Millions at risk as India’s severe heatwave exposes cooling gaps
Reuters :As the scorching sun beat down on his fruit cart, Mohammad Ikrar dreaded another day of tossing out dozens of rotting mangoes and melons...
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Australia election: Opposition Labor party wins vote
Al Jazeera :Anthony Albanese’s opposition Labor party has won Australia’s election but with votes still being counted it remained to be seen if it would...
Biden says any Kim meeting would depend on sincerity
BSS :US President Joe Biden said Saturday that any potential meeting with North Korea’s leader would depend on whether Kim Jong Un was “sincere”.Biden, who...
Thousands of Covid-negative Beijing residents sent to quarantine
BSS :Thousands of Covid-negative Beijing residents were forcibly relocated to quarantine hotels overnight due to a handful of infections, as the capital begins to take...
Nobel Foundation returns ancient gold ring to Greece
BSS :Greece’s culture ministry on Friday said that the Nobel Foundation in Sweden had returned an ancient gold ring stolen from the island of Rhodes...
UN rights chief to begin China visit Monday, including to Xinjiang
BSS :The UN rights chief will begin her long- anticipated visit to China on Monday, her office said Friday, including to the Xinjiang region where...
Lawyer asks Kyiv war crimes trial to acquit Russian soldier
BSS, AFP :The lawyer for the first Russian soldier on trial in Ukraine said in closing arguments on Friday that his client was “not guilty”...
Belarus buys S-400, Iskander missiles from Russia: Lukashenko
BSS :Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday his country bought Iskander nuclear-capable missiles and S-400 anti-aircraft anti-missile systems from Russia.The announcement came on the...
Pentagon warns war will stretch out despite Ukraine successes
BSS :A senior Pentagon official said on Thursday that the Ukraine war could continue for a long time despite Kyiv’s forces recapturing the Kharkiv region...
Massive setback’ if US abortion rights overturned: UN rights chief
BSS :Overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that guaranteed nationwide access to abortion in the United States, would be contrary to international human rights...
Malaysia reports 2,017 new Covid-19 infections, 7 more deaths
BSS :Malaysia reported 2,017 new Covid- 19 infections, as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 4,483,295, according to the health ministry.There are four...
Biden sells renewed US leadership in first Asia trip, but N Korea looms
BSS :Joe Biden leaves on Thursday for his first trip as President to Asia convinced that the confrontation with Russia has reinvigorated US leadership, while...