London: The UK Home Office has refuted allegations of harassment, humiliation and abuse of asylum-seekers staying at hotels in and around Liverpool. Earlier, accusations were made against staff of Home Office subcontractor Serco of creating a culture of “institutional abuse” at five hotels in the Merseyside
Beijing: The Sanxingdui Museum, which is set to open a new exhibition hall on July 28, has recently seen a surge in visitor numbers. During the recent Labor Day holiday period, nearly 100,000 visitors flocked to the site. With such a high level of interest,
Rakhine: Hundreds of people, including Rohingya Muslims, were feared dead after a cyclone struck Myanmar at the weekend, residents and aid groups said, with rescue efforts hampered by damage to infrastructure. Myanmar's impoverished Rakhine State bore the brunt of Cyclone Mocha, during which winds of up
New York: Musk said that the official policy of China is to integrate Taiwan, and he believes that China's intentions should be taken seriously. He also highlighted the interconnectedness of the Chinese and global economies, emphasizing the potential impact on companies like Tesla and Apple if
Beijing: Two Chinese warships have ventured into the Western Pacific for live-fire exercises, the military said on Tuesday, shortly after one of China’s two aircraft carriers returned from a patrol, in its latest projection of force into more distant waters. The destroyer Dalian and guided-missile frigate
Washington: In a first, US climate scientists have quantified the extent to which greenhouse gasses from the world's top fossil fuel companies have contributed to wildfires. Their analysis, published Tuesday in Environmental Research Letters, found that carbon dioxide and methane emissions from the so-called "Big 88"
Geneva: Amy Pope of the United States elbowed aside her European boss to land the top job at the International Organization for Migration, winning her bid to become the first woman to lead the UN migration agency. Pope, 49, defeated IOM Director General Antonio Vitorino of
Moscow: Russian officials denounced comments by French President Emmanuel Macron that Moscow was becoming subservient to China, saying Western countries must get used to a world underpinned by the Kremlin's close ties with Beijing. The Russian criticism focused on an interview Macron gave to the Paris
Karpathos, Greece: They may live in a tourist paradise, but many villagers on Greek islands despair of a central government they say does little for them. "We are second-class citizens," said retired sailor Manolis Melaisis, sitting outside a cafe in Diafani on the island of Karpathos. "No
Nairobi: Kenya and Somalia have agreed to reopen their common border after more than a decade, Kenya's interior minister said as ties warm between the two neighbours following years of tensions. The announcement came after a high-level joint ministerial meeting in Nairobi on cooperation including on