09-10-2024 NEW YORK/ TALLAHASSEE: The US President has delayed a reception with the taoiseach (Irish prime minister) in Washington DC on Wednesday due to Hurricane Milton. The storm is expected to reach Florida around the time a reception was scheduled to mark the centenary of diplomatic relations between Ireland and …
Read More »Modi’s BJP ahead in Haryana election but trails in Kashmir
09-10-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is leading in the northern state of Haryana but is set to fall short in Indian-administered Kashmir as votes continue to be counted in two major elections. An opposition alliance formed by the Congress and regional party National …
Read More »Lebanon abandoned by international community: Ex PM
09-10-2024 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s prime minister at the time of its last war with Israel in 2006 has told media his country has been abandoned by the international community. Fouad Siniora said it was unacceptable to leave Lebanon to fall, and there was a lack of initiative when it came to …
Read More »N Korea’s Kim calls Putin ‘closest comrade’
09-10-2024 PYONGYANG/ MOSCOW: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a birthday message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling him his “closest comrade”. Kim, congratulating Putin on his 72nd birthday, added that relations between both countries would be raised to a new level. Relations between Pyongyang and Moscow have …
Read More »US judge orders Google to open app store to rivals
09-10-2024 NEW YORK: A US federal judge has ruled that Google must allow Android apps made by rival technology firms onto its Google Play app store for three years starting next month. The change was among several remedies ordered by Judge James Donato in a case brought against Google by …
Read More »Interpol asks public to help crack murdered women cold cases
09-10-2024 SINGAPORE CITY: A pair of red shoes, two beaded necklaces and a British 10p coin are among the few clues that could help to identify a teenage girl found murdered in western France more than 40 years ago. Her death is one of 46 cold cases European police are …
Read More »Pakistan bans prominent PTM citing security concerns
08-10-2024 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has banned the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), or Pashtun Protection Movement, a prominent rights group, listing it as a “proscribed organization”. A notification issued by the federal government on Sunday said the PTM was “engaged in certain activities which are prejudicial to the peace and …
Read More »Legendary film track voted best noughties Bollywood song
08-10-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: A blockbuster film track has been voted the UK’s favourite noughties Bollywood tune. Media asked listeners to pick their Ultimate 00s Bollywood song from a shortlist of 50 tracks. The list was picked by a panel including station presenters Haroon Rashid, Nikita …
Read More »Rwanda starts vaccine trials against deadly Marburg virus
08-10-2024 KIGALI: Rwanda has said it will begin vaccine trials for the fatal Marburg virus, which has already killed at least 12 people in the country most of them health workers. The east African country has received 700 doses of the vaccine from the Sabin Vaccine Institute, a US-based non-profit …
Read More »‘Antisemitic incidents in US surge to record high’
08-10-2024 WASHINGTON: Reports of antisemitic incidents in the US have reached a record high since last year’s Hamas attack in Israel, according to a preliminary report from the Anti-Defamation League Center for Extremism (ADL). The group found more than 10,000 incidents from 7 October 2023 to 24 September of this …
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