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01-12-2023 CANBERRA: Australia will ban imports of disposable vapes from January, in an effort to curb nicotine addiction in children. New laws to stop single-use vapes from being made, advertised, and supplied in the country will also be introduced. It comes amid a broader push to phase out recreational vaping …

01-12-2023 WASHINGTON/ LONDON: Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) founder and Khalistan Referendum spokesman Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has said the assassination plot charges against Nikhil Gupta and other Indian state officials by the US authorities are in fact charges against Narendra Modi. The Sikh leader said it is reassuring that the US …

01-12-2023 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY: In the cramped conditions of a makeshift tent near the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis, Nariman cradles her baby daughter. The 23-day-old girl is younger than the war itself and Nariman’s whole family is sick. “I don’t have enough money to buy my daughter …

01-12-2023 WASHINGTON/ LONDON: US law enforcement authorities have announced filing a “murder-for-hire” charge against Indian national Nikhil Gupta in what they said was a “foiled plot to assassinate” pro-Khalistan leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York City allegedly supervised by an Indian government official. Sources said Indian national Gupta is …

01-12-2023 WASHINGTON: The Washington Post has joined the growing list of companies suspending advertising on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X platform amid a series of anti-Semitism controversies related to Musk’s online posts. The decision comes after Musk shared a meme endorsing the debunked “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory, a move that has intensified the …

01-12-2023 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis is evicting US Cardinal Raymond Burke, an outspoken critic, from his Vatican apartment and revoking his salary. Cardinal Burke is part of a group of American conservatives who have long opposed the Pope’s plans for reforming the Catholic Church. A Vatican source told media that …

30-11-2023 LONDON: The United Kingdom experienced its most freezing night since 2010, as temperatures plummeted across different regions. From a frigid -8C (18F) atop Aonach Mor in the Scottish Highlands to -5.5C (22F) in Prestwick and -6.1C (21F) in Keswick, the cold settled deep. Snow blanketed swathes of Scotland and …

30-11-2023 NEW YORK: The US has charged a man over an alleged plot to assassinate an American citizen in New York who advocated for a Sikh separatist state. The man, Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national, was directed by an Indian government employee, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday. The …

30-11-2023 UNITED NATIONS: Untreated diseases could eventually kill more people in Gaza than bombings if the health system is not restored, the World Health Organization says. Diarrhea and respiratory infections are widespread among children in overcrowded UN facilities where almost 1.1 million people are sheltering. Patients with chronic illnesses like …

30-11-2023 TOKYO: A US military aircraft has crashed into the sea off the coast of southern Japan. The wreckage of a US Osprey, which crashed with eight crew members on board, has been found along with a deployed lifeboat, Japan’s coastguard said on Wednesday. The coastguard said it received an …