Archive Detail
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Philippine officials question US request | Manila, June 17 : A Philippine Senate committee has launched an investigation into an alleged request from the US administration for the Southeast Asian country to host Afghan nationals applying for a special immigrant visa for America. | 17-Jun-2023 |
France jolted by 5.8-magnitude quake | Paris, June 17 : A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted France, authorities said, adding that it was of the strongest on record. | 17-Jun-2023 |
Japanese Parliament votes down no-confid | Tokyo, June 16 : Japan's lower house of Parliament on Friday voted down a no-confidence motion submitted against the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. | 16-Jun-2023 |
Finnish Finance Ministry forecasts zero | Helsinki, June 16 : The Finnish Ministry of Finance has predicted the country gross domestic product (GDP) would not grow this year. | 16-Jun-2023 |
9 arrested over deadly shipwreck in Gree | Athens, Jun 16 : Nine Egyptian nationals suspected of human trafficking were arrested by the Greek Hellenic Coast Guard in connection with the deadly shipwreck that occurred off the country's southwestern coast leaving at least 78 passengers dead. state media reported. | 16-Jun-2023 |
Nearly 3mn kids need humanitarian suppor | United Nations, June 16 : With staggering levels of violence in Haiti exacerbating hunger and malnutrition, the Unicef said that nearly 3 million children, the highest on record, need humanitarian support. | 16-Jun-2023 |
Finnish coalition negotiators reach agre | Helsinki, June 16 : Negotiators from the four parties aiming to form a coalition government in Finland announced that they have reached agreement on the government program. | 16-Jun-2023 |
Florida to execute man convicted of rape | Miami, June 15 : Duane Owen, who was sentenced to death for the raping and murdering two women in 1984 in Florida's Palm Beach County, will be executed on Thursday after the US Supreme Court turned down his appeal to halt the capital punishment. | 15-Jun-2023 |
Australia's most-decorated soldier won't | Canberra, June 15 : In an alleged war crimes case, Ben Roberts-Smith, a former soldier who is Australia's most-decorated, on Wednesday said he will not apologise, adding that he was innocent and is proud of his actions in Afghanistan. | 15-Jun-2023 |
India offers Pakistan 'utmost sympathy' | United Nations, June 15 : India's Permanent Representative Ruchira Kamboj has offered Pakistan the "utmost sympathy" for what she described as its mindset of ignorance and inability to comprehend the culture of peace. | 15-Jun-2023 |
'Extremely fierce battles' rage in Ukrai | Kiev, June 15 : Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar has confirmed that "extremely fierce battles" are raging in parts of the country as forces continue their counter-offensive against Russia. | 15-Jun-2023 |
Tibetans in exile place hopes on Blinken | Dharamsala, June 15 : As US Secretary of State Antony Blinken embarks on a visit to China this weekend, the Tibetan exile administration places hopes on history and it also urges him to push for a Tibet-China dialogue in Beijing. | 15-Jun-2023 |
Philippine military kills alleged IS lea | Manila, June 14 : An alleged Islamic State (IS) leader in Southeast Asia was killed in a clash with Philippine troops and police on Wednesday, the military said. | 14-Jun-2023 |
Over 45,600 people enter Ethiopia from v | Addis Ababa, June 14 : The number of people arriving in Ethiopia from the violence-hit Sudan has surpassed 45,600, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. | 14-Jun-2023 |
Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court | MIAMI, June 13 : Former US President Donald Trump has arrived in Florida ahead of a court appearance on Tuesday in connection with the mishandling of classified documents that he carried with him while leaving the White House in January 2021. | 13-Jun-2023 |
S. Korea's jobless claims rose 2.1% in M | Seoul, June 12 : South Korea's unemployment claims rose last month amid growing worries about an economic slump, Labour Ministry data showed on Monday. | 12-Jun-2023 |
Wedding bus crash in Australia kills 10 | Canberra, June 12 : At least 10 people were killed and 25 others injured when a wedding bus crashed in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state, police said on Monday. | 12-Jun-2023 |
Bill to proclaim October as Hindu Americ | New York, June 12 : California State Assembly member Ash Kalra has again introduced a resolution proclaiming October 2023 as the "Hindu American Awareness and Appreciation Month" in the state. | 12-Jun-2023 |
Houthi 'economic war' threatens peace pr | Aden (Yemen), June 12 : Yemen's Prime Minister Maeen Abdul-Malik has warned that the "economic war" waged by the Houthi rebels against his government jeopardises prospects for peace in the war-ravaged Arab country. | 12-Jun-2023 |
Turkey kills 7 YPG members in retaliatio | Ankara, June 12 : At least seven members of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) were killed by Turkish forces in retaliation for YPG's harassing fires, Turkey's Defence Ministry has said. | 12-Jun-2023 |
US securities watchdog declares all-out | Washington, June 11 : Two lawsuits filed this week by the US market regulator -- the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) -- could potentially determine the future of cryptocurrency. | 11-Jun-2023 |
1 dead, 3 injured in shooting in Stockho | Stockholm, June 11 : One person was shot dead and three were injured in a shooting near Farsta Centrum in southern Stockholm, Swedish Police said. | 11-Jun-2023 |
Ukraine's long-awaited counter-offensive | Kiev, June 11 : Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have confirmed that his country's long-awaited counter-offensive against Russia has started, according to a media report. | 11-Jun-2023 |
Pakistan's defence budget increased by 1 | Islamabad, June 11 : The Pakistan government has proposed a roughly 16 per cent increase in the defence budget as the country continues to face internal and external security challenges, the media reported. | 11-Jun-2023 |
9 killed in Mogadishu hotel attack | Mogadishu, June 11 : At least nine people were killed and 10 others injured in an attack at a beach hotel in Mogadishu, the Somalisan police confirmed on Saturday. | 11-Jun-2023 |
2 passenger planes collide at Tokyo airp | Tokyo, June 10 : Two passenger jets appeared to have collided near a taxiway in Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday, according to Japan's Transport Ministry. | 10-Jun-2023 |
Colombian govt, guerrilla group sign 6-m | Havana, June 10 : The Colombian government and the guerrilla group National Liberation Army (ELN) have declared a six-month ceasefire following the end of the third round of peace talks held in the Cuban capital of Havana. | 10-Jun-2023 |
WFP suspends food aid assistance program | Addis Ababa, June 10 : The World Food Program (WFP) has announced its decision to suspend the food aid assistance program in Ethiopia, citing large-scale aid misappropriation. | 10-Jun-2023 |
Sudanese army declares commitment to 24- | Khartoum, June 10 : The Sudanese Armed Forces has declared its commitment to a 24-hour truce with the rival, paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), starting from on Saturday. | 10-Jun-2023 |
Smoke from Canadian wildfires reach Norw | Ottawa/Oslo, June 10 : Smoke from the raging wildfires in Canada, which has already blanketed parts of the US and placed around 75 million people under alerts due to hazardous air, has reached as far as Norway, according to scientists. | 10-Jun-2023 |
Wall Street officially in bull market | New York, June 9 : The S&P 500 rallied to end the day in a bull market, marking a 20 per cent surge since its most recent low, reached on October 12, 2022. That brings to end the bear market that began in January 2022. | 09-Jun-2023 |
Hazardous air in US East Coast puts vuln | (MENAFN- IANS) New York, June 9 : As raging wildfires in Canada are continuing to push toxic smoke towards the US East Coast, environmental activists have said that the hazardous air was only exacerbating health risks in vulnerable Black and brown communities, the media reported. | 09-Jun-2023 |
Amid 'worst heat wave in history', Siber | Moscow, June 9 : Siberia, known for its harsh cold climate, has reported record breaking temperatures as the Russian region is currently amidst the "worst heat wave in history". | 09-Jun-2023 |
UN urges Lebanon, Israel to hold talks t | Beirut, June 9 : The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has urged Beirut and Israel to hold talks to address outstanding issues. | 09-Jun-2023 |
Pakistan, Turkmenistan sign pact to acce | Islamabad, June 9 (IANS) Pakistan and Turkmenistan have signed a Joint Implementation Plan (JIP) to accelerate work on the TAPI Gas Pipeline project. | 09-Jun-2023 |
Massive flooding due to Ukraine dam brea | Kiev, June 9 : Massive flooding due to the breaching of a major dam in southern Ukraine earlier this week, has killed nine people in the town of Oleshky, Mayor Yevhen Ryshchuk confirmed. | 09-Jun-2023 |
Australian govt to outlaw Nazi hate symb | Canberra, June 8 : Australia's Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus on Thursday announced the government will introduce legislation next week to criminalise public displays of the Nazi hate symbols and ban the trade of items with the symbols imprinted. | 08-Jun-2023 |
Czech President signs defence spending o | Prague, June 8 : Czech President Petr Pavel has signed a law that raises the country's annual defence spending to at least 2 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), his office said in a statement. | 08-Jun-2023 |
Erdogan calls for promoting dialogue ove | Ankara, June 8 : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan highlighted the necessity of promoting dialogue for his country's accession to the European Union (EU) in a phone talk with Charles Michel, the president of the European Council. | 08-Jun-2023 |
Turkey expects to boost economy with sum | Ankara, June 8 : Turkey is looking forward to tapping into the key summer tourism industry revenues to prop up its ailing economy as foreign traveller have begun to flock into the sunny holiday resorts, industry professionals said. | 08-Jun-2023 |
Will evaluate each case: Trudeau on Indi | New Delhi/Ottawa, June 8 : Assuring the 700 Indian students who are facing deportation from Canada over fake admission letters, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said they will evaluate each case and the victims of fraud will have an opportunity to demonstrate their situation and present evidence to support their case. | 08-Jun-2023 |
UK to have one of highest inflation rate | London, June 7 : A new forecast by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Wednesday revealed that the UK will have one of the highest inflation rates in the developed world this year. | 07-Jun-2023 |
NY, Hong Kong among 20 most expensive ci | New Delhi, June 7 : New York has been ranked the most expensive city for expatriates, overtaking Hong Kong, which held the top spot for four years but was pushed to second place in a 2023 global cost-of-living study. | 07-Jun-2023 |
Climate change could cause disease to 76 | Sydney, June 7 : Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) have estimated that 76.8 per cent of corals across the world would catch disease by 2100 amid global warming. | 07-Jun-2023 |
Putin 'may try to blow up largest nuclea | London, Jun 7 : Russia may be plotting to blow up the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, Ukraine has warned, after explosions at a major dam and hydroelectric plant caused mass flooding in the Kherson region and sparked a humanitarian disaster, the media reported. | 07-Jun-2023 |
Climate change could cause disease to 76 | Sydney, June 7 : Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) have estimated that 76.8 per cent of corals across the world would catch disease by 2100 amid global warming. | 07-Jun-2023 |
Australia updates El Nino status from 'w | Canberra, June 6 : An El Niño event is looking more probable than ever after the Bureau of Meteorology upgraded its status from "El Niño watch" to "El Niño alert" this afternoon. | 06-Jun-2023 |
Migration bill 'cruel, unworkable': Lond | London, June 6 : Calling the Illegal Migration Bill "cruel" and "unworkable", London Mayor Sadiq Khan told the UK's Home Secretary Suella Braverman that more than 50,000 people will be at risk of homelessness in the British capital if it becomes a law. | 06-Jun-2023 |
President Murmu announces relaxation in | PARAMARIBO, June 6 : President Droupadi Murmu has announced that India has decided to extend the eligibility criteria for Overseas Citizen Of India card of the original Indian immigrants in Suriname from the fourth generation to the sixth generation, marking their importance in the 150-year-old bilateral relationship. | 06-Jun-2023 |
Fiji PM visits New Zealand after 25 year | Wellington, June 6 : New Zealand Chris Hipkins on Tuesday announced that his Fijian counterpart Sitiveni Rabuka has arrived in the country, marking his official visit in 25 years. | 06-Jun-2023 |