Finnish authorities on Thursday seized a ship carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea on suspicion it caused the outage of an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia a day earlier, and that it also damaged or broke four internet lines.
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, which administers the Sydney to Hobart race, has said that two sailors on different yachts were killed after wild weather conditions during the event caused them to be struck by the boom, a large horizontal pole at the bottom of the sail.
Described as a "reluctant king" in his first stint as prime minister, the soft-spoken Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday at 92, was arguably one of India's most successful leaders.
South Korea's main opposition party said it will introduce a bill to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo on Thursday and hold a vote on Friday, a move that could deepen the country's constitutional crisis triggered by a short-lived martial law.
For almost three decades, the Swiss Guard uniforms have been crafted by Ety Cicioni, the Vatican’s head tailor. Maintaining the century-old design of uniform has become a challenge as certain materials, fabrics and sewing techniques have become obsolete
