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William Goodge beat the previous record by four days
British man breaks record for fastest run across Australia
SYDNEY — A British ultra-endurance athlete has broken the world record for running across the width of Australia, after a grueling 35-day journey.William Goodge, 31, started the 3,800km (2,361 miles) run from Cottesloe Beach in Perth on 15 April, and finished on Monday afternoon at Australia's iconic Bondi Beach, his father by his side.Originally from Bedfordshire in England, Goodge ran the equivalent of two-and-a-half marathons — about 100km — every day.He started running marathons after his mother, Amanda, died from cancer in 2018, with this journey raising money for cancer charities in the UK, US and Australia.The previous world record for running across Australia was held by Chris Turnbull, who managed the feat in 39 days in 2023. The year before, Australian electrician Nedd...
May 20, 2025

British man breaks record for fastest run across Australia

Ambulances park outside a railway station where rescued and injured passenger of a train attacked by insurgents are brought on 12 March, 2025
Car bomb in Pakistan's Balochistan leaves four dead and 20 injured
ISLAMABAD — Four people died and at least 20 were injured when a car bomb exploded near a market in Pakistan late on Sunday, a senior official has said.The explosion hit the city of Qillah Abdullah in Balochistan province, close to the country's border with Afghanistan.It damaged several shops and the outer perimeter of a building housing paramilitary forces, according to Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Riaz.No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion is likely to fall on ethnic Baloch separatists, who have carried out numerous attacks on security forces and civilians in Balochistan and other areas of the country.Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind condemned the bombing and said an investigation had been launched.The province has long been the centre of...
May 19, 2025

Car bomb in Pakistan's Balochistan leaves four dead and 20 injured

The YouTuber was allegedly in touch with a Pakistan High Commission official in India
Indian YouTuber arrested for allegedly 'spying' for Pakistan
NEW DELHI — Police in India have arrested a local YouTuber on suspicions of spying for Pakistan.Jyoti Malhotra, a travel influencer from the northern Indian state of Haryana, allegedly traveled to the neighboring country several times — her last trip was in March 2025.Police in Haryana allege that she was in touch with a Pakistan High Commission official, who was expelled from India earlier this month.The YouTuber's father has denied allegations that she was a spy, saying she went to Pakistan after acquiring the necessary permissions.Ms Malhotra describes herself on social media as a "modern girl with old ideas", and has 377,000 subscribers on YouTube and 133,000 followers on Instagram.But officers have questioned how she financed her travel around the globe, with her...
May 19, 2025

Indian YouTuber arrested for allegedly 'spying' for Pakistan

Kenton Cool, pictured here after his 17th climb up Everest in 2023, has achieved the feat twice more as of 18 May
British mountaineer sets record 19th Everest summit
LONDON — British mountaineer Kenton Cool has scaled Mount Everest for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most climbs up the world's tallest mountain for a non-sherpa.The 51-year-old, who was accompanied by Nepali sherpa Dorji Gyaljen, reached the 8,849m (29,000ft) high summit at 11:00 local time (04:15 GMT) on Sunday.Cool first climbed Everest in 2004 and has summited it almost yearly since.Gyaljen logged his 23rd climb up Everest. Another Nepali sherpa, Kami Rita, holds the record for making the most number of Everest summits at 30, and is also currently on the mountain attempting to set a new record.Cool's record-setting feat comes after at least two climbers - Subrata Ghosh from India and Philipp "PJ" Santiago II from the Philippines - died on Mount...
May 19, 2025

British mountaineer sets record 19th Everest summit

Less than half of the country's population are immunised against polio, a highly infectious disease
WHO declares polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea
GENEVA — The World Health Organization has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea and called for an "immediate" vaccination campaign.Samples of the highly infectious virus were found in two healthy children during a routine screening in Lae, a coastal city in the country's northeast.Less than half of the country's population is immunized against the potentially deadly disease, which is close to being wiped out but has recently resurfaced in some parts of the world."We have to do something about it and we have to do it immediately," said Sevil Huseynova, WHO's representative in Papua New Guinea, warning that the disease could spread beyond the country."We have to make maximum effort to get 100% [vaccination] coverage," Dr Huseynova said at...
May 16, 2025

