21-06-2024 HANOI: The leaders of Vietnam and Russia have said they want to boost ties as the pair met in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. Vietnamese President To Lam was full of praise for his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, congratulating him on his recent re-election. Putin, in return, said strengthening …

20-06-2024 MAKKAH/ MINA: At least 1200 of those who died were Egyptians, most of them succumbing to heat-related illnesses, two Arab diplomats coordinating their countries’ responses told media. “All of them (the Egyptians) died because of heat” except for one who sustained fatal injuries during a minor crowd crush, one …

20-06-2024 GENEVA: Israeli forces may have repeatedly violated fundamental principles of the laws of war and failed to distinguish between civilians and fighters in their Gaza Strip military campaign, the United Nations human rights office said on Wednesday. In a report assessing six Israeli attacks that caused a high number …

20-06-2024 CANBERRA: Chinese officials appear to have blocked a formerly imprisoned journalist from the view of cameras at an event between Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra. Cheng Lei, who was imprisoned by Beijing for three years, later said she believed two embassy officials …

20-06-2024 MEXICO CITY: New Mexico’s governor has declared a state of emergency as two wildfires sweep through a mountain range, forcing thousands to evacuate and leaving one person dead. The conflagrations converged near the village of Ruidoso inside a tribal reservation, prompting its 7,800 residents to flee. The South Fork …

20-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s capital Delhi is reeling under a prolonged heatwave that has sent power demand soaring to a record 8,647 megawatts (MW) this week. Temperatures have hovered around 44-45C in the city and other parts of northern India for weeks. The widespread use of …

20-06-2024 GAZA CITY: Across the Gaza Strip, in a landscape newly transformed by war, mountains of stinking rubbish pose severe dangers to health and the environment. “We’ve never lived next to rubbish before,” says Asmahan al-Masri, a displaced woman, originally from Beit Hanoun in the north, whose home is now …

20-06-2024 SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA: Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab became the world’s most valuable company on Tuesday, dethroning tech heavyweight Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab as its high-end processors play a central role in a scramble to dominate artificial intelligence technology. Shares of the chipmaker climbed 3.5% to $135.58, lifting …

Hyderabad, June 19 (PMI) The Inspector General of Police, Multi Zone-II, Hyderabad, G. Sudheer Babu issued an order regarding the suspension of Bijja Srinivasulu, Sub-Inspector of Police, Utkoor Police Station, Narayanpet District. It has come to the notice of the IGP that Bijja Srinivasulu, a responsible Station House Officer, exhibited gross negligence …

19-06-2024 WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden has unveiled one of the largest immigration regularization programs in recent history, offering a pathway to citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the country. The new measures, announced on Tuesday, will allow some undocumented spouses of US citizens …