Strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Peru, damaging homes and schools
A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck southern Peru on Thursday, US seismologists said, with authorities reporting minor injuries to three people, according to a preliminary report. The epicentre of the quake was located about 40 kilometres northwest…
El Niño set to be ‘strongest in living memory’, says Met Office
Heat is released from the ocean into the atmosphere, lifting global temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns. Scientists declare an El Niño when sea surface temperatures in a key area of the Pacific are 0.5C or more above average. Current measurements…
Spain expands Ceuta migrant shelters to ease crisis
The Spanish government announced on Thursday the creation of shelters for 1,800 migrants in Ceuta in a bid to relieve the humanitarian crisis there following last month’s influx from Morocco. Some 72,000 migrants breached the border in an…
Five missing after fire in Alpine town in Switzerland
Five people are missing and eight others injured after a restaurant with apartments was «completely destroyed» by fire in the Swiss town of Thusis, police have said. Initial investigations indicate the blaze broke out on the second floor and the cause…
Hong Kong convicts two Tiananmen vigil activists of inciting subversion
A Hong Kong court found two pro-democracy activists who organised annual vigils to mark China‘s deadly Tiananmen crackdown guilty of «incitement to subversion» on Friday. The closely watched national security case was seen as a bellwether for…
British rapper Yung Filly to face retrial on rape charges in Australia
British rapper Yung Filly will face a retrial on three rape charges in Australia, after a jury cleared him of several sexual assault offences but could not reach a decision on others. The YouTuber, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos,…
Middle East live: Hormuz shipping traffic falls as Iran-US talks stall
Home Middle East Live Issued on: 21/08/2026 – 04:50Modified: 21/08/2026 – 04:52 Vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on August 10, 2026. © Atta Kenare, AFP Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell…
Japan executes man who killed five in gaming parlour fire
Japan has executed a man who killed five people in a gaming parlour fire in 2009, making this the first time in more than a year that the country has enacted the death sentence. Sunao Takami, 58, had doused the pachinko gaming parlour near his home in…
Landmark case against Meta: Focus shifts from online content to ‘design and infrastructure’
Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Leïla Mörch, CEO / Founder of Geminy. She specializes in technology, public policy, with a focus on social media regulation. She sees the landmark trial against Meta as potentially significant not simply because the…
Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square activists guilty in national security trial
Lee and Chow were also leaders of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance (HKA). The HKA was founded in May 1989 to support students holding pro-democracy rallies. Weeks later, the Communist Party crushed pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen…