04-10-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Police in the Indian capital, Delhi, conducted raids on Tuesday morning at the homes of several prominent journalists and authors in connection with an investigation into the funding of the news website NewsClick. Despite allegations of receiving illegal funds from China, NewsClick vehemently …
Read More »3 people killed; teenager held over Bangkok mall shooting
04-10-2023 BANGKOK: Police in Thailand say they have arrested a teenage suspected gunman after a shooting at an upscale shopping centre in the capital, Bangkok, that emergency services said had killed three people and wounded four others. The Metropolitan Police Detective Department said on its Facebook page on Tuesday that …
Read More »Temperatures in Spain shatter records as October kicks off
04-10-2023 MADRID: Spanish weather agency said Monday that temperatures were at the highest in the country on the first day of October with further increase likely which is to persist for more than a week, as human-induced climate change continues to exacerbate and threaten human lives throughout the world. According …
Read More »India tells Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats
04-10-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Amid worsening diplomatic ties between India and Canada, New Delhi has asked Ottawa that it must repatriate 41 diplomats by October 10, according to a report published in Financial Times on Tuesday. Ties between the two US allies have become seriously strained over …
Read More »Another Israeli minister arrives in Saudia amid normalization
04-10-2023 JERUSALEM/ RIYADH: Israeli communications minister is on a landmark official visit to Riyadh amid normalization speculations, following pressure from the US State Department. Israeli Minister Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi landed in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh Monday to participate in a meeting of a UN agency’s Universal Postal Union, as …
Read More »Fans frustrated over ‘worst Cricket World Cup ticketing process
03-10-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Attending a World Cup is on the wish list of every cricket fan. The opportunity comes once every four years, the wait is long and arduous, it might be expensive but in the end, it’s worth it. Many fans in India had …
Read More »Dozens killed & injured after church roof collapses in Mexico
03-10-2023 MEXICA CITY: At least nine people were killed while around 50 others were injured after a church roof collapsed in northern Mexico during a Mass on Sunday, authorities said. Officials said that approximately 30 parishioners were believed to have been trapped in the wreckage when the roof caved in. …
Read More »Nobel Prize goes to MRNA COVID vaccine scientists
03-10-2023 STOCKHOLM: Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the Nobel medicine prize on Monday for work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that paved the way for groundbreaking COVID-19 vaccines. The pair, who had been tipped as favorites, “contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest …
Read More »UK awards $4bn contract to build AUKUS nuclear submarines
03-10-2023 LONDON/ CANBERRA: The United Kingdom has awarded three UK companies a 4 billion pound ($4.9bn) contract to design and manufacture a nuclear-powered attack submarine as part of the country’s AUKUS program with Australia and the United States. The UK Ministry of Defence, in a statement on Sunday, said the …
Read More »10 migrants hiding in truck die, 17 injured in Mexico accident
03-10-2023 HAVANA: 10 Cuban migrants died and 17 others were severely injured on Sunday after a cargo truck that was carrying them overturned on a highway in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, according to Mexico’s migration institute. The vehicle overturned near the Guatemalan border, along the Pacific coast stretch …
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