Deadly South Korea wildfire started by man performing rite at family grave

South Korean police detained a man suspected of performing an ancestral rite that later grew into the country&s worst wildfire, killing at least 26 people and destroying ancient temples.

Details
Category: WorldNews

Write comment (96 Comments)

Dance routines and armed mechanical dogs aside, China is winning global robotics race

Chinese robots are being used to move parts in electric-vehicle factories and to carry out search-and-rescue operations in disaster zones. They are delighting audiences by performing complex dance routines. And robot dogs with automatic rifles attached to their backs are even being tested by the People&s Liberation Army.

Details
Category: WorldNews

Write comment (97 Comments)

The Irish Independent&s View: Ronald Reagan&s lessons on the futility of tariffs and trade wars are lost on Donald Trump

&We&re in the same boat with our trading partners. If one partner shoots a hole in the boat, does it make sense for the other one to shoot another hole in the boat? Some say yes, and call that getting tough. Well, I call it stupid.& These were the words of US president Ronald Reagan in a 1987 radio address from Camp David.

Details
Category: WorldNews

Write comment (98 Comments)

‘Don&t come yet, I told my baby& & Thai woman gave birth as patients evacuated hospital during earthquake

A woman gave birth to a baby girl as the hospital she was in was ­evacuated during the catastrophic earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand.

Details
Category: WorldNews

Write comment (97 Comments)

‘If Iran don&t make deal, there&ll be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before& & Donald Trump warns

US president Donald Trump threatened Iran yesterday with bombing and secondary tariffs if Tehran did not come to an agreement with Washington over its nuclear programme.

Details
Category: WorldNews

Write comment (94 Comments)

Nurse Lucy Letby ‘probably& innocent, top UK judge says

Lucy Letby is &probably& innocent, one of the UK&s most distinguished judges has said.

Details
Category: WorldNews

Write comment (92 Comments)
  1. Myanmar earthquake death toll ‘could eventually top 10,000’, say US geologists as foreign teams rush to rescue trapped survivors
  2. 'Eid of sadness'-- 19 killed in Israeli strikes as Gazans mark religious festival
  3. 'We hear the weeps under the rubble, however we are helpless to save them': Myanmar earthquake response obstructed by years of corrupt military guideline
  4. US will not get Greenland, says territory’s prime minister
  5. Trump says he's considering ways to serve a third term as president