Monday, July 17, 2023

Typhoon Talim leaves behind crushed vehicles, beached whale in China July 17, 2023 at 07:13PM

Trees fell on moving vehicles, a whale washed ashore and a freezer full of ice cream floated off in floods as Typhoon Talim made its way across China's southern provinces on Tuesday. Talim, the first typhoon to make landfall in China this year, struck the coast late on Monday night in Guangdong province, quickly weakening into a tropical storm. Overnight it moved into Beibu Gulf, and by early Tuesday, it had made a second landfall and moved into southern Guangxi region.

Pak army terms TTP ‘sanctuaries’ in Afghanistan as major security threat July 17, 2023 at 10:07AM

The safe haven provided to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan was one of the major reasons impacting Pakistan’s security, the country’s military brass concluded at a corps commanders’ conference, chaired by army chief General Syed Asim Munir, at Rawalpindi on Monday.

Singapore parliament speaker, MP resign over affair July 17, 2023 at 04:08AM

Singapore's parliament speaker and a woman MP resigned Monday over an "inappropriate" affair, plunging the ruling party into further turmoil following a rare high-level corruption probe involving a cabinet minister.

Russia blames Ukraine for attack on key Crimea military supply bridge that kills two July 17, 2023 at 01:15AM

Vehicle traffic on the single bridge that links Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea and serves as a key supply route for the Kremlin's forces in the war with Ukraine came to a standstill Monday after one of its sections was blown up, killing a married couple and wounding their daughter.

Halting deal that allows export of Ukrainian grain, Kremlin says July 16, 2023 at 11:28PM