WHO declares polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea

Over 330,000 Indians visited Turkey in 2024, marking a post-pandemic surge in tourism interest
Indians urge Turkey boycott amid regional tensions
NEW DELHI — What began as public calls to boycott travel to Turkey has now escalated into a broader rupture, with India severing links with Turkish businesses and universities.The diplomatic chill stems from Turkey's recent vocal support for Pakistan during the recent India-Pakistan hostilities.On Thursday India barred Turkish firm Celebi from operating at its airports, citing national security concerns — an allegation the company denies.Several Indian universities — including Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Millia Islamia, and Maulana Azad National Urdu University — have also suspended academic ties with Turkish institutions.Celebi, which handled ground services at major airports like Delhi and Mumbai, has been formally dropped, in line with the federal aviation ministry...
May 16, 2025

Indians urge Turkey boycott amid regional tensions

Search teams recovered 89 bodies in a six-week operation in the rubble of the partially constructed 30-story State Audit Office tower in Bangkok
Construction tycoon among 17 wanted in Thailand over deadly tower collapse
BANGKOK — A Thai court has issued arrest warrants for 17 people including a high-profile construction tycoon over their alleged involvement in the building of a skyscraper that collapsed and killed scores of workers during a powerful March earthquake, Reuters reported on Thursday citing police.Search teams recovered 89 bodies in a six-week operation in the rubble of the partially constructed 30-story State Audit Office tower in the capital Bangkok, which was the only skyscraper to collapse during tremors caused by a massive 7.7 magnitude quake in neighboring Myanmar.The charges included building code violations that caused deaths, carrying a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, said deputy Bangkok police chief, Police Major General Somkuan Puengsap.Thai authorities are investigating...
May 16, 2025

Construction tycoon among 17 wanted in Thailand over deadly tower collapse

There are about 30,000 North Korean defectors residing in South Korea
North Korea defectors in SK public sector at record high
SINGAPORE — There are now more North Korean defectors working in the South's public sector than ever before, Seoul has said.By the end of 2024, 211 North Korean defectors held jobs in the public sector, 17 more than the previous year, the Ministry of Unification said in a statement on Wednesday.That number is the highest since 2010, when North Korean defectors "began to enter the public service in earnest", the ministry said.Seoul has been widening its support for North Korean defectors who struggle with unemployment and social isolation as they adjust to their new lives in the South."There is a growing need to expand opportunities for North Korean defectors to enter public service so that they can directly participate in and contribute to the government's...
May 16, 2025

North Korea defectors in SK public sector at record high

Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation case has been called the trial of the century
Top Australian soldier loses appeal over war crimes defamation case
SYDNEY — Australia's most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost an appeal against a landmark defamation judgement which found he committed war crimes.A judge in 2023 ruled that news articles alleging the Victoria Cross recipient had murdered four unarmed Afghans were true, but Roberts-Smith had argued the judge made legal errors.The civil trial was the first time in history any court has assessed claims of war crimes by Australian forces.A panel of three Federal Court judges on Friday unanimously upheld the original judgement, though Roberts-Smith has said he will appeal the decision to the High Court of Australia "immediately"."I continue to maintain my innocence and deny these egregious spiteful allegations," he said in a statement.Roberts-Smith,...
May 16, 2025

Top Australian soldier loses appeal over war crimes defamation case

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31 suspected rebels killed in India’s ‘biggest ever operation’ against decades-old Maoist insurgency
NEW DELHI — Indian police have killed 31 suspected Maoist rebels in what is being described as the “biggest ever operation” against the long-running insurgency.Security forces spent 21 days attempting to capture the rebels along the border of the states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana in central India, Home Minister Amit Shah said Wednesday.Describing the operation as a “historic breakthrough,” Shah said security forces carried out the “biggest ever operation” against the rebels, killing 31 of them in Karreguttalu Hill, considered a Maoist stronghold.Indian authorities have been battling Maoist rebel groups, also known as Naxals, across several central and northern states since 1967. Inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, insurgents have over the decades launched...
May 15, 2025

31 suspected rebels killed in India’s ‘biggest ever operation’ against decades-old Maoist insurgency

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