Trump admits climate change not a ‘hoax’
Washington: President Donald Trump backed off from his claim that climate change is a hoax, but said that it’s not man-made with permanent impacts and climate will “change back again”.
Yameen blames defeat on ‘disappearing ink’
Colombo: Outgoing Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has told the Supreme Court that disappearing ink and specially treated ballot papers were to blame for his heavy election defeat last month.
Flash floods kill at least 13 in France
Paris: Flash floods tore through towns in southwest France, turning waterways into raging torrents that killed at least 13 people, nine of them in just one town, authorities said.
‘Assange let partial net access by Ecuador’
London: Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuador Embassy here since 2012, was allowed limited internet access by the south American nation, seven months after it disabled for alleged breach of asylum terms, Wikileaks has announced.
Germany resumes refugee reunifications
Athens: Nearly 200 refugees seeking to join their families in Germany left Greece on Monday, the Greek migration ministry said, reviving a reunification programme that had been stalled since last year. The 177 refugees mainly from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq boarded a special charter plane to Munich, the ministry said in a statement.
China purrs over white tiger triplets
Kunming: Three playful white Bengal tiger cubs are charming visitors as they clamber around their enclosure at a zoo in China. The rare, blue-eyed triplets were born nearly three months ago at the Yunnan Wildlife Zoo in Kunming, and made their public debut in early October.
Rare Indian grey hornbill sighted in Pak
Lahore: A rare Indian grey hornbill, the species of which is listed as “Near Threatened” by an international nature conservation body, was spotted in Pakistan’s Lahore city on Monday.