LOS ANGELES: Search operations were suspended Tuesday for survivors of a scuba-diving boat disaster off the California coast after divers recovered 20 bodies and spotted another four to six trapped in underwater wreckage. The remains of 11 women and nine men were transferred to coroner offices after the 75-foot Conception
CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused the Colombian government Tuesday of using dissident FARC leaders’ rejection of a peace accord to try to “provoke a military conflict” with Venezuela, and placed border soldiers on alert. “Not only has the Colombian government engaged Colombia in a worsening war, but it is
VIENNA: The Austrian capital Vienna has retained its ranking as the world’s most liveable city, according to an annual report from the Economist. Vienna once again came ahead of Melbourne — which had held the top ranking for seven years until losing it to Vienna in 2018 — according to
WELLINGTON: Five Chinese nationals were killed and another six injured when a tourist bus veered off a highway and flipped during bad weather in New Zealand’s North Island, police said. Police said 27 people were in the vehicle when it crashed about 20 kilometres outside Rotorua — a popular tourist
MAPUTO: Pope Francis arrived in Mozambique yesterday at the start of a three-nation tour of Indian Ocean African countries hard hit by poverty, conflict and natural disaster. He was welcomed by tens of thousands during his visit, which will culminate with a mass on Friday at the giant Zimpeto stadium
SEOUL: When Lim reached South Korea, she thought she had left behind the miseries of poverty and an unwanted marriage for a better life with her daughter. She is one of more than 33,000 North Koreans — the vast majority of them women — who have fled to the South
NEW YORK: Serena Williams earned her 100th win at the US Open on Tuesday with a brutal 44-minute demolition of Wang Qiang, firing an ominous warning to rivals in her pursuit of a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title. Six-time US Open champion Williams dismantled Chinese 18th seed Wang 6-1, 6-0
NEW YORK: Elina Svitolina’s blossoming romance with Gael Monfils is propelling the couple’s deep runs at the US Open, and the Ukrainian urged the French star to keep pace after Tuesday’s quarterfinal victory. Svitolina, who broke the psychological barrier of reaching a Grand Slam semi-final at Wimbledon in July, became
TOKYO: Coach Jamie Joseph insists Japan will have no fear after Wednesday naming a strong side to face revenge-seeking South Africa in the World Cup hosts’ final warm-up. The last time the teams met, hitherto tournament no-hopers Japan stunned the Springboks 34-32 on the English south coast in their opening
SAO PAULO: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro will skip a regional summit on fires that have devastated swaths of the Amazon because doctors want him to get ready for surgery scheduled for next week, a spokesman said Monday. The far-right president has been widely criticized over his support for Amazon deforestation
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