International

27-04-2023 MATTEL: Mattel Tuesday welcomed it’s first-ever Barbie doll representing a person with Down’s syndrome aimed at pushing for its diversity mission and countering stigma around physical disabilities. The American multinational toy manufacturing company has crafted the doll as part of its Barbie Fashionistas line which introduces children to a …

27-04-2023 SINGAPORE CITY: Singapore has hanged 46-year-old Tangaraju Suppiah who was found guilty in 2018 of trafficking more than 1kg (2.2 pounds) of cannabis, despite last-minute appeals for clemency from his family and activists. His family said they had been given Tangaraju’s death certificate, anti-death penalty campaigner Kirsten Han wrote …

27-04-2023 NEW YORK: A civil trial over an allegation that ex-president Donald Trump raped a prominent former American columnist E. Jean Carroll three decades ago started Tuesday with jury selection. The writer has accused the former US president of sexually assaulting her in a New York department store and then …

27-04-2023 TEHRAN: Two Iranian actresses have been charged by Iranian police for publishing photos of themselves online violating the country’s dress code for women, just weeks after announcing a crackdown on breaches, local media reported. The Tasnim news agency said late Monday that Police in Tehran have referred the case …

16-04-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: On April 15, former Indian parliamentarian Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead by three assailants, a brazen attack caught on live television. The two were being escorted by the police in the northern city of …

26-04-2023 KATHMANDU: Nepal has issued a record 454 permits to climb Mount Everest this spring, officials say, four years after at least four deaths on the world’s highest peak were blamed on overcrowding. “This is the highest number of permits the department has issued to summit Mount Everest,” Bigyan Koirala …

26-04-2023 BRUSSELS/ DAMASCUS: The European Union has imposed sanctions on relatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over their alleged involvement in drug production and trafficking. The European Council said in a statement that the majority of the 25 individuals and eight entities in Syria who were subjected to sanctions on …

26-04-2023 KYIV/ MOSCOW: Russia has begun using its new T-14 Armata battle tanks to fire on Ukrainian positions “but they have not yet participated in direct assault operations”, the RIA state news agency reports. The tanks have been fitted with extra protection on their flanks, and crews have undergone “combat …

26-04-2023 BOGOTA: Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido says he was expelled from Colombia hours after he arrived in Bogota to try to meet participants of an international conference to discuss his country’s political crisis. In a video posted on Twitter, Guaido said he entered Colombia on Monday trying to escape …

26-04-2023 WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden has officially launched his campaign for re-election in 2024, becoming the Democratic frontrunner in a race that could pit him for a second time against Republican contender Donald Trump, according to his campaign video. Biden’s announcement on Tuesday came on the fourth anniversary …