EU leaders claim breakthrough deal on migrants
European Union leaders claimed a breakthrough deal on Friday on how to deal with the pressures of migration after all-night talks helped accommodate Italian demands for more help.
The EU leaders said the agreement would bolster the bloc’s external borders and improve the solidarity among member nations to ease pressure on point-of-entry nations like Greece and Italy.
A day after aircraft crash
Police have barricaded the crash site at Jivdaya lane, Ghatkopar.
Police have barricaded the crash site at Jivdaya lane, Ghatkopar.
A day after a private aircraft crashed into an under construction site in Ghatkopar, Mumbai, killing five people, police have cordoned off the area.
Bali shuts airport as volcano erupts
Foreign tourists take pictures of Mount Agung volcano erupting from Amed, Karangasem Regency in Bali, Indonesia on June 29, 2018.
The Indonesian tourist island of Bali closed its international airport on Friday, stranding thousands of travellers, as the Mount Agung volcano gushed a 2,500-metre column of ash and smoke.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said the airport closure began early Friday. It said nearly 450 flights were cancelled, affecting 75,000 people.
Deadly shooting at Maryland newspaper office
Maryland police officers patrol the area after multiple people were shot at at The Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, June 28, 2018.
A gunman opened fire on a newspaper office in Maryland’s capital on Thursday, killing five people and wounding others before being taken into custody in what appeared to be one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in U.S. history.
Disgraced Aussie Smith begins comeback in Canada
Steve Smith of the Toronto Nationals runs during the second inning of the Nationals Global T20 match against the Vancouver Knights in King City, Ontario, June 28, 2018.
Former Australia captain Steve Smith, looking to revive his career after being mired in a ball-tampering scandal, scored 61 runs Thursday as the Toronto Nationals defeated the Vancouver Knights by six wickets in the opener of the Global T20 Canada cricket tournament. Toronto needed 25 runs to win from the final two overs and four from the last over. New Zealand's Anton Devcich, who finished out the innings with captain Darren Sammy, led the Nationals with 92.
The tournament is a partnership between Cricket Canada and the Mercuri Group, an India-based media and talent management company.
Organisers recruited some marquee names to captain the squads in West Indies' Sammy (Toronto), Gayle (Vancouver) and Dwayne Bravo (Winnipeg), Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga (Montreal) and Pakistan's Shahid Afridi (Edmonton). A Cricket West Indies B side fills out the six-team field. The event runs through July 15.
