30-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MANIPUR: Dozens of rebel fighters have been killed in clashes with security forces in India’s remote northeastern state of Manipur. The state has been on edge since the explosion of inter-ethnic violence on May 3 between tribal groups and the ethnic majority Meitei …

30-05-2023 WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden has finalised an agreement with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to raise the debt ceiling over two years until January 1, 2025, saying the deal is ready to move to Congress for a vote. The Democratic president and Republican speaker spoke on Sunday evening …

30-05-2023 KATHMANDU: When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa first climbed Mount Everest 70 years ago, they paved the way for thousands of foreign climbers to try to follow in their footsteps. The eight-day trek to the Everest base camp is among the most popular multiday hikes in Nepal with …

30-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD: Senior International Cricket Council (ICC) officials are set to travel to Pakistan to secure the country’s participation in this year’s 50-over World Cup in India which has been in doubt for political reasons. Bilateral cricket has been a casualty of the soured relations between …

30-05-2023 BRUSSELS: NATO peacekeeping soldiers have formed security cordons around four town halls in Kosovo to keep back Serbs protesting against ethnic Albanian mayors taking office in a Serb-majority area after elections they boycotted. In Zvecan, one of the towns in north Kosovo, state police staffed entirely by ethnic Albanians …

30-05-2023 BEIJING/ SHANGHAI: For the first time in 100 years, China’s financial capital Shanghai has recorded Monday as its hottest day, according to the city’s meteorological service, breaking the earlier records of high temperature by a full degree, reported AFP. According to a post on the weather service’s official Weibo …

30-05-2023 ABUJA: Bola Tinubu, the former Lagos governor who is credited with helping the city-state increase its revenue base, has been sworn in as Nigeria’s new president. He took the oath of office from Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola in a colorful ceremony attended by local and foreign dignitaries on Monday …

30-05-2023 RIYADH: Five months after he shocked the football world by signing for Al Nassr, Cristiano Ronaldo’s first season in Saudi Arabia is set to end with mixed results. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner is not going to add to the seven league titles won in England, Spain and Italy …

30-05-2023 ISTANBUL: President Tayyip Erdogan extended his two decades in power in elections on Sunday, winning a mandate to pursue increasingly authoritarian policies which have polarized Turkey and strengthened its position as a regional military power. His challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, called it “the most unfair election in years” but did …

30-05-2023 CHICAGO: Chicago city authorities have said that at least nine people have been killed in city-wide mass shooting incidents with 32 people injured over the Memorial Day weekend with the first life claimed before 1am Saturday in South Seeley, according to several US media outlets. Police found a 33-year-old …