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Scene of this morning’s explosions in Tultepec. Some emergency personnel who arrived after the first blast were killed by the second Two gunpowder explosions in the fireworks manufacturing community of Tultepec, México state, have killed 19 people. State security officials said at least 40 people were injured. The first blast occurred at a fireworks workshop […]

Sweden needs more IT professionals to meet demand. Photo: Vidar Ruud/NTB Scanpix Sweden needs more IT professionals to meet demand. Photo: Vidar Ruud/NTB Scanpix Sweden faces a deficit of 70,000 digital professionals by 2022 if a number of measures including promoting migration of skilled workers are not taken, a report predicts. “The biggest obstacle in […]

Rescuers are still deciding how to extract 12 boys and their football coach from a cave in Thailand as forecasts for fresh rain have turned the operation into a “race against the water”. A Thai official on Thursday said he had asked for 13 diving kits to be prepared while navy SEAL divers were assessing […]

Angela Merkel and Donald Trump. Photo: DPA German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday warned US President Donald Trump against unleashing an all-out trade war after he threatened to impose steep tariffs on cars from the European Union. Both sides were already locked in a “trade conflict” since Trump’s decision to slap punitive tariffs on steel […]

In this July 3, 2018, image taken from video provided by the Royal Thai Navy Facebook Page, Thai boys smile as Thai Navy Seal medics help injured children inside a cave in Mae Sai, northern Thailand. (Royal Thai Navy Facebook Page via AP)M MAE SAI, Chiang Rai: Rescue teams in northern Thailand were giving crash […]

Food and medical help has reached the 12 boys and their football coach who were found weakened but safe deep inside a flooded cave in northern Thailandnine days after they went missing.  A Thai Navy SEAL commander on Tuesday said the boys and their coach were accompanied by seven SEAL members, and that all those stuck in […]

Andrés Manuel López Obrador will take office as Mexico’s president on December. 1 Mexico’s next president will be Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor and outspoken critic of the political establishment both in Mexico and the United States. The 64-year-old leftist, who had for months led a crowded presidential field, beat three […]

Horst Seehofer and Angela Merkel. Photo: DPA German Chancellor Angela Merkel survived a bruising challenge to her authority with a compromise deal on immigration but faced charges Tuesday that it spelt a final farewell to her welcoming stance toward refugees. In high-stakes crisis talks overnight, Merkel had put to rest for now a dangerous row […]

Rescue efforts had been hampered repeatedly by rising water levels [Getty Images] All twelve boys and their coach who were missing for nine days after being trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand have been found alive, a regional governor said. Narongsak Osatanakorn, the Chiang Rai governor, broke the news of their rescue on Monday, delighting a nation which has anxiously […]

The guard uncovered the packets in the man’s pockets.  A man’s 2-year jail term for smuggling drugs at Dubai International Airport has been upheld. In the details, the Arab national had been passing through customs at the airport last November, as per Ittihad report. The security guard on duty noticed strange-looking parcels stuffed into the man’s pockets. […]