195 killed in rains, floods in Pakistan
News Desk :Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has reported that at least 195 people have died, and at least 362 people have been injured due to the heavy rains and floods that have...
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Trump says Harris easier than Biden to beat
Reuters : Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Saturday he believed Democrat Kamala Harris will be easier to beat than President Joe Biden even as some polls showed her edging ahead in the...
25 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
Al Jazeera : A family, including six children, have been killed in the central Gaza Strip, in the latest waves of Israel’s deadly attacks across the besieged Palestinian territory.At least 25 Palestinians were killed...
India doctors end one strike over colleague’s rape and murder
Reuters : Junior doctors in many Indian hospitals remained off the job on Sunday demanding swift justice for a colleague who was raped and murdered, despite the end of a 24-hour strike called by...
Vietnam top leader To Lam arrives in China
Reuters : Vietnam’s top leader To Lam arrived in China on Sunday for a three-day visit, according to Chinese state media, which Beijing’s foreign ministry has said will include meetings with President Xi Jinping...
Nigeria police release 20 students
Al Jazeera : Nigerian police and security agencies are working to secure the release of 20 medical students who were kidnapped in the eastern part of the country, officials say.The medical students were on...
Safety at Ukraine nuke plant deteriorates
Reuters : Safety at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is deteriorating following a drone strike that hit a perimeter access road on Saturday, according to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Mariano...
Hurricane Ernesto knocks out power in Bermuda
Reuters : urricane Ernesto knocked out power, downed trees and flooded parts of Bermuda on Saturday but the British island territory appeared to have escaped major injuries or property damage, officials said after an...
Nearly 68 million suffering from drought in Southern Africa
Reuters : About 68 million people in Southern Africa are suffering the effects of an El Nino-induced drought which has wiped out crops across the region, the regional bloc SADC said on Saturday.The drought,...
Why does DNC matter to Democrats and Harris?
Deutsche Welle : With November’s US presidential election looming large, the Democratic Party is gearing up for a massive political event: the Democratic National Convention (DNC), set to start on Monday and conclude on...
Israeli strike kills 15 from a family
Aljazeera : The Israeli military bombed a warehouse sheltering displaced Palestinians in the az-Zawayda area of central Gaza, killing 15 members of one family, including nine children.The civil defence spokesman in Gaza, Mahmoud Basal,...
Five key runners in Sri Lanka’s presidential race
Agency : Sri Lanka votes in a presidential election next month, the first since the country’s unprecedented economic crisis forced Gotabaya Rajapaksa from office in 2022, with incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe facing formidable opposition.Here...