13-04-2025 BUDAPEST: Several thousand Hungarians mocked right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s moves to ban the annual Pride march by LGBTQ+ groups, dressed in grey and carrying banners ironically denouncing colors and diversity at a rally in central Budapest. The rally, called by the Two-tailed Dog Party, a satirical movement, follows …
Read More »Israeli missiles strike Gaza hospital, patients evacuated
13-04-2025 GAZA STRIP: Two Israeli missiles hit a building inside a main Gaza hospital on Sunday, destroying the emergency and reception department and damaging other structures, medics said. Health officials at the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital evacuated the patients from the building after one person said he received a call …
Read More »Iran, America hold ‘constructive’ first round of nuclear talks
13-04-2025 Iran and the US have concluded a first round of talks in Oman over Tehran’s nuclear program, the highest-level meeting between the two nations since 2018. Both countries described the meeting as “constructive” and confirmed a second round of discussions will take place next week with the US hailing …
Read More »‘3 million child deaths linked to drug resistance’
13-04-2025 GENEVA: More than three million children around the world are thought to have died in 2022 as a result of infections that are resistant to antibiotics, according to a study by two leading experts in child health. Children in Africa and South East Asia were found to be most …
Read More »Trump exempts smartphones & computers from new tariffs
13-04-2025 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s administration has exempted smartphones, computers and some other electronic devices from “reciprocal” tariffs, including the 125% levies imposed on Chinese imports. In a notice, US Customs and Border Patrol said that the goods would be excluded from Trump’s 10% global tariff on most countries …
Read More »PMI Website hacks by agencies again
13-04-2025 (News Desk) NEW DELHI: The Editor of Press Media of India (PMI) is regret to inform all our beloved and respected readers and viewers that once again some international agencies/ groups/ hackers hacked the PMI website on 12-04-2025 midnight while restored on 06-04-2025 but it’s being either hacked or …
Read More »‘China should choose ‘right timing & strength’ for monetary easing’
17-03-2025 BEIJING/ SHANGHAI: China should choose the right timing and force in easing monetary policy, state media said on Saturday in the latest signal that further easing to boost the world’s second-largest economy may not be imminent. Days before the article in the official Shanghai Securities News, the central bank …
Read More »US bombs Yemen, killing 31, after Houthis threaten Israel
17-03-2025 SANA’A/ DAMASCUS: The US launches air attacks on Yemen, killing at least 31 people, with President Donald Trump warning that “hell will rain down” on the Houthis. The attacks come after the Yemeni rebel group threatened to resume attacks on Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea over the total …
Read More »Trump sharpens attacks on US media
17-03-2025 WASHINGTON: More than 1,300 Voice of America employees were placed on leave on Saturday and funding for two US news services that broadcast to authoritarian regimes was terminated, one day after President Donald Trump ordered the gutting of the government-funded media outlet’s parent and six other federal agencies. Michael …
Read More »US rejects Hamas demands as Gaza truce hangs in balance
17-03-2025 WASHINGTON/ CAIRO: Talks to extend the Gaza ceasefire have failed to reach an agreement, a Palestinian official has told the BBC, as the US accused Hamas of making “entirely impractical” demands at meetings in Qatar. Negotiators have been trying to find a way forward after the first phase of …
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