International

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

03-10-2023 CAIRO/ ISMAILIA: As many as 38 people were injured after a horrifying fire broke out and quickly engulfed a police headquarters in the Egyptian city of Ismailia on Monday, according to security sources. So far, no deaths have been reported, but soldiers are always present at the building, and …

02-10-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BATHINDA: While India waits for the Supreme Court’s verdict on legalizing same-sex marriage, an LGBTQ couple’s recent wedding in the northern state of Punjab has made headlines and also created controversy. Dimple, 27 who uses the pronoun he and Manisha, 21, married in …

02-10-2023 MALE: A pro-China candidate has won presidential elections in the Maldives, defeating an incumbent who had strengthened relations with India. President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih accepted defeat in the run-off poll, congratulating his rival Mohamed Muizzu who won 54% of the vote. Muizzu, mayor of the capital Male, campaigned with …