AP, New Delhi :Earlier this month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the cancellation of key school-leaving examinations.“We were glued to our phones, waiting for the announcement on Twitter,” 18-year-old Vishwas Dubey told the...
BBC, Cornwall :US President Joe Biden is to urge Western countries to counter China’s growing influence at the second day of the G7 summit, an aide told the BBC.At the meeting in Britain, President...
BBC, London :G7 leaders are to commit to using all their resources in an effort to ensure the devastation caused by a pandemic like Covid-19 is never repeated.On the second day of their summit...
BBC News, The Hague :This is a traumatic time for families who lost 298 loved ones on flight MH17. Now they hope the trial of four men will provide answers to the downing of...
BBC news in Dakar :France is to scale down counter-terrorism operations in the Sahel region of West Africa after eight years, President Emmanuel Macron has said.The existing 5,100-strong task force will be incorporated into...
Agencies, London :US President Joe Biden will later tell PM Boris Johnson not to let the row over post-Brexit trading in Northern Ireland affect the peace process. The two leaders will have their first...
Reuters : Military and locals stand beside the wreckage of a Myanmar military plane that crashed in Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay on June 10, 2021 Twitter There were no reports of casualties among people...
AFP :The world has marked the first rise in child labour in two decades and the coronavirus crisis threatens to push millions more youngsters toward the same fate, the United Nations said Thursday.The hike...
Reuters, Myanmar :Myanmar’s military authorities have charged deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi with corruption, the most serious charge laid against her to date.Ms Suu Kyi is accused of accepting cash and gold in...
Reuters :Japan and Australia voiced “serious concerns” on Wednesday over reports of human rights abuses against Uighur and other Muslim minorities in China’s far western region of Xinjiang, but Beijing dismissed the remarks as...
Reuters :Singapore has found the Delta variant of the coronavirus to be the most prevalent among local cases of variants of concern (VOCs), according to health ministry data, highlighting its level of infectiousness. There...
Reuters :Israeli officials said on Tuesday they would allow a right-wing march in Jerusalem’s Old City to go ahead next week under certain conditions, a day after police barred the event’s route fearing it...
