Georgian PM Giorgi Gakharia quits
BBC Online :The prime minister of Georgia has resigned over plans to arrest an opposition leader, saying the move could cause “political escalation”.Giorgi Gakharia said...
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Bomb attack on WB minister part of conspiracy: Mamata
Hindustan Times :West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that the incident of a bomb blast at a railway station in which state...
US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII
AP, Washington :Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its...
Nearly 5,000 Hong Kong citizens sign up for new UK visa
Reuters :Nearly 5,000 Hong Kong citizens have applied for visas to live, work and study in the United Kingdom since changes that make it easier...
Princess Latifa UN to question UAE about Dubai ruler’s daughter
BBC Online :The United Nations has said it will raise the detention of Princess Latifa, the daughter of Dubai’s ruler, with the United Arab Emirates...
Thousands take to Barcelona’s streets to demand release of arrested rapper
Reuters :Thousands of protesters took over some of Barcelona’s streets on Tuesday evening to demand the release of a rapper arrested by Spanish police after...
Gunmen kidnap hundreds of schoolboys in Nigeria
AFP :Gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang stormed a school in central Nigeria, killing one student and kidnapping hundreds of others along with...
Biden describes life at the White House: ‘A gilded cage’
AP, Washington :Four weeks into his presidency, Joe Biden says he’s still getting used to the trappings of the office.Biden offered a frank description of...
24 foreign envoys arrive in Srinagar on two-day visit
The Hindu :A 24-member high-level delegation, including envoys and Ambassadors of the European Union (EU) and other foreign countries, arrived in Srinagar on Wednesday morning...
35 dead in Chad herder-farmer clashes
AFP :Thirty-five people have been killed in fighting in recent days between semi-nomadic herders and farmers in south-eastern Chad, where clashes between the two communities...
Israel finally allows Covid-19 vaccine shipment to Gaza
Reuters :Gaza received its first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines on Wednesday after Israel approved the transfer through its border with the Hamas Islamist-run territory, Israeli...
Students in Delhi protest against environmentalist’s detention
Reuters :Students chanted slogans outside the Delhi police headquarters on Tuesday demanding the release of a 22-year-old environmentalist accused of sedition for an online document...