International

SAN JOSE: The gunman who killed nine of his co-workers at a California rail yard had stockpiled weapons and 25,000 rounds of ammunition at his house before setting it on fire to coincide with the bloodshed at the workplace he seethed about for years, authorities said. Investigators found 12 guns, multiple cans of gasoline and suspected Molotov cocktails at Samuel …

SEOUL: Orphans, conscripted soldiers, and students — some appearing to be children — are “volunteering” to work manual labour in North Korea, including in coal mines, farms, and large construction projects, the country’s state media have reported. Hundreds of graduates of orphan schools “volunteered to work in difficult fields”, according to reports by state news agency KCNA. The reports did not …

BOGOTA: At least 10 people in the city of Cali were killed in a day of anti-government protests, authorities said on Saturday, as Colombia entered its second month of demonstrations that have met violent repression. President Ivan Duque announced on Friday he was deploying troops to Cali while the nation marked a full month of Colombia-wide rallies that have morphed …

SHENZHEN: China on Sat­­­­u­­­­­r­­day successfully laun­ched an automated cargo resupply spacecraft to rendezvous with an orbiting module, in the second of a series of missions needed to complete its first permanent space station. The Tianzhou-2, or “Heav­enly Vessel” in Chinese, bla­sted off via a Long March-7 Y3 rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre on the southern island of Hainan, …

KAMLOOPS: The rem­ains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, have been found buried on the site of what was once Canada’s largest indigenous residential sch­o­ol, one of the institutions that held children taken from families across the nation. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tkemlups te Secw­pemc First Nation said in a news release that the rem­ains …

BAGHDAD: Pakistan and Iraq on Saturday deliberated upon the possibilities of bilateral cooperation in multiple fields, including trade, commerce, agriculture, education and security. The bilateral ties were discussed during a meeting between Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein during the former’s three-day visit to Iraq. After the meeting, both foreign ministers addressed a joint press …

GENEVA: Hundreds of health workers marched to the World Health Organisation on Saturday demanding that authorities in all countries recognise and act to counter the health risks of climate change. Around two hundred people wearing white medical coats and facemasks marched or were pushed in wheelchairs two kilometres (1.2 miles) through Geneva’s international district to the WHO headquarters. Some carried …

WASHINGTON: In its first budget, for fiscal year 2022, the Biden administration also seeks money for providing economic and social support to Pakistan and for training Pakistani military personnel. On Friday, President Joe Biden unveiled the largest US budget in history — seeking $6 trillion for fiscal 2022. The budget calls for a 16 per cent increase in non-defence spending, …

More than 1,000 people rallied on Saturday in Washington in support of Palestinians, calling for an end to US aid to Israel. The demonstration on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial came as a ceasefire, which ended 11 days of violence in the Gaza Strip, has so far held. “We are hoping to send a clear message to the United States government that …

GENEVA: Dozens of countries voiced alarm on Friday at reports that World Health Organisation leaders knew of sexual abuse allegations against the UN agency’s staff and failed to report them. Fifty-three countries, including the United States, the European Union, Britain and Japan, issued a joint statement demanding WHO chiefs display “strong and exemplary leadership” on preventing sexual abuse, following media …