Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, Sept 8 (AFP/APP):Bahamians scrambled to escape the islands hardest-hit by Dorian, which has killed at least 43 people, while the monster storm churned northward and made landfall
Ottawa, Sept 8 (AFP/APP):Dorian made landfall in Canada on Saturday night south of Halifax with ferocious 100 mph (155 kph) winds and torrential rains, meteorologists said, toppling trees and whipping
Washington, Sept 8 (AFP/APP):The US Congress convenes Monday for the first time since recent mass shootings left Americans distraught over surging violence, but the Senate's Republican leader stressed he would
Venice, Sept 8 (AFP/APP):"Joker", a daring take on the comic book villain starring Joaquin Phoenix, won the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice film festival Saturday with Roman
Antananarivo, Sept 8 (AFP/APP):Up to 800,000 people were on Sunday expected to gather in the Madagascan capital Antananarivo to hear Pope Francis say mass on the second leg of his
Washington, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):A coalition of US states unveiled on Friday an antitrust investigation of Facebook, the first of what is expected to be a wave of action against dominant
Chittagong, Bangladesh, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):Rashid Khan completed his second five-wicket Test haul to hand Afghanistan a big advantage in the one-off series against Bangladesh in Chittagong on Saturday. Rashid claimed
Seoul, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):Pyongyang has named an army general with expertise in artillery as its new military commander, North Korean state media reported, in a move that an analyst said
Paris, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):A dozen international media organisations, including AFP, have signed up to a new initiative launched by the BBC to fight misinformation. AFP said in a statement on
Tokyo (7th Sept, 2019): Education Minister for Japan, Masahiko Shibayama, decides to maintain Japanese language format for the English language as a way forward. According to reports, following Japan's progress
