RIYADH: The Kingdom’s security authorities have thwarted an attempt to smuggle Captagon pills worth millions into the country across the border with the UAE, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday. Officers from the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority seized over 6.5 million tablets at the Al-Batha port found hidden inside a shipment of tires, and arrested four people, the report added. The drugs have a street value of between $65 and $162.9 million. This is based on a pill reportedly costing between $10 and $25.

Channel 4 Dispatches documentary The Truth About Temu explores accusations of data-harvesting and insufficient safety checks on products which appear on the Chinese retailer's site.

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, plummeted Thursday after former President Donald Trump was convicted in his hush money trial.

A man who was missing after falling in Fnjóská River was found dead in the river by Dalsmynni, northwest of Ártún in Grýtubakkahreppur, northwest Iceland, this morning.

Police used pepper spray on protesters gathered this morning at Skuggasund where a government's meeting was held.

Kristján Helgi Þráinsson, deputy director of the Reykjavík Metropolitan Police, says the police do what they need to do to solve problems that can arise during protests. He says the protests went too far and that one police officer had to go to the emergency room.

The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized two drones and a substantial quantity of narcotics in two separate incidents near the India-Pakistan International Border in Punjab's Tarn Taran district. In a coordinated operation, BSF personnel recovered a total of 1,060 grams of suspected methamphetamine from the drones. The first drone was confiscated at around 8:10 pm on Friday from a farming area in CB Chand village. The second drone was intercepted on the outskirts of Kalsian village around 10:35 pm the same evening.

PM Modi and Amit Shah assessed the flood situation in Northeast post Cyclone Remal. At least 40 people have died and over two lakh have been affected across the northeast due to flash floods, heavy rains, and landslides triggered by Cyclone Remal over the past four days.

In an apparent jab at the BJP, Yadav urged his party members to avoid being «misled by BJP» by bringing up the Chandigarh mayoral election scandal. Yadav also accused BJP of having plans to get «their media group» to predict a 300-seat lead for the saffron party. UP will witness polling on 13 seats in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections scheduled for June 1.

A Delhi court on Friday extended till July 3 the judicial custody (JC) of AAP leader Manish Sisodia in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja extended Sisodia's remand after he was produced before the court through video conference from jail on expiry of the judicial custody granted earlier. The judge also asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to supply a copy of the charge sheet, filed recently by the central probe agency, to Sisodia and other co-accused after redacting the name of a protected witness.

Live updates, reaction and the latest news from the 2024 election campaign trail after Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 counts in the hush money trial in New York.

Halifax pedestrians got an unexpected sight Thursday night when they spotted a deer in the downtown area.

If you missed the brilliant displays of the aurora borealis over North America on May 10, you may have another chance to see them on Friday night.

On 18 April 2023, the European Commission tabled a package of proposals to amend the bank crisis management and deposit insurance (CMDI) framework. The objective of the reform is to calibrate the framework so as to further deepen harmonisation and reduce the use of taxpayer funding to rescue failed banks. More specifically, the proposal would amend the early intervention procedure and the decision to resolve a failing bank in the public interest. It would also encourage the use of funding from national deposit guarantee schemes in resolution. In Parliament, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) is responsible for the files and has adopted its reports. Parliament adopted its first-reading position on the files during its April II plenary session. Third edition. The 'EU Legislation in Progress' briefings are updated at key stages throughout the legislative procedure. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Seychelles and Cooks Islands formalised diplomatic relations through the signing of a joint communiqué on the margins of the Fourth Small Island States Conference (SIDS4) being held in Antigua and Barbuda. According to the Seychelles' Foreign Affairs Department on Friday, the joint communiqué was signed by Seychelles Minister Sylvestre Radegonde and the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Mark Brown, witnessed by Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan. The signing marks the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the two nations and underscores the shared commitment of both governments to deepen friendship and cooperation in political, economic, and cultural areas, among others, according to the government. The ceremony on the margins of the SIDS4 conference highlights Seychelles' proactive advocacy for cooperation between SIDS to address their unique challenges such as climate change, sustainable development, environmental degradation, and economic vulnerabilities, the statement further adds. The signing is a result of recent bilateral talks held between President Ramkalawan and Prime Minister Brown in Spain at the United Nations' Ocean Decade Conference in April.  

Seychelles is not asking for free funding but access to affordable financing said Naadir Hassan, the Minister for Finance, National Planning and Trade in an interview on the margins of the Fourth International Conference for Small Island Developing States (SIDS4). Hassan, who is part of the Seychelles presidential delegation at SIDS4, made the statement in an interview with SNA journalist Alisa Uzice who is covering the event in Antigua and Barbuda. The minister said that one of the key focuses of the conference is the debt crisis and access to financing for small island developing states. The issue for Seychelles is that it is considered a high-income country, so its interest rates are higher. «Are there solutions? Yes, the solutions are there, it's just that the international financial institutions have to accept that because we are vulnerable, the small island developing states need access to affordable financing irrespective of their income status. This will help us put in place measures that would help mitigate the effects of climate change,» he highlighted.  Hassan added that the monumental challenge that SIDS are facing is the cost of taking necessary measures  and «the projection we have done shows that over the next 10 years, it will cost Seychelles around $600 million to set up climate mitigation and adaptation measures.» He reiterated Seychelles' position during the conference especially highlighting the importance of considering the vulnerability of SIDS and said so far, he's seen a positive change in this direction. «I believe that it is important for Seychelles to participate in these summits and we will continue to put forward the position of Seychelles at these events. It's a fight that has been going on for many years, but we've seen that there is traction to accept the vulnerability of SIDS and we need to continue to put this forward. We believe that in the near future we will achieve our objective of getting access to affordable financing and we will need this financing to face the challenges coming our way,» said the minister. Seychelles, is an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, and according to the World Bank Climate Change knowledge portal, the island nation faces similar problem to those threatening other SIDS. These are changes in rainfall patterns leading to flooding, landslides extended periods of drought, increases in sea temperature, changes in acidity and damage to marine ecosystems, increases in storms and storm surges, and sea level rise in the long term. The World Bank portal added that a recent United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) report has revealed that most disasters occurring in Seychelles were related to storms, floods, rain and landslides. The report recommended that future planning should focus on losses from flooding and landslides, which also caused the greatest economic losses.

Live updates, reaction and the latest news from the 2024 election campaign trail after Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 counts in the hush money trial in New York.

Now that former President Donald Trump is a convicted felon he could lose some of his individual liberties, possibly including his ability to vote and own firearms.

On 24 February 2022, Russia's unjustified aggression against Ukraine signalled the return of high-intensity warfare to Europe. In response, and to ensure the EU's long-term goal of achieving defence industrial readiness, the European Commission adopted the first-ever European defence industrial strategy (EDIS) on 5 March 2024. As an immediate and central step to deliver the strategy, the Commission put forward a proposal for a European defence industry programme (EDIP) regulation, also on 5 March 2024. EDIP – with a proposed budget of €1.5 billion – seeks to achieve defence industrial readiness by bridging the gap between short-term emergency measures that have been implemented since 2023 and will end in 2025 and a more structural, long-term approach. First edition. The 'EU Legislation in Progress' briefings are updated at key stages throughout the legislative procedure. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Slow responses by the federal agency that oversees gender equity policies in college sports led to long delays, a government watchdog has found.

Lamara Bell, 25, could have survived if police had acted on a 101 call around five hours after the smash in July 2015, a judge ruled as he blasted Police Scotland's 'organisational failure'.

«All the released servicemen are receiving required medical and psychological assistance,» Russia’s Defense Ministry reported

Abnormal heat, exceeding 50 degrees Celsius in some regions, has persisted in some Indian states for several consecutive days

The Kremlin noted that the leaders exchanged assessments on the results of «their recent contacts with foreign leaders»

«The risk of gangs and terrorism spilling outside the country is growing,» Andrey Belousov pointed out

The Ghoul FPV-drone was first used in the special military operation zone in May 2023

The US is planning to pressure allies to thwart alleged supplies for the Russian defense sector via China, Financial Times has reported Read Full Article at RT.com

The newlyweds wanted to provide their guests with a dreamy backdrop for snapping photos, but were left disappointed when the event decorator they hired did not deliver — literally. Now, the couple are seeking a refund from online business wowfloristsg, whom they say made their wedding, which was held at the Carlton Hotel last Saturday (May 25), a «disaster». In a series of Xiaohongshu posts on Tuesday, the bride, who gave her name only as Tee, called out the vendor for «shirking responsibility» and delaying the refund. The couple had purchased two packages — a stage backdrop decoration service and a walkway decoration service — which cost $1,176 in total. They paid $940.80 as a deposit. But Tee told AsiaOne that «90 per cent» of the decorations were not delivered to the hotel. She said that wowfloristsg had only completed the set-up of the photo table, which was a complimentary service that came with the packages.

Having lived in the Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH)'s Group Homes for a decade, Ong Hock Lam is pleased with his newly revamped lodgings.  «The new place is much better than the previous one. It's cleaner and more well-ventilated. There are also more people living together,» the 66-year-old divorcee told AsiaOne. «Previously there were two of us sharing one room and everyone kept to themselves. Now there's more interaction.» The refurbished group homes, located at Block 240 and 239, Bukit Batok Batok East Avenue 5, were officially launched in a ceremony on Friday (May 31).  Renovations for the homes, comprising of five renovated four- and five-room flats, commenced in April 2023 and were completed in January this year, said SAMH.  First launched in 1995, the group homes are the first psychiatric rehabilitation homes located in a HDB estate.  As these homes are nestled in the heartland, they help facilitate community rehabilitation for the clients as they normalise living in a HDB estate — a crucial part of their recovery journey.