru area, said state health and environment committee chairman Ling Tian Soon.
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The waste came from just two rivers – Sungai Skudai and Sungai Tebrau – in the Johor Bahru area, said state health and environment committee chairman Ling Tian Soon.
LONDON — European stocks opened lower Monday as traders reacted to initial results from the EU Parliament elections which suggest far-right parties have surged in popularity.
In the statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, she slammed the activists’ leaflets as “psychological warfare” and warned that unless Seoul stopped them and called off the loudspeaker broadcasts, the North would hit back.
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged activists on both sides of the Israel-Palestinian debate to “turn the heat down” after the U.S. Consulate in Sydney was vandalized on Monday.
Populist, far-right parties won record support in this year's European Parliament elections, early exit polls and estimates indicated on Sunday.
President Emmanuel Macron of France, dealt a crushing defeat by the extreme right in European elections, dissolved the lower house of Parliament yesterday. He called for legislative elections beginning on June 30.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Narendra Modi was sworn in Sunday for a rare third consecutive term as India’s prime minister, relying on his coalition partners after his party failed to win a parliamentary majority in a surprise outcome.
Ukrainian forces have for the first time hit a latest-generation Russian Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet at an air base inside Russia, Kyiv's GUR defense intelligence agency said on Sunday, showing satellite pictures which it said confirmed the strike.