11-12-2023 LONDON: The King and Queen have chosen a coronation day photograph taken at Buckingham Palace for their Christmas card this year. The formal image, showing Charles and Camilla in the palace throne room following the coronation, contrasts with the relaxed family group photo selected by the Prince and Princess …

11-12-2023 TORONTO: The dream of making it big in Canada is turning into a battle for survival for many immigrants due to the high cost of living and rental shortages, as rising emigration numbers hint at newcomers being forced to turn their back on a country that they chose to …

11-12-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s drugs regulator has ordered that the source and quality of an ingredient used to make cough syrups be checked and verified as a “top priority”, in the wake of the deaths of at least 141 children globally. In one of the world’s …

11-12-2023 BEIJING/ MANILA: A Philippine boat and Chinese ship have collided near a contested reef, in the latest territorial dispute between the two countries in the South China Sea. The Philippines said China had “harassed, blocked, and executed dangerous manoeuvres”. It comes a day after the Philippines accused China of …

11-12-2023 PARIS: Emmanuel Macron has been accused of betraying the French Republic after he took part in a Jewish ceremony inside his official residence, the Elysee Palace. In a country where the separation of religion is itself a religion, the lighting of a Hanukkah candle inside the historic Salle des …

11-12-2023 HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA: A US university president has quit after her comments about antisemitism on campus during a Congressional hearing triggered a major backlash. Elizabeth Magill, president of the University of Pennsylvania, refused to say whether students who called for the genocide of Jews would be punished. The university said …

11-12-2023 TEHRAN/PARIS: The family of Mahsa Amini have been banned from flying to France to collect a top human rights prize in her honor. Amini’s parents and brother were stopped from boarding their flight and had their passports confiscated, their lawyer said. They were travelling to Strasbourg to be presented …

11-12-2023 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY: A senior UN aid official has warned that half of Gaza’s population is starving, as fighting there continues. Carl Skau, deputy director of the UN World Food Program, said only a fraction of supplies needed have been able to enter the Strip – and nine …

Hyderabad, Dec.10 (PMI): Chief Minister Revanth Reddy met BRS chief and former chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao at Yashoda Hospital here on Sunday.             The BRS president underwent a total left hip replacement surgery after he fell in his farmhouse in Erravalli on December 7.             On the occasion, the Chief Minister asked …

10-12-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies DUBAI/ NEW DELHI: India’s environment minister, Bhupender Yadav, on Saturday demanded “equity and justice” in UN climate negotiations, holding that rich countries should be leading global climate action. The comments underlined India’s long-held position that, as a developing country, it should not be a forced …