Xi sends sympathy message to Biden over Covid infection
BSS :Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a sympathy message to his United States counterpart Joe Biden on Friday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, a day after...
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3 civilians killed in militia clashes in Libya capital
BSS :At least three Libyan civilians were killed overnight in heavy clashes between militias in the capital Tripoli, the emergency services said on Friday.A gun...
Police arrest 17 US lawmakers at abortion rights protest outside Supreme Court
BSS :At least 17 Democratic lawmakers, including prominent progressives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar, were arrested at an abortion rights protest outside the Supreme Court...
Nine dead after ferry sinks in Indonesia
BSS :At least nine bodies have been found after a ferry sank off the coast of an Indonesian island due to bad weather, a search...
Over 1.63 lakh Indians relinquished citizenship last year: Govt
BSS :More than 1.63 lakh Indians gave up their Indian citizenship last year and received citizenship of other counties, according to official data shared in...
UK breaches 40C for first time, heat records tumble in France
BSS :A punishing heatwave fuelling ferocious wildfires in western Europe pushed temperatures in Britain over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time...
Trump ex-aide Bannon acted as if ‘above the law’: prosecutor
BSS :Former Trump aide Steve Bannon believed he was “above the law” when he defied a subpoena to testify before lawmakers investigating the 2021 Capitol...
Final two candidates for UK PM to be decided
BSS :The final two candidates to become UK prime minister will be decided Wednesday, with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt battling it out...
US Senate moves to bring Finland, Sweden into NATO
BSS :The US Senate on Tuesday took its first step towards bringing Sweden and Finland into NATO, with bipartisan support for the new alliance members...
Putin praises ‘useful’ summit with presidents of Iran, Turkey
BSS :Russian leader Vladimir Putin Tuesday praised his talks with the presidents of Iran and Turkey, speaking after a three-way summit on the Syrian conflict...
Russia fines Google $360m over Ukraine content
BSS :A Moscow court has fined Google 21 billion rubles ($360 million) for failing to remove content concerning Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine, the nation’s...
Banned Russian TV channel broadcasts from abroad
BSS :Russian TV station Dozhd, which was blocked in March as the government cracked down on independent media outlets following the invasion of Ukraine, began...