04-12-2024 HELSINKI/ STOCKHOLM: Authorities in Finland are investigating a broken fiber-optic cable after two separate cuts caused an outage affecting thousands of households. The Swedish government said it suspected an act of “sabotage” on the cable, which links the two countries, but Finnish police said they did not yet have …
Read More »Concerns raised over Trump’s FBI nominee’s agenda
04-12-2024 WASHINGTON: Critics of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI have expressed doubts that he is qualified to lead the US government’s principal law enforcement agency. Some also raised fears that Kash Patel, a marginal figure in Trump’s first administration known for his loyalty, aims to dismantle an …
Read More »Gazans displaced by war now face a new winter threat
04-12-2024 GAZA STRIP: The beaches of Gaza are no longer for day trips. Tens of thousands of people now have to live on the coastline, forced to leave their homes during the war. In recent days they have come under a new kind of assault: from winter seas battering their …
Read More »Top Indian fact-checker in court for post calling out hate speech
04-12-2024 NEW DELHI/ ALLAHABAD: More than two years after the Supreme Court granted bail and ordered “immediate release” of Mohammed Zubair from prison, the leading Indian fact-checker and journalist is once again back in court. On Tuesday, the Allahabad high court briefly heard his petition in a fresh case as …
Read More »Australian suspect in 1977 murders extradited from Italy
04-12-2024 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: For the first time in seven years, Perry Kouroumblis is expected to set foot on Australian soil on Tuesday night in what Melbourne detectives hope will be a major milestone in a notorious murder case that has plagued them for nearly five decades. When Kouroumblis left …
Read More »Israel strikes Lebanon as Hezbollah targets military post
04-12-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Israel said it struck targets in Lebanon on Monday evening after vowing to retaliate for an attack by Hezbollah on a military post, with both sides accusing each other of violating last week’s ceasefire. At least nine people were killed by Israeli strikes on two southern Lebanese …
Read More »Vietnamese tycoon loses death row appeal
04-12-2024 HANOI: Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has lost her appeal against her death sentence for masterminding the world’s biggest bank fraud. The 68-year-old is now in a race for her life because the law in Vietnam states that if she can pay back 75% of what she took, …
Read More »Telangana Govt latest plan to solve traffic problems in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Dec’ 3 (PMI) The Telangana Govt is exploring many ways to solve traffic problems in the city. It is taking many steps to make people’s journey to their destinations easier. As part of this, the construction of flyovers and underpasses in crowded areas has already started. Also, the Revanth …
Read More »Hyderabad: Fake doctors busted in Ramanthapur
Fake doctors who were practicing medicine without any qualifications and playing with people’s lives have been busted. On Monday, based on complaints received by the Medical Council, Telangana Medical Council members Dr. Naresh Kumar, Dr. Pratibha Lakshmi, and Dr. Vamsi Krishna conducted inspections in various areas of Ramanthapur Hyderabad, 2 …
Read More »Biden gives son Hunter ‘unconditional’ pardon
03-12-2024 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who was facing sentencing for two criminal cases, despite previously ruling it out. In a statement, the president said his son had been “singled out” and called his cases “a miscarriage of justice”. Hunter Biden …
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