China’s aircraft carriers play ‘theatrical’ role but pose little threat yet
Reuters :When China sailed one of its two active aircraft carriers, the Shandong, east of Taiwan last month as part of military drills surrounding the...
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PM Narendra Modi invokes ‘The Kerala Story’
Hindustan Times :Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is campaigning in Karnataka’s Bellary has mentioned the Hindi film ‘The Kerala Story’ in his speech and alleged...
Eight killed in Serbian village shooting, police launch manhunt
Reuters :Eight people were killed and at least 10 were wounded in a shooting in the town of Mladenovac, 42 km (26 miles) south of...
China slams Canada’s ‘slander’ after ambassador summoned
AFP :China slammed what it called “groundless slander and defamation” by Canada on Friday after Ottawa summoned Beijing’s ambassador over accusations a Chinese diplomat sought...
Fire kills at least eight people in Czech city of Brno
Al Jazeera :Eight people have died in a fire in the second largest city in the Czech Republic, according to police.The fire broke out on...
No alternative: Afghan farmers lament Taliban poppy ban
AFP :n a secluded compound in south Afghanistan, Bibi Hazrato cries in dismay as a group of men hack down her poppy crop, enforcing a...
Italian PM ‘incapable’ of resolving migrant crisis: French minister
AFP :Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni “is incapable of resolving the migration problems” faced by her country, France’s interior minister said Thursday in comments that...
Indian Army chopper crashes in J&K, pilots injured
BSS :An Indian Army helicopter with three persons onboard crashed today in a forest area in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said...
India’s growing population a burden for struggling mothers
AFP :Married off by her parents at 14, Indian mother-of-seven Jaimala Devi kept having children because her husband insisted she could only stop once she...
US regulator targets AI ahead of White House confab
AFP :A US regulator put artificial intelligence in the crosshairs ahead of a White House meeting Thursday with tech firms to strategize about its dangers.“While...
UK ‘ready to deal’ with coronation threats after man arrested
AFP : UK security services are “ready to deal” with the challenges presented by the coronation, the government said Wednesday, after the arrest of a...
Iran’s president holds rare meeting with Assad in Syria
AP : Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Wednesday met Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus in a bid to boost cooperation between the two allies, state...