Singapore authorities are investigating Massive Attack after the British band reportedly expressed pro-Palestinian sentiments during a performance in the city-state. According to local media reports and eyewitness accounts on social media, two members of Massive Attack held up a Palestinian flag at the show on Wednesday, and reportedly shouted “Free Palestine”, with some in the…
The 43-year-old was born in a small village in Nepal’s mountainous Myagdi district, located around 1,600m above sea level. He comes from a family of Gurkhas, a world-famous group of Nepalese soldiers who have served in the British Army for more than 200 years. Following the footsteps of his father and elder brothers, he joined…
UK rapper Yung Filly has been found not guilty of raping a fan after performing at a nightclub in Australia in 2024. The YouTuber, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, had been accused of sexually assaulting the woman, then 20 years old, in his hotel room after he performed in Hillarys, a coastal…
A ten-member international mountaineering team led by renowned Nepal-born former Royal Marine Nirmal Purja is feared missing after an avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak, one of the world’s highest mountains. Pakistani mountaineering officials say the avalanche hit at around midday on Thursday on the 8,047-metre (26,400 ft) peak in the Karakoram range. There has been…
Then came 20 July. Thousands of demonstrators defied a police ban and marched towards parliament, but were met with tear gas, baton charges and mass detentions. Junaid spent hours trying to account for missing students, finding drinking water, tending to those who had been injured and helping frightened protesters make their way back to camp….
“One day we will get our freedom back.” The 22-year-old has spent much of his adult life fighting for it. But now, after five years of civil war in Myanmar, he has had enough of war and political struggle. “I want to help our people as much as I can. But I choose another way….
Large farms with more resources are investing in new technology. Ketan Yashwant Sodha, is the founder and CEO of Berry Fresh Agrotech. He started with traditional open-field farming, but was frustrated by losses caused by the weather. “For the past 10 years, it has consistently rained in India during our peak season – November, December,…
Thousands of personnel have been deployed for search-and-rescue operations. Many are digging through rubble at Kashima’s Aeon shopping centre, one of the worst-hit buildings where a portion of the second floor collapsed. The mall was also rocked by an explosion about an hour after the initial quake. The president of Aeon said it was “very…
Australia is taking Telegram to court over its alleged failure to remove “pro-terror” material, including video of the Christchurch shootings, the country’s eSafety commissioner has said. Julie Inman-Grant, who last year led Australia’s world-first ban on social media for under-16s, said the platform faced a fine of up to to A$54.6m (£28m, US$38m) for failing…
A Singapore court has fined a French student S$600 ($465; £348) for licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and putting it back into its dispenser. Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, pleaded guilty to one count of public nuisance. Maximilien, who is studying in Singapore, posted the video of himself licking the straw…