Latest News

Hope fading in search for Venezuela landslide survivors
Hope fading in search for Venezuela landslide survivors

Hopes were fading Tuesday of finding alive any of the 56 people missing after a devastating landslide swept through a Venezuelan town with 36 confirmed deaths to date. In 1999, about 10,000 people died in a massive landslide in the northern state of Vargas.

Ukraine's Zelensky urges UNESCO cultural protection for Odessa
Ukraine's Zelensky urges UNESCO cultural protection for Odessa

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday officially requested that UNESCO add the historic port city of Odessa to its World Heritage List in a bid to protect it from Russian air strikes. "Odessa, like all other cities of Ukraine, is a target for Russian strikes," the Ukrainian president said.

Need more 'aggression' from Proteas bowlers in Australia: Boucher
Need more 'aggression' from Proteas bowlers in Australia: Boucher

South Africa head coach Mark Boucher on Tuesday said his bowlers need to be more aggressive in the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia on pitches that will suit their seamers. "Australia will suit our fast bowlers a lot better," Boucher, who will step down as the national coach after T20's showpiece event, told reporters.