Category: WORLD

(AUSTRIAN, LANKAPUVATH) –Europe’s most prominent Jewish organisation has called on the victor in Austria’s election not to form a coalition with the far-Right.

(CATALONIA, LANKAPUVATH) –A Spanish judge has jailed two key members of the Catalan independence movement. Jordi Sánchez and Jordi Cuixart, who lead prominent separatist groups, are being held without bail while they are under investigation for sedition.

(VIETNAM, LANKAPUVATH) –Floods caused by a tropical depression in Vietnam have killed 43 people, one of the highest death tolls recorded in the country from flooding, officials say.

(NEW YORK, LANKAPUVATH) –The last remaining Leonardo da Vinci painting in private hands is expected to fetch £75million at auction – 60 years after it was sold for £45.

(CALIFORNIA, LANKAPUVATH) – Wildfires whipped by powerful winds swept through California wine country Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring at least 100, destroying 1,500 homes and businesses and sending thousands fleeing as flames raged unchecked through high-end resorts, grocery stores and tree-lined neighborhoods.

(US, LANKAPUVATH) –Tropical Storm Nate has killed at least 22 people in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras before it moves north towards the US.

(FRANCE, LANKAPUVATH) –France’s lower house of parliament has approved a new anti-terrorism law intended to bring an end to a nearly two-year-long state of emergency.

(LOS ANGELES, LANKAPUVATH) –Rocker Tom Petty died Monday after being rushed to a Los Angeles hospital, according to Tony Dimitriades, longtime manager of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Dimitriades confirmed Petty’s death on behalf of the performer’s family.

(KASHMIR, LANKAPUVATH) –Suicide attackers have hit an Indian army camp in Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said